2022 Florida SouthWestern Volleyball News
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Bucs Earn Fourth Straight USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award
July 14, 2023The Florida SouthWestern State Volleyball team was not only successful on the court this season, winning the 2022 NJCAA National Championship, but they weren’t too shabby in the classroom either as the Bucs put together a 3.48 Team GPA to earn their fourth consecutive USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award. -
Koehler & Lawrenz Earn CSC Academic All-American Honors
June 30, 2023After winning an NJCAA National Championship on the court this Fall, Florida SouthWestern Volleyball players Barbara Koehler and Julia Lawrenz earned the ultimate off the court honor on Monday as the pair was named 2023 CSC Academic All-Americans, an honor that goes to just 11 two-year student-athletes across all sports nationwide. Furthermore, the duo was the only pair of teammates of any program in the country to receive the honors.
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Nation High 10 Bucs Named CSC Academic All-District
June 02, 2023For the first time in program history the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) put together an Academic All-District Team for the At-Large College Division, and in it’s first year, 10 different Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneer student-athletes earned their way onto the list. The 10 Bucs female student-athletes to earn the honors marked the most of any school in the two-year ranks.
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Cecilia Swapping Coasts, Signs With Lynn
April 11, 2023After winning a National Championship with the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers as a sophomore in 2022, Maria Cecilia has signed with NCAA Division II power Lynn University to continue her academic and athletic career.
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Pratcher Signs With Broncos
April 06, 2023Florida SouthWestern middle hitter Christina Pratcher has found her home for the final two years of her Volleyball and academic career as the Bucs National Champ will be headed to the Tar Heel State where she will play at Fayetteville State University.
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FSW Assistant Gets First Collegiate Head Coaching Position with Cougars
March 01, 2023Florida SouthWestern Assistant Volleyball Coach Megan Besecker will have a new title next season, and it won’t be with the Bucs, as Tuesday Besecker was tabbed the 16th Head Coach in the storied history of Barton Community College, where she will lead her first collegiate program, while returning to the conference she competed in as a player in Kansas.
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Rossi Signs To Fly With Thunderbirds Next Season
February 23, 2023After a record breaking career with the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers, fan favorite Arianna Rossi has signed to play at the Division I level with Southern Utah University next season.
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Coelho Signs With 2020 & 2021 NAIA National Champs
February 07, 2023Florida SouthWestern sophomore Maiana Coelho will be moving from one National Championship program to another next season as the Buccaneers’ setter has signed her National Letter of Intent to play at Missouri Baptist University in 2023.
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National Player of the Year Koehler Signs with Shockers
January 24, 2023After leading the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers to the NJCAA National Championship and earning both NJCAA and AVCA National Player of the Year honors, sophomore Barbara Koehler will be taking her talents from the Sunshine State to the Sunflower State next season after signing her National Letter of Intent with Wichita State University.
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Baziquetto-Allen Earns AVCA National Coach of the Year Award
December 07, 2022Florida SouthWestern Head Coach Thais Baziquetto-Allen earned the highest honor of any coach at the two-year level on Wednesday as the Bucs fourth year Head Coach was named the AVCA Two-Year National Coach of the Year. Baziquetto-Allen was chosen from finalists for the award from all three two-year factions (NJCAA, CCCAA, NWAC), including all three levels of the NJCAA.
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Koehler Tabbed AVCA Two-Year National Player of the Year
December 07, 2022Florida SouthWestern sophomore Barbara Koehler was named the top two-year volleyball player in the country on Wednesday as the Bucs outside hitter earned the prestigious AVCA National Player of the Year award, beating out other candidates from the NJCAA Division I, II, and III ranks, as well as players from the CCCAA and NWAC.
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Koehler, Lawrenz, Baziquetto-Allen Honored With Postseason Awards
December 05, 2022The postseason awards continued to pour in for the Florida SouthWestern State Volleyball team on Monday as Barbara Koehler was named an AVCA and VolleyballMag.com All-American while Julia Lawrenz joined her on the VolleyballMag.com All-American squad, and Head Coach Thais Baziquetto-Allen was named the AVCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year.
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Baziquetto-Allen Named NJCAA National Coach of the Year
December 02, 2022Guiding the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers to their first National Championship in program history this season, FSW Head Coach Thais Baziquetto-Allen has been named the 2022 NJCAA Division I National Coach of the Year as announced by the National Office on Friday.
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Barbara Koehler Earns NJCAA National Player of the Year Honors
December 02, 2022Florida SouthWestern sophomore Barbara Koehler put a bow on top of a two week stretch of incredible honors on Friday by earning the ultimate award for an NJCAA player as the Mato Grosso, Brazil native was named the NJCAA Division I National Player of the Year.
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Koehler & Purashaj Named NJCAA All-Americans
December 01, 2022Fresh off of their first NJCAA National Championship in program history, a pair of Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored individually by the NJCAA on Thursday as sophomore Barbara Koehler and freshman Roberta Purashaj were named to the NJCAA All-American Teams.
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FSW Wins NJCAA National Championship
November 20, 2022The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers are National Champions. The Bucs secured their first National Championship in just their fourth season of competition Saturday night in West Plains, Missouri, defeating their archrivals, the Miami Dade Sharks 3-1 in the final game of the 2022 NJCAA Volleyball season. FSW's Barbara Koehler was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament while Bucs Head Coach Thais Baziquetto-Allen was named the Heidi Cartisser Coach of the Tournament.
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Bucs Tame Grizzlies, Will Play For National Championship Saturday
November 18, 2022The #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers will play for their first National Championship in program history on Saturday after defeating the #5 Missouri State- West Plains Grizzlies 3-0 Friday night in the West Plains Civic Center in the NJCAA National Tournament Semifinals.
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#1 FSW Rolls To Opening Round Win at National Tournament
November 17, 2022The top seeded Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers mowed through the #16 Wallace State Lions with clinical precision Thursday afternoon at the NJCAA National Tournament, needing less than an hour to put together a 3-0 win to advance to their second straight National Tournament Quarterfinal Thursday night where they will take on #9 Central Wyoming.
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FSW Steamrolls Rustlers To Advance to First Final Four
November 17, 2022The #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers rolled to their second three set victory of the day Thursday night at the NJCAA National Tournament as they took on the #9 Central Wyoming Rustlers and in doing so earning their first trip to the NJCAA Final Four in program history in the process.
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Bucs Earn Top Seed For NJCAA National Tournament
November 10, 2022A year ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were nervously awaiting word on if they had received an at-large bid to the NJCAA National Tournament during the team’s watch party inside Suncoast Credit Union Arena. Thursday, joined by some of their loyal fans at their watch party, there was much less drama, as having their ticket to the tourney already punched, the Bucs simply awaited their tournament seed, which was also of little suspense as the country’s #1 team earned the #1 seed where they will take on #16 seeded Wallace State in the first round of the tournament next Thursday at 2 PM Eastern Time.
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Lawrenz Inks With University of Hawaii
November 09, 2022After two award winning seasons indoors on the Gulf Coast of Florida for the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers, FSW middle hitter Julia Lawrenz will take her talents to the beaches of the Pacific next season as the sophomore signed with the University of Hawaii Beach program on National Signing Day Wednesday at Suncoast Credit Union Arena.
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Bucs Win First FCSAA State Championship
November 06, 2022The #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers made history in more than one way on Saturday in Melbourne, not only winning the program's first FCSAA State Championship in a dominating 3-0 effort, but they did it against their arch rivals, the #7 Miami Dade Sharks, making themselves just the third team in the 53 year history of the FCSAA to knock off the Sharks in a State Championship Game.
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Bucs Blast Titans, Advance to State Championship Showdown
November 04, 2022A season ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were stunned in the semifinals of the FCSAA State Tournament with a 3-2 loss to Polk State to end their dreams of the program's first State Championship. Friday, in the same position one year later in Melbourne, the Bucs weren't going to let that happen again as they jumped on the #17 Eastern Florida State Titans early and never relented, hammering the Cinderella Titans 3-0 on Eastern's home floor to advance to their second FCSAA State Championship Game in the past three seasons.
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League High Six Bucs Named All-Conference, Purashaj Freshman of the Year
November 03, 2022After winning their third straight Suncoast Conference Championship on the final week of the regular season last week, a league high six Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers were honored for their efforts Thursday night at the FCSAA State Tournament banquet as Alondra Alarcon, Julia Lawrenz, Maria Cecilia, Arianna Rossi, Barbara Koehler, and Roberta Purashaj were named to the Suncoast Conference All-Conference Team while Purashaj was named the Freshman of the Year and Head Coach Thais Baziquetto-Allen was named the conference’s Coach of the Year for the third straight year.
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Purashaj Named FCSAA Setter of the Week For Second Straight Week
November 01, 2022For the second straight week, Florida SouthWestern freshman Roberta Purashaj has been named the FCSAA Setter of the Week as announced by the state office on Tuesday.
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Koehler Earns First Defensive Player of the Week Nod
November 01, 2022While she has collected plenty of Offensive Player of the Week awards during her Florida SouthWestern State career, there was one thing Bucs sophomore Barbara Koehler hadn’t won yet, until Tuesday that was, as Koehler was named the FCSAA Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her storied Buccaneer career.
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Bucs Wrap Regular Season Ranked #1 For Second Straight Year
October 31, 2022Riding a six game winning streak to close out the regular season, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers will head into the NJCAA postseason as the #1 ranked team in the country for the second straight season as announced by the National Office on Monday.
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Bucs Finish Regular Season On High Note With Sweep of Polk
October 28, 2022It was an emotional night inside of Alico Arena on Thursday as the #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers closed out the 2022 regular season with their annual Sophomore Night game against the Polk State Eagles. The tears flowing pregame for seven FSW sophomores playing their final career games in front of their home crowd were turned into motivation as the first set began as the Bucs hammered the visiting Eagles 25-6 before winning tight second and third sets to finish off the sweep and head to the postseason on a five game winning streak and a 21-1 record overall.
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Bucs Sink Sharks, Clinch Third Straight Conference Championship
October 26, 2022In a matchup made for a Hollywood movie, the #1 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers and the #6 Miami Dade Sharks went blow for blow Tuesday night in Miami with a raucous crowd on both sides cheering on the top two teams in the Suncoast Conference. After the Sharks landed the first shot, FSW bounced back and took the second but went down once again as Miami Dade squeaked out the third. The Bucs kept fighting, dominating the fourth set to force a fifth and deciding stanza where FSW outlasted the Sharks 15-10 to take the match 3-2 and in the process clinch their third straight Suncoast Conference Championship and the #1 seed for the upcoming FCSAA State Tournament.
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Purashaj Earns FCSAA Setter of the Week Honors
October 25, 2022For the second time this season, Florida SouthWestern setter Roberta Purashaj has been named the FCSAA Setter of the Week as announced by the state on Tuesday.
