2020 Florida SouthWestern State Volleyball News
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FSW Athletics Wins National Graphics & Publications Awards
July 28, 2021The Florida SouthWestern State Athletic Department brought home an NJCAA high three awards in the 2YSIDA Graphics & Publications Contest for the 2020-2021 athletic year, claiming 1st place accolades for their team schedule poster and game notes while earning 2nd place in the gameday graphics category. -
Top 10 FSW Athletics Moments of 2020-2021: #4 Bucs Volleyball Qualifies For First National Tournament
July 20, 2021We continue our countdown of the Top 10 FSW Athletics Moments of the 2020-2021 year today with our #4 moment; Bucs Volleyball Qualifies For First National Tournament.
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Bucs Volleyball Brings Home Second Straight USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award
July 19, 2021For the second straight year, the Florida SouthWestern State Volleyball team has been named a recipient of the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award as announced by the AVCA on Monday.
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Top 10 FSW Athletics Moments of 2020-2021: #8 Bucs Volleyball Clinches First Conference Title
July 14, 2021We continue our countdown of the Top 10 FSW Athletics Moments of the 2020-2021 year today with our #8 moment; The Bucs Volleyball team winning their first Suncoast Conference Championship.
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East Coast to West Coast, Valentim Headed to University of San Francisco
May 18, 2021Which coast is the best coast? Florida SouthWestern State sophomore Kellen Valentim will soon be able to answer that question as the Bucs right side hitter will head across the country next season where she will play for the University of San Francisco after signing her National Letter of Intent on Monday.
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FSW Proves Home of Champions In and Out of the Classroom
May 03, 2021Friday, 38 Florida SouthWestern State student-athletes from five different sports, six different countries, and countless different backgrounds, walked across the stage in Suncoast Credit Union Arena to receive their diplomas during the Bucs commencement ceremony. One thing they all had in common; each left Fort Myers as champions, having all won at least one Conference Championship during their time at FSW.
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Amin & Baker Named FSW Volleyball's First NJCAA All-Americans
April 28, 2021Wednesday was another historic day in a season filled with historic firsts for the Florida SouthWestern State Volleyball program as Yasso Amin and Fiona Baker were named the Buccaneers' first NJCAA All-American's as announced by the National Office this afternoon.
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FSW Finishes 8th at First NJCAA National Tournament
April 17, 2021The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers wrapped up their first trip to the NJCAA National Tournament on Saturday, falling 3-1 to #4 Utah State Eastern to finish the tournament in 8th place.
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#6 FSW Blanked by #2 Odessa at National Tournament
April 16, 2021The #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were looking for revenge Friday at the NJCAA National Tournament as they took on the #2 Odessa Wranglers, who handed the Bucs a five set loss earlier this season. Every set played out nearly identically as Odessa got out to an early lead before FSW came back to tie things up midway through, but at the end, the Wranglers pulled off a 3-0 sweep in three close sets to advance to Saturday's 5th place matchup while the Bucs fell to the 7th place match where they will try to finish their 2020-2021 season with a win Saturday morning against Utah State-Eastern.
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Bucs Upended In National Tournament Quarters
April 15, 2021The #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers made their NJCAA National Tournament debut Thursday night in the West Plains Civic Center as they took on perennial power and #3 Snow College from Utah in the tournament quarterfinals. The Bucs went toe to toe with the Badgers, but in the end, dropped a 3-0 decision and ending their quest for a National Championship in just their second season of competition.
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Bucs First Round Match at National Tournament Canceled, FSW Advances to Quarterfinals
April 14, 2021The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers first NJCAA National Tournament match in program history ended before it even began on Tuesday as due to a positive Covid-19 test inside of the Navarro program, the match, scheduled for 9:00 AM Thursday, has been canceled. The match, which will be counted as a no-contest, will send FSW to the quarterfinal round where they advance to play the winner of the Snow/Barton game Thursday night at 6:00 (CT).
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Bucs Draw #6 Seed, Will Take On Defending Champs in First National Tournament
April 05, 2021The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers will open up their first NJCAA National Tournament in program history as the #6 seed in the bracket, holding the seed of their final National Ranking as announced by the NJCAA National Office on Monday afternoon.
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FSW Punches Ticket to First NJCAA National Tournament with Southeast District Championship
April 02, 2021As most teams do in 2021, the #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers have a group chat on their phones to send daily messages throughout the team in the easiest fashion. The title of that group chat; The Road to Missouri, referencing the location of the 2021 NJCAA National Tournament, West Plains, Missouri. After winning the Suncoast Conference Championship and finishing as the Runners-Up at the FCSAA Tournament last week, that road to Missouri was paved for the Bucs on Friday as they defeated Spartanburg Methodist 3-0 to punch their ticket to their first NJCAA National Tournament in program history as the NJCAA Southeast District B Champions.
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Bucs State Tournament Run Keeps Them at #6 in Final National Rankings
March 29, 2021Finishing as the FCSAA State Runners-Up last week, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers held their spot at #6 in the final NJCAA National Ranking of 2020-2021.
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FSW Finishes As State Runners-Up, Advances to Southeast District Championships
March 28, 2021It was a battle of two teams in very different spots in their program histories Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville as the #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers took on the #1 Miami Dade Sharks for the FCSAA State Championship. The Bucs, in just their second season as a program, matched up against the 39-time State Champion Sharks. The Bucs fought valiantly, but couldn't overcome the undefeated Sharks attack, falling in three sets to finish as the 2020-2021 FCSAA Runners-Up. The second place finish earned the Bucs a trip to the next round of the postseason where they will take on Spartanburg Methodist next Friday in Jacksonville in the Southeast District Finals with a trip to the NJCAA National Tournament on the line.
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Bucs Drop Five Set Heartbreaker to #1 Miami Dade in State Semis
March 27, 2021The #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers pushed the #1 Miami Dade Sharks to the wire Saturday afternoon in the FCSAA State Tournament Semifinals, doing something no other team has done all season, take two sets from the Sharks, but in the end, Miami Dade remained undefeated, nipping the Bucs 15-12 in the fifth set to win 3-2. The Bucs will now play in a second semifinal on Sunday morning against #8 Polk State with the winner taking on the Sharks in the Championship game at 2 PM.
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#6 FSW Marches to State Semifinals with Sweep Of #8 Polk
March 26, 2021For the third time this season, the #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers won a Top 10 matchup with the #8 Polk State Eagles, this time in the FCSAA State Tournament with a trip to the tournament semifinals on the line. FSW won a highly contested first set 25-23 before coming from behind for 25-19 wins in both the second and third sets to sweep the Eagles 3-0 and advance to Saturday's semifinal against undefeated and top ranked Miami Dade.
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Bucs Sweep Opener at FCSAA State Tournament
March 25, 2021A season ago the roles were reversed. The Hillsborough Hawks were the Suncoast Conference Champions and clinched their spot in the FCSAA State Tournament early while the upstart Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers found out at the last minute, literally, that they would be headed to Jacksonville for a first round matchup with the Hawks. Hillsborough handled the Bucs in that match and eventually ended FSW's season later in the tournament. This season, it was the Suncoast Conference Champion and #6 Nationally ranked Bucs giving Hillsborough a taste of their own medicine, hammering the Hawks 3-0 in the opening round of the 2020-2021 FCSAA State Tournament Thursday to advance in the winner's bracket of the tournament where they will face #8 Polk State Friday.
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State High Three Bucs Named to FCSAA All-State Team
March 24, 2021In the midst of a historic season, the postseason awards continued to roll in for the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers on Wednesday as a state high three Bucs were named to the FCSAA All-State Team, the first three FSW Volleyball players in history to earn the award.
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Five Bucs Named All-Conference, Amin Player of the Year, Baziquetto- Allen Coach of the Year
March 23, 2021The Suncoast Conference Champion Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were well represented on the conference’s All-Conference team released on Monday as Yasso Amin was named the Player of the Year to lead five players on the squad while Coach Thais Baziquetto-Allen was named the league’s Coach of the Year in her second season with the Bucs.
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Bucs Slide Up One in National Rankings
March 22, 2021The Suncoast Conference Champion Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers moved up one spot to #6 in the week nine NJCAA National Rankings released Monday.
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Bucs Amin Signs With UTEP
March 22, 2021Tuesday, Florida SouthWestern State sophomore Yasso Amin signed her National Letter of Intent to make the move from Southwest Florida, to just the Southwest period, inking with the UTEP Miners where she will finish her collegiate career.
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De Sa to Trade in Purple & Aqua for Purple & Gold of JMU
March 21, 2021The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers top hitter in program history will continue to wear purple for all four years of her collegiate career; just for the next two years, it will have a different accent color. Tuesday, FSW sophomore Julia De Sa signed her National Letter of Intent with James Madison University where she will head to Harrisonburg, Virginia to play for the 2018 Colonial Athletic Association Champion Dukes.
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Bello Signs With NAIA's Top Ranked Team
March 19, 2021Florida SouthWestern State sophomore Giovanna Bello will be headed from one of the top NJCAA Volleyball programs in the country to one of the top NAIA Volleyball programs in the country next season as Tuesday the Bucs' defensive specialist signed with Park University, the 2020 Heart of America Champions and #1 ranked team in the country.
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Ivanova Inks With Gonzaga
March 18, 2021After anchoring the back line for the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers over the past two seasons, libero Viktoriya Ivanova is headed to the Division I level, signing her National Letter of Intent to play at Gonzaga University next season.
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Bucs' Mendes Signs With UAPB
March 17, 2021Florida SouthWestern State sophomore Amanda Mendes is heading to the NCAA Division I level, signing with the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a signing ceremony in Suncoast Credit Union Arena on Tuesday.
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Baker Earns Second FCSAA Setter of the Week Award
March 16, 2021Exactly one month after earning her first FCSAA Setter of the Week award, Florida SouthWestern State freshman Fiona Baker has captured the honors again, dishing out 94 assists in two games for the Bucs last week.
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Back to Back 20 Kill Efforts Earn De Sa Player of the Week Honors
March 16, 2021For the second time in her FSW career, sophomore outside hitter Julia De Sa has been named the FCSAA Player of the Week.
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Lucky #7 For Bucs in Week 8 Rankings
March 15, 2021The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers will hope that 7 is their lucky number as they head into the 2021 postseason as that is where they are ranked in the latest NJCAA Top 20 Poll released by the National Office on Monday.
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Bucs Stunned in Regular Season Finale
March 12, 2021The #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers couldn't overcome their worst offensive performance of the year Friday afternoon on the road at Indian River, committing 30 attack errors and hitting just .133 as a team in a 3-1 loss to the Pioneers to conclude the 2021 regular season.
