ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern Sharks Volleyball team began its brief two-game road trip on Friday evening with a Sunshine State Conference match-up against Eckerd. NSU continued its winning ways, earning the program's tenth consecutive win in 2021 and extending its winning streak to 16 – dating back to 2019. 

INSIDE THE MATCH-UP 

• Score: Nova Southeastern 3, Eckerd 0 
• Records: NSU 10-0, 3-0 SSC; Eckerd 8-4, 1-3 SSC 
• Location: St. Petersburg, Fla. 
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HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The Sharks opened the match on a 4-0 run with Marianna Fiocco, Julia Bernardes and Alex Psoma all recorded kills. 
• Elizabeth Price sparked a 5-0 rally for NSU midway through the first set, as Nova Southeastern took a 15-7 lead over the Tritons. 
• During the run, Nova Southeastern received points from a block assist courtesy of Psoma and Brittany Landrum, kills from Psoma and Landrum and a point from Jovana Bulatovic.  
• Back-to-back errors from Eckerd gave the Sharks a 22-11 advantage, before NSU claimed the set victory 25-14. 
• The second set opened as a back-and-forth affair, with six combined ties before the score was even at 9-9.  
• Psoma continued her superb effort in the match with a service ace to give the Sharks a 13-11 advantage. 
• Tied at 16-16, the Sharks rallied for four consecutive points taking a 20-16 lead over the Tritons. 
• Fiocco sealed the set victory for NSU with a kill, as Nova Southeastern took the second set 25-19. 
• NSU opened the third set on a 7-1 run, with four points coming from Bernardes, as EC called a timeout. 
• Following back-to-back Triton service aces, NSU responded with four consecutive points to take a 14-5 lead. 
• Preslee Brooksbank added a service ace of her own to give Nova Southeastern a 20-8 advantage in the third set.  
• Bernardes and Fiocco completed the eighth sweep of the 2021 season for NSU with a block, as the Sharks won 25-14.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Nova Southeastern recorded 14 block-assists in the match. 

• Alex Psoma and Julia Bernardes each tallied eight kills to lead the Sharks. 

• As a team, NSU hit 0.417 on the match. 

UP NEXT 

NSU completes the road-trip with an afternoon Sunshine State Conference tilt against Saint Leo on Sat., Sept. 25, in Saint Leo, Fla.