Panthers from Way Downtown

Sophomore Monna Julkunen has not only surpassed the 50-game plateau for Panther basketball- she's currently at 51- but she has a new career-high for games in a season- she appeared in 24 games as a freshman and appeared in 27 games (and counting) this year. 

*Note: This is just off my calculations. Junior Savannah Ebarb tallied her eightieth dual-match appearance in the third game of the day (Alabama-Birmingham), all of which have been scoring matches. Junior Ellie Neville tallied her tenth career scoring match and, if stats from previous seasons are any indication, is on course for a career-best year. She's 2-1 so far this year after going 1-3 last year and winless as a freshman.  Sophomore Noalani Nuez tallied her twentieth career scoring match.   Sophomore Kate Phelan tallied her tenth career scoring match and has 14 dual-match appearances (12 scoring, 2 exhibition). She also has five wins (3-6 as a freshman, 2-1 this year). Senior Kaebre Sullivan tallied her twentieth career scoring match and has appeared in 34 dual matches (21 scoring, 13 exhibition). 

In the first installment, I mentioned how former Panther basketballer Deasia Merrill spent her grad year with TCU. In the second installment, I mentioned how former Sandy Panther Cassie Thayse joined the College of Charleston team as a junior. In the third installment, I mentioned how former soccer player Emma Chapman is a current sophomore at Georgia Southern. In the fourth installment, I mentioned how former volleyballer Keionna Mackey is now a senior at Appalachian State. In the fifth installment, I mentioned how former tennis player Francesca Miglio is now a junior at South Florida.  This installment, number six, focuses on libero Marta Lazzarin , who will be playing for the Tennessee Volunteers for her sophomore season in 2026. As a freshman in 2025, Lazarin appeared in 28 matches for the Panthers with 535 digs (third-most in a season) at a 5.25/set clip (second-most in a season).  

In the first installment, I mentioned how former Panther basketballer Deasia Merrill spent her grad year with TCU. In the second installment, I mentioned how former Sandy Panther Cassie Thayse joined the College of Charleston team as a junior. In the third installment, I mentioned how former soccer player Emma Chapman is a current sophomore at Georgia Southern. In the fourth installment, I mentioned how former volleyballer Keionna Mackey is now a senior at Appalachian State. This installment, number five, is focusing on former tennis player Francesca Miglio , now a junior at South Florida. Miglio tallied forty-three dual match appearances across two seasons for the Panthers.  

Sophomore infielder Zoey Defoor tallied her fiftieth game for Panther softball this previous weekend at the Mardi Gras tournament- she has 51 entering the game at Georgia Tech tomorrow. Her current season is off to an impressive start, as well- seven runs in ten games after three in 41 as a freshman last year. 

Freshman Lamiss Haouas had herself a weekend in her debut two dual matches for the Panthers' women's tennis team.  On Saturday against Mercer, she teamed with Defne Erbakan for a 7-5 win to help clinch the doubles point and added a 6-3, 6-2 victory in singles.  And on Sunday against Georgia Southern, her 6-4 doubles win with Defne Erbakan clinched the doubles point although her singles match went unfinished. So heading into the South Florida-North Florida road swing this weekend, she has two doubles victories and a singles win across two dual appearances. 

Free-Throw Percentage Junior Eghosa Obasuyi is 11-of-12 on the year for a .917 percentage, which currently equals Kamryn Dziak's 2020-21 mark for highest in a single season in team history.  Field-Goal Percentage Junior Ari Dyson leads at a .567 clip, which currently stands as the fourth-best in a season in team history. 

Entering tonight's home game with Troy... Junior Malachi Brown has 1,677 minutes across 56 games.  Redshirt sophomore Jelani Hamilton has 1,417 minutes across 51 games. 

Heading into Wednesday's game at Louisiana-Monroe, junior Crystal Henderson has 183 steals in her 86-game career, moving into eighth all-time in team history for steals (Marica Maddox, with 182, drops to ninth and Mikyla Tolivert, with 180, drops to tenth).  Traci Cheek, with 187, is currently seventh while Evita Rogers, with 197, is currently sixth.