The Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) Grizzly Volleyball team started the 2024 season in Florida. They played Santa Fe College at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, in Gainesville, then participated in a tournament at Florida Southwestern State College Friday and Saturday, Aug. 23 and 24, in Fort Meyers. On Friday, they faced the host team at 11:30 a.m. then Daytona State College at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the Grizzlies played Hillsborough Community College at 10:30 a.m. and Eastern Florida State College at 3:30 p.m. All times are Central Time. They return home to host St. Louis Community College in a Missouri Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC) game at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 4 in the West Plains Civic Center. Admission to the game and the annual Grizzly Club Fall Picnic, which will get underway at 5 p.m. in the civic center exhibit hall, are free. Team members include, front row from left, Bianca Salvador, Caxias Do Sul, Brazil; Isabella Calle, Medellin, Colombia; Chesnea Blakey, Rogersville; Cailey Grinstead, Muldrow, Okla.; Mariana Franco, Cartagena, Colombia. Second row: Savannah Koen, Kirbyville; Victoria Antia, Candelaria-Valle, Columbia; Head Coach Paty Figueiredo; Assistant Coach Robson Da Costa; Violeta Bachvarova, Kazanlak, Bulgaria; Prairie Vaughn, Hackett, Ark. Back row: Gibson Beckler, Conway; Kaitlyn Aleshire, Aurora, Ill.; Wiktoria Jakubik, Grajewo, Poland; Maja Bochenek, Olkusz, Poland and Elidjah Abomo, Paris, France. (MSU-WP photo)
