9 Maria Petkova
9 - Maria Petkova
Height: 5'11
Year: Freshman*
Hometown: Dobrich, Bulgaria
Position: OH
m 30
k/s 3.20
h % .220
a/s 0.08
b/s 0.44
sa/s 0.35
d/s 2.90

*FCSAA State Tournament All-Tournament Team (2020)

Freshman (2020): Petkova was a big part of the Bucs 2020 Suncoast Conference Championship squad, playing in 24 contests and averaging 2.43 kills per set as a rookie.  She had 10 matches of 10 or more kills on the season including a pair at the NJCAA National Tournament against #2 Odessa and #4 Utah State Eastern. Also solid on the defensive side of the ball, Petkova had six double digit dig efforts and three double-doubles including a 10 kill, 18 dig performance against #1 Miami Dade to help her earn All-Tournament Team honors at the FCSAA State Tournament.  

High School: Petkova joined fellow countrywoman Viktoria Ivanova on the Bucs roster in 2020-2021, coming to FSW from Dobrich, Bulgaria.  She played four seasons at Language High School Geo Milev where she was named the MVP as a senior and was twice named the club's top outside hitter.  

Personal: Born August 8, 2001, she is the daughter of Georgi and Nadezhda Petkova. She has a brother, Ilia who is a professional soccer player, most recently suiting up for Burgas Neftohimic.  

Career Highs  
Kills 26 vs. Indian River (11/6/21)
Attacks 59 vs. #2 Miami Dade (9/7/21)
Assists 2, (2x) Last vs. #1 Blinn (11/19/21)
Aces 3, (2x) Last vs. Santa Fe (9/25/21)
Digs 22 vs. #2 Miami Dade (9/7/21)
Blocks 5, (3x) Last vs. Eastern Florida State (9/16/21)

 

Recent Games
Nov 6 Indian River State College W, 3-1
Nov 6 #15 Hillsborough L, 3-2
Nov 18 vs. #13 Monroe W, 3-0
Nov 18 vs. #5 Missouri State-West Plains L, 3-0
Nov 19 vs. #1 Blinn W, 3-2
Nov 20 vs. #3 Miami Dade W, 3-0
Statistics category Overall Conf
Matches 30 16
Sets 107 53
Kills 342 166
Kills per set 3.20 3.13
Errors 132 60
Total Attacks 953 461
Hitting Percentage .220 .230
Assists 9 4
Assists per set 0.08 0.08
Service Aces 37 21
Service Errors 17 10
Service Aces per set 0.35 0.40
Receptions 577 264
Reception Errors 27 13
Digs 310 147
Digs per set 2.90 2.77
Block Solo 4 2
Block Assist 43 26
Block Total 47 28
Blocks per set 0.44 0.53
Block Errors 9 2
Ball Handling Errors 1 1
Points 404.5 202.0
Points per set 3.8 3.8
Matches started 30 16
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 7 at Palm Beach Scrimmages   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 12 St. Thomas University   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 17 Ave Maria University   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 21 Indian River State College   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 27 #20 Monroe W, 3-1 1 4 22 2 43 .465 1 1 1 22 1 9 1 1 0 2 0 24.5
Aug 27 #10 Missouri State-West Plains W, 3-0 1 3 13 1 18 .667 0 2 0 10 1 8 0 3 0 3 0 16.5
Aug 28 #15 Salt Lake L, 3-2 1 5 12 5 35 .200 0 1 0 36 4 20 0 2 1 2 0 14.0
Sep 2 at #16 Yavapai W, 3-1 1 4 18 7 45 .244 0 0 0 40 1 15 0 1 0 1 0 18.5
Sep 3 vs. #4 Utah State-Eastern L, 3-1 1 4 9 10 38 -.026 0 2 0 22 1 11 0 3 2 3 0 12.5
Sep 3 vs. Eastern Arizona College W, 3-0 1 2 5 5 21 .000 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 7.0
Sep 4 vs. #2 Snow W, 3-1 1 4 15 6 43 .209 0 0 0 13 0 19 1 4 0 5 0 18.0
Sep 7 #2 Miami Dade W, 3-2 1 5 15 12 59 .051 0 1 1 25 0 22 0 2 0 2 0 17.0
Sep 9 at Indian River State College W, 3-0 1 3 9 5 30 .133 0 2 0 18 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 11 at State College of Florida W, 3-1 1 4 9 6 36 .083 0 2 1 23 1 6 1 1 0 2 1 12.5
Sep 14 #19 Daytona State W, 3-0 1 3 9 2 20 .350 0 0 2 11 1 11 1 2 0 3 0 11.0
Sep 16 at Eastern Florida State College W, 3-0 1 3 8 4 25 .160 0 3 1 13 0 9 0 5 0 5 0 13.5
Sep 18 #14 Hillsborough W, 3-1 1 4 13 4 29 .310 1 1 0 23 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Sep 21 at Polk State College   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 at Santa Fe College W, 3-0 1 3 15 1 27 .519 2 3 0 7 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 18.0
Sep 30 State College of Florida W, 3-0 1 3 11 2 23 .391 0 0 1 20 1 9 0 1 1 1 0 11.5
Oct 2 Santa Fe College W, 3-0 1 3 6 4 14 .143 0 1 1 12 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Oct 5 at #5 Miami Dade W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 32 .250 0 0 0 25 0 14 0 1 1 1 0 10.5
Oct 7 Indian River State College W, 3-0 1 3 5 1 19 .211 0 1 0 8 0 9 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Oct 9 at #19 Daytona State W, 3-1 1 4 9 7 34 .059 0 1 0 25 2 11 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Oct 12 Eastern Florida State College W, 3-0 1 3 10 0 19 .526 0 1 1 14 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 14 at #17 Hillsborough W, 3-0 1 3 10 4 26 .231 1 1 1 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 19 Polk State College W, 3-0 1 3 19 3 39 .410 0 2 0 14 1 10 0 2 0 2 0 22.0
Oct 23 at Polk State College W, 3-0 1 3 8 3 29 .172 0 2 1 17 0 9 0 3 0 3 0 11.5
Nov 5 vs. Polk State College L, 3-2 1 5 5 2 20 .150 0 1 0 13 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Nov 6 Indian River State College W, 3-1 1 4 26 6 53 .377 1 2 0 22 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 28.0
Nov 6 #15 Hillsborough L, 3-2 1 5 9 4 29 .172 0 0 0 34 2 13 0 0 1 0 0 9.0
Nov 18 vs. #13 Monroe W, 3-0 1 3 8 5 25 .120 0 2 1 31 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 10.0
Nov 18 vs. #5 Missouri State-West Plains L, 3-0 1 3 14 8 41 .146 0 1 0 17 1 12 0 1 1 1 0 15.5
Nov 19 vs. #1 Blinn W, 3-2 1 5 16 8 56 .143 2 2 3 38 0 19 0 1 1 1 0 18.5
Nov 20 vs. #3 Miami Dade W, 3-0 1 3 4 3 25 .040 1 0 2 12 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2020-21 24 74 180 2.43 69 483 .230 10 0.14 17 0.23 277 13 161 2.18 3 40 43 0.58 220.0 3.0
2021-22 30 107 342 3.20 132 953 .220 9 0.08 37 0.35 577 27 310 2.90 4 43 47 0.44 404.5 3.8
Total 54 181 522 2.88 201 1436 .224 19 0.10 54 0.30 854 40 471 2.60 7 83 90 0.50 624.5 3.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Total 30 107 342 3.20 132 953 .220 9 0.08 37 0.35 577 27 310 2.90 4 43 47 0.44 404.5 3.8
Conference 16 53 166 3.13 60 461 .230 4 0.08 21 0.40 264 13 147 2.77 2 26 28 0.53 202.0 3.8
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 13 48 170 3.54 46 400 .310 3 0.06 13 0.27 251 16 136 2.83 2 18 20 0.42 194.0 4.0
Away 9 30 96 3.20 39 284 .201 3 0.10 14 0.47 177 7 85 2.83 1 15 16 0.53 118.5 4.0
Neutral 8 29 76 2.62 47 269 .108 3 0.10 10 0.34 149 4 89 3.07 1 10 11 0.38 92.0 3.2
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Wins 25 85 293 3.45 103 790 .241 9 0.11 32 0.38 455 19 241 2.84 4 36 40 0.47 347.0 4.1
Losses 5 22 49 2.23 29 163 .123 0 0.00 5 0.23 122 8 69 3.14 0 7 7 0.32 57.5 2.6
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August 3 12 47 3.92 8 96 .406 1 0.08 4 0.33 68 6 37 3.08 1 6 7 0.58 55.0 4.6
September 12 42 136 3.24 64 396 .182 3 0.07 16 0.38 218 10 127 3.02 3 21 24 0.57 165.5 3.9
October 8 25 77 3.08 24 212 .250 1 0.04 9 0.36 124 5 70 2.80 0 13 13 0.52 92.5 3.7
November 7 28 82 2.93 36 249 .185 4 0.14 8 0.29 167 6 76 2.71 0 3 3 0.11 91.5 3.3