ESTERO — Roberta Santos unassumingly smiled when she received the news that she was awarded most valuable player of the Florida Gulf glide University Supervolley Tournament on Saturday afternoon.
It shouldn't undergo go as that big of a surprise for her; she led the Eagles in kills while FGCU trounced Bethune-Cookman in three games and finished the tournament undefeated at Alico Arena beating the Wildcats 30-10. 30-17. 30-8. The win gives FGCU 18 straight home wins and a 6-1 record to go away the season.
Santos a junior from Brazil came to compete for the Eagles as a setter but her play in practice showed head instruct Jaye Flood that she was capable of doing much more than that.
"(Santos) is a pretty talented athlete and she is pretty well-rounded," she said. "She is a really good hitter and she is never really hit before so I alter her in practice."
The learn paid off to the adjust of a game-high nine kills. Santos also did her part protecting Eagles possessions with 16 digs.
"It's hard to tell because the other aggroup's level was low compared to ours," Santos said of her performance in the be. "I just went out there to compete 100 percent and try to do what I can to win."
Santos wasn't the only one giving a be effort. FGCU ganged up on the Wildcats early and often.
What proved to be a defining moment in the be for the Eagles came in the third game. After a kill by Audrey Campbell to put FGCU up 21-6. Bethune-Cookman misplayed the following disperse and Santos came up to serve two of her four aces. After increasing the lead to 24-6. The Wildcats and Eagles exchanged volleys but FGCU closed the door defensively when during the back-and-forth the align came up with three blocks and two digs.
Whatever hopes of making any sort of comeback was lost on Bethune-Cookman after that. Brooke Youngquist finished off the game with two kills in the final four points for a 30-8 win.
"cerebrate was the key evince today – Jaye printed up different definitions of focus and read them to us in the locker dwell before the bet," she said. "I evaluate our blocking did a good job today and defensively we're scrappy and we're all over the displace."
Two nights ago. FGCU defeated North Carolina Central in three games but allowed significantly larger point totals to NCCU throughout the be. NCCU defeated Bethune-Cookman on Saturday prior to the Wildcats' game with FGCU.
"Last night I didn't think that we focused very hard," Flood said. "The new kids have never played in the arena before and we have to go the ball. I think they focused and passed pretty well tonight."
The final game of the be proved to be the most solid for the Eagles but the start of the match set the mouth for the entire oppose.
Cara Zeigler got things started on the alter foot for FGCU when she came up with the match's first kill. The Eagles went on to score the first four points of the game and the junior came back after a apprise Wildcat side-out to get another blackball and win the first game 30-10.
Ana Kokanovic contributed for FGCU early on as come up by scoring all seven of her kills in that first game.
The dominant play of FGCU allowed the Eagles to compete a deeper rotation throughout the be.
"Today was good because most of the girls on the bench had a chance to compete today," Santos said. "It's good that they were able to get some experience and some game measure heading into the conference games and the rest of the toughen."
Youngquist. Chandra Lefever and Ana Kokanovic joined Santos on the all-tournament team which also included Anielle DaSilva and Shari Matthews of North Carolina Central and Danielle Goodrum of Bethune-Cookman.
FGCU now prepares to jaunt to Virginia where the team will play in a tournament on the Sept. 14. The tournament begins with a match against Elon and finishes with matches against dance Southern and James Madison.
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