MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Nova Southeastern volleyball dropped straight sets on Tuesday night at Barry's Health & Sports Center, as the Buccaneers rode heavy scoring runs to wins in each set against the Sharks. The Sharks cut things close in the second and third sets, but were unable to capitalize.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
FINAL: L, 0-3 (13-25,20-25,12-25)
RECORDS: Barry Buccaneers (18-2, 10-2 SSC), Nova Southeastern Sharks (5-14, 3-9 SSC)
LOCATION: Health & Sports Center | Miami Shores, Fla.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
SET 1 | First-set errors for the Sharks, 10 total, proved to be the determining factor in the opening stanza, as Barry jumped out to a 12-4 advantage. As a four-point BU push forced a second NSU timeout at 18-6, the Sharks battled back in matching the Bucs' effort 7-7 down the stretch of the 25-13 loss. The Sharks tied the Bucs 38-38 on attacks and trailed in digs 18-20. Kills by Denvyr Tyler-Palmer, Maddie Ulik and Gabby Bauch highlighted the Sharks' late rally.
 
SET 2 | The Sharks went ahead early at 3-2 on a Megan Burns ace and extended to 4-2 courtesy of a BU error. However, Barry's Megi Buvinic knocked down three consecutive kills to close out a 7-0 Bucs run before Leslie Atherton broke it up with a kill at 10-5. Twice Tyler-Palmer trimmed the deficit to four and then three, leading NSU to cut to within two at 14-12. Ulik sliced the BU lead to three with a hard spike through the middle at 16-13 and Atherton's block matched the effort at 17-14. The Sharks stayed in the fight late but the climb was too far, outscoring Barry 6-5 down the stretch in the 25-20 BU win.
 
SET 3 | NSU opened up with a 2-0 lead, but again Barry went on the offensive, carrying a scoring run to a 7-2 advantage. Erin Carter got things back to 9-5 with a Samantha Blasko-assisted kill. Consecutive Tyler-Palmer kills brought the Sharks to their best position at 13-10, but Kishara Gordon's subsequent kill launched the Bucs' biggest run of the match, as Barry outscored NSU 12-2 to take the third match at 25-12 and complete the sweep.
 
INSIDE THE STATS:
 

• Tyler-Palmer led all Sharks scorers with 11 kills, while Gabby Bauch and Ulik each registered five apiece.
• The tandem of Blasko and Caylee Cox produced 12 and 11 assists for the Sharks, respectively.
• Burns paced NSU with 15 digs, ahead of Maya Patterson and Tyler-Palmer at 8 each.

 
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE:
 

• Tyler-Palmer grew her NSU career kills record to 1,466, hitting .216 at 11-for-37 against Barry.
• Tonight's loss puts the overall series at 38-8 in Barry's favor.

 
 
UP NEXT
 
The Sharks are back at home this weekend with back-to-back SSC contests with rematches against Embry-Riddle and Florida Tech, Friday at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
 
 
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