- December 4, 2025
Seabreeze players combine for a block in a match at Flagler Palm Coast on Sept. 4. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze players celebrate. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze players celebrate. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC players celebrate after tying up the match with a 25-14 win in the fourth set. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Alexandria Dingman (11) celebrates a point. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Brianna Dicks serves for Seabreeze. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Faith-Anne Dailey (11) sets in front of Sophie Campbell. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Haley Sobin watches her serve. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze outside hitter Alexandria Dingman gets ready to hit. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze libero Lilli Litz serves. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze coach Janet Bruce and FPC coach Lindsey Stewart are good friends. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Sophie Campbell, Faith-Anne Dailey and Aidamarys Bailey-Ortiz dance to the Cupid Shuffle along with both teams in front of their benches during one intermission between sets. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC players dance to the Cupid Shuffle during one intermission between sets. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze players dance to the Cupid Shuffle. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze players dance to the Cupid Shuffle. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze and FPC players dance to the Cupid Shuffle. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Marina Carlisi (8) bumps over the net. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC outside hitter Marina Carlisi hits between two Seabreeze blockers. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Peyton Smith, Sophie Campbell and Haley Sobin watch Seabreeze's serve. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Brie Sproul (10) gives FPC teammate Peyton Smith a high five. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Alexandria Dingman throws the ball up in the air to serve. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Faith-Anne Dailey sets. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze players celebrate their five-set victory at Flagler Palm Coast. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Sophie Campbell (3), Haley Sobin (6) and Peyton Smith get ready for a Seabreeze serve. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Olivia Chase (7) checks in for Taylor Witham. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Victoria Kenyon-Gonzalez does 'Crab pincers cheer after winning a point. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Alexandria Dingman (11) hits over the net. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Baylee Brown (left) and Taylor Witham. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Cailyn Wainright watches her serve. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC senior Faith-Anne Dailey (11) sets for a teammate. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Faith-Anne Dailey sets for the Bulldogs. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC players celebrate a point. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC celebrates a point in the fifth set. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Haley Sobin serves for FPC. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Haven Price hits over the net. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze outside hitter Isabella Tedesco hits over the net. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Isabella Tedesco serves for Seabreeze. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Kinley Lang watches her serve. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Taylor Witham (5) checks in for Olivia Chase. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Olivia chase serves. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Olivia Chase gets set to serve for Seabreeze. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Pearl Kelly serves for the Sandcrabs. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Sandcrabs celebrate their five-set victory over the Bulldogs. Photo by Brent Woronoff
They held a volleyball match and a line dance broke out.
During an intermission between sets of Seabreeze’s five-set victory over Flagler Palm Coast on Thursday, Sept. 4, both teams lined up in front of their benches and performed an extended dance to the Cupid Shuffle.
“Our teams love each other,” explained FPC coach Lindsey Stewart, who is good friends with Seabreeze coach Janet Bruce. The friendship has trickled down to the players.
“They play each other so much (in beach and indoor volleyball) they’ve developed a relationship,” Stewart said.
The match itself at FPC’s gym, was so good that even the losing coach could smile afterward. From the first set, you could tell that neither team was going down without a fight — even with a jaunty Cupid Shuffle mixed in.
The Sandcrabs won the opening set, needing five extra points to win by two at 30-28. Seabreeze also won the second set, 25-20, and seemed poised to sweep until FPC won the next two, 25-14 and 25-21, to force a deciding fifth set.
The Sandcrabs broke a 5-5 tie and led the rest of the way to win the fifth set 15-10 and remain undefeated on the season with a 6-0 record.
“You could be upset you didn’t win, but at the same time, it was a great match,” Stewart said. “Both sides gave it their all and thrived on each other’s energy.”
Seabreeze appears to be on its way to its best season since 2021 when it finished with a 19-8 record and advanced to the playoffs. But, unlike this year, the Sandcrabs started that season with four straight losses.
It’s surreal. I don’t think we’ve ever had this winning streak (to start the season).
— JANET BRUCE, Seabreeze volleyball coach
“It’s surreal,” said Bruce, the Sandcrabs’ third-year coach. “I don’t think we’ve ever had this winning streak (to start the season). We have an all-around team, and I’m able to play the entire team in pretty much every single set. But they all have a specific role.”
The Sandcrabs had 18 blocks in the match with Carley Bandell in on eight of them. Alexandria Dingman led the Sandcrabs with 13 kills and libero Lilli Litz had 38 digs including a key “pancake” dig with the back of her hand.
“Those are hard to get to,” Litz said. “It’s hard (playing libero). You’ve got to put your body out there.”
“She’s able to get underneath a lot of balls,” Bruce said of the junior. “She a great digger and a great leader in the back row. She’s finding her voice.”
FPC beat Seabreeze in the preseason, but since then the Sandcrabs have been unflappable, winning three of their matches in five sets.
“I think we’re just all connected. We’re all good friends,” Litz said.
The Bulldogs fell to 2-8, but that includes six losses in the Nike tournament of Champions Aug. 29-30 in Gainesville. The Labor Day weekend event is known as the toughest high school volleyball tournament in the Southeast.
FPC hosts Menendez on Tuesday, Sept. 9 and Taylor on Thursday, Sept. 11. Seabreeze plays at Deltona on Monday, Sept. 8, hosts Taylor on Tuesday and visits Matanzas on Sept. 11.