Volleyball Recap: Marco Island Academy's Run of Five Straight Victories Now Over

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Marco Island Academy can now relate to. They lost 3-0 to the First Baptist Academy Lions on Thursday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Rays have suffered since September 30th.

Madison Stolinas

Assists

10/16/25 vs First Baptist Academy	24
10/14/25 vs Neumann	31
10/13/25 vs Southwest Florida Christian	25
10/09/25 @ The Village School of Naples	35
10/07/25 vs Everglades City	34
+ 28 more games

Marco Island Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Madison Stolinas, who had 24 assists and six digs, and Sophia Ogdin, who had 13 digs and one assist. Stolinas has been hot for a while, having posted 22 or more assists the last 33 times she's played.

Leading First Baptist Academy to victory were Peyton Garrick and Trinity McCormick. Garrick had 11 digs and two aces, while McCormick hit 66.7% for six kills and 31 assists and three digs. That's the most aces Garrick has posted over her last six matchups.

With the defeat, Marco Island Academy broke their five-match winning streak and moved their record to 21-7. As for First Baptist Academy, the victory was the 19th in a row for them, bringing their record up to 27-1.

Marco Island Academy has already played their next contest, a 3-2 loss against Canterbury on the 21st. As for First Baptist Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-0 win against St. John Paul II Academy on the 21st.