FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern Sharks Volleyball team earned their 20th win for the second consecutive season, sweeping the Rollins Tars in a Sunshine State Conference match on Tuesday evening from the Rick Case Arena. Elizabeth Price led the Sharks with 13 kills, surpassing 300 in a season for the second time in her collegiate career, while Kate Mihacevich and Taylor Stockman both recorded 10 kills. 


Records: Nova Southeastern 20-8, 11-7 SSC | Rollins 13-17, 4-15 SSC
Score: Nova Southeastern 3 | Rollins 0
Location: Rick Case Arena | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 
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• An 8-2 run to begin the match gave the Sharks full momentum. Brittany Landrum totaled four points during the rally, while Kate Mihacevich and Taylor Stockman also contributed during the rally.
• NSU extended the advantage to 15-7 over Rollins, as Olivia Aniol, Elizabeth Price and Juliana Imbuzeiro added points.
• Imbuzeiro set up Aniol for a kill, before Aniol added back-to-back service aces, putting the score at 18-8.
• Offensively, five Sharks tallied three kills in the opening set - Mihacevich, Landrum, Stockman, Price, Aniol - leading NSU to a 25-12 first set win.
• Landrum and Price totaled three kills in the early stages of the second set, while the Sharks also took advantage of a pair of Rollins errors, giving NSU a 5-3 lead.
• Following a 5-0 rally by the Tars, Mihacevich sparked a four-point run for NSU, tying the set at 9-9.
• Overwhelming offense enabled the Sharks to go on a 9-2 run, as Gabrielle Spankus started the rally with a service ace before Mihacevich, Price, Stockman, and Aniol all added points, putting the score at 18-13. 
• Rollins and NSU traded points, but the Sharks prevailed in the set, taking a 2-0 match lead with a 25--19 victory.
• Dominant offense for the Sharks allowed Nova Southeastern to take a 5-1 lead in the final set. Stockman tallied two kills, while Mihacevich added one of her own, and Spankus recorded a service ace.
• Pouncing on three Rollins errors, allowed the Sharks to rally for eight consecutive points and taking a 19-9 lead in the final frame.
• Olivia Aniol recorded back-to-back points, giving Nova Southeastern a 22-13 lead. 
• Your Sharks closed out their 2024 home schedule with their 20th win of the season, defeating the Rollins Tars 25-16 in the final set and sweeping the match.

Elizabeth Price: 13 kills
Kate Mihacevich: 10 kills, 0.588 hitting percentage
Taylor Stockman: 10 kills, three blocks, eight digs
Olivia Aniol: seven kills, five blocks


The Sharks travel to take on No. 14 Tampa in a Sunshine State Conference match on Friday, November 22nd, at the Bob Martinez Center. First serve is set for 7 p.m. To stay up-to-date on Sharks Volleyball be sure to follow on Instagram at NSU_VBall and X at NSU_VB.