{"id":11831,"date":"2017-08-23T18:44:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T22:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=11831"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:13:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T22:13:58","slug":"lady-sharks-reload-defend-national-championship-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/lady-sharks-reload-defend-national-championship-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Sharks Reload To Defend National Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After winning the national championship last year, the Miami Dade College <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcathletics.com\/sports\/wvball\/index\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lady Sharks volleyball team<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is well aware that they are the hunted. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[This season] is going to be tough,\u201d said Lady Sharks Head Volleyball Coach Origenes &#8220;Kiko\u201d Benoit. \u201cWe have like a target on our back and people are going to be shooting at us because they want to be the number one team. But it\u2019s a challenge that we will take on and do our best.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lady Sharks won 14 games last year during the regular season before going undefeated at \u00a0states and nationals on the road to their national championship win against <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa Western Community College on November 19 in Casper, Wyoming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That magical season will be tough to duplicate. The Lady Sharks lost a great deal of \u00a0talent from last year\u2019s team. Among the departures: Alexia N. Clepf Sousa\u2014a Brazilian setter who averaged 4.96 assists per set and 0.17 serving aces per set; blockers \u00a0Deborah Constanzo and Pamela Jaime, who averaged 0.68 and 0.53 blocks per set, respectively, and right side hitter <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yamilet Velazquez who received a scholarship <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0from Columbia College in Missouri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two returning sophomores who are expected to provide leadership are outside hitters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/matos-named-player-year\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Massiel Matos<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and Sun Wenting. Both provided key production for the Lady Sharks during the national championship game versus <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iowa Western Community College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matos, who was named the National Championship Dorothy L. Brown Most Valuable Player, filled the stat sheet, contributing 16.5 points, 15 kills and nine digs. Wenting added 13 points and 11 kills and was named to the 2016 Division I Volleyball National All-Tournament team. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But with a horde of new players, the Lady Sharks understand they will have to stress patience. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cWe have to keep our mind focused and be disciplined,\u201d said sophomore middle blocker Paula Barbosa Louro. \u201dBeing champions is an inspiration but it\u2019s not everything.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team is counting on an infusion of talent \u00a0to help them in the early part of the season. Newcomers include: Setters Thayna Mendes \u00a0from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Paola Pena, the only Miami-born player, and Tiziana Baumrukova\u2014an eighteen-year-old who played in the highest division in the Czech Republic. The team will also count on three new outside hitters: Valeria Alegrias, a Colombia native, Jovana Papaz, from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Samaret Caraballo, from the Bronx, New York. \u00a0Other newcomers expected to contribute immediately are middle blockers, Maria Angelica Palacio and Fiorella Murillo, who are both from Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDeciding who is going to start is going to be a tough decision because we have so many good players,\u201d Benoit said. \u201dIt\u2019s going to be very interesting as we might have one rotation one game and a totally different rotation the next one. 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