Samantha Bricio (born November 22, 1994 in Mexico) is a Mexican volleyball player, the youngest player to play for the Mexico national team in its history. Bricio played in the 2009 FIVB Girls Youth World Championship (finishing ninth) and again in 2011, finishing twelfth. She received the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Best Scorer and Best Server awards and the Best Scorer award in the 2011 Youth Pan-American Cup, 2011 Junior Pan-American Cup and the 2013 Pan-American Cup.
While at USC, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best collegiate female volleyball player in 2016.[53][54]
Bricio played with the American Premier Volleyball League club Chesapeake Rising Tide from Chesapeake Bay[55] at the 2016 league tournament held along the Open National Championships.[56] She helped her team to win the bronze medal after they lost to Team Iowa Ice but defeated Great Lakes Lightning to achieve the third place.[57]
She signed with the Italian league champion club Imoco Volley Conegliano for two years,[58] starting in the 2016/17 season.[59] She made the All-Star game selection[60] and later won the Italian Supercup defeating 3–1 to Foppapedretti Bergamo, where she became Most Valuable Player after leading her team with 24 points.[61][62]
2017 In the 2016–17 CEV Champions League, Bricio helped her team in the pool play against[63] and Chemik Police,[64] another victories in the Italian Cup[65] and helping to retake the domestic league first place.[66] After that, she was sidelined from playing in February when she got a virus,[67][68] even though, her team won the Italian Cup.[69]
She suffered a sprain during the second domestic league quarterfinals match,[70] being unable to play the CEV Champions League Final Four[71] hosted by her club,[72] who claimed the silver medal.[73]
Clubs Mexico Jalisco (2009–2012) United States Chesapeake Rising Tide (2016) Italy Imoco Volley Conegliano (2016–2018) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2018–2019) Italy Pallavolo Scandicci (2019- ) Awards College 2012 Texas A&M Invitational Most Valuable Player 2012 AVCA All-America honorable mention 2012 AVCA Pacific Region Freshman of the Year 2012 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year 2012 All-Pacific Region Team 2012 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team 2012 Pac-12 All-Conference Team 2012 Volleyball Magazine's NCAA Freshman of the Year 2012 Volleyball Magazine's All-America third team 2015 AVCA National Player of the Year 2015 Volleyball Magazine's Player of the Year 2015 espnW National Volleyball Player of the Year 2015 PrepVolleyball.com National Player of the Year 2015 HERO Sport's National Volleyball Player of the Year 2016 Honda Sports Award for volleyball[54] Individuals 2008 NORCECA Junior Championship "Rising Star" 2010 NORCECA Youth Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Scorer" 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games "Best Server" 2011 Youth Pan-American Cup "Best Scorer" 2011 Junior Pan-American Cup "Best Scorer" 2013 Pan-American Cup "Best Scorer" 2016-17 Italian League "All-Star" 2016 Italian SuperCup "Most Valuable Player" Clubs 2016 Premier Volleyball League – Med 3.png Bronze medal, with Chesapeake Rising Tide 2016 Italian SuperCup - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley 2016-17 Italian Cup - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Gorm silver cup.jpg Runner-Up, with Imoco Volley Conegliano 2017-18 Italian League - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Imoco Volley Conegliano
I see it now, I see it now
Real love, now I'll break through
To show to you that I'm more good than I am bad
I'll work it out, I'll work it out
I'm waiting for you to show me
Getting the point there for Mexico
Pull off a race with something special from the service line
We know she's capable of it
These are the moments when it's good to deliver
And she has delivered, that's a bounding serve
No getting that back
Fresco
Field it, so we're at 23 now
In the second set
Oh, she's done it again
Two in a row
Grizio, another one
And they've got the set
And they've got a 2-0 lead
3-3 and Grizio will show
Flurry of aces at the start of this match
Smacking that down
Oh, she's done it again
Fabulous play
Twice into the net
But twice enough spin and swerve to carry it over
In the air as you jump over the line
On service
Berizio
Going for the hat-trick of service aces
Not that time, oh
With the turn
Not for long
Free ball off the reception
And the tap-down kills the set
Mexico have taken it
That's a huge psychological blow for Argentina
To lose that set
Mexico don't care
They're two ahead, they need just one more
To get their first win at this World Championship
Bumped up by Martinez
And then Lopez, the other side in the red jersey for Mexico
Great defensive work
Fresco tries the set
Lopez in again
Comes over, VAR
And again and again for Grizio
Rangel and Grizio
Are the favoured attackers of choice
And you can see why
They're so certain
Serving crowds, you can see
12-0 here in this third set
Grizio decides to crash that one down
Off the set from Sané Sashiko
Some bump there, done it again
Marina Rodriguez serves
High bump, turns it to a set
Super execution at the finish
Wide open court
Left-hand side as we look at it there
And she just smacks that down
Behind the Argentine, Libero
Galeano
Serves deep
Pick up, bump, and the finish
They've got this one back
A wonderful chance now for Argentina to go on
And take this set
Can they wrestle back control of the rally?
Well, Fernandez bumps it up
And then it's Martinez helping it on
Tip finish, not quite
Lopez sliding in
Third touch has to come over
Galeano
Mexico have defended this latest phase as well
Powered down there by Grizio
Brilliant defence by Argentina
Lopez again, quick set
Oh, that's a super shot
Right under the neck
Tricking everyone
Absolutely
Galeano for the time being
Service reception
Go either way
It's 21-20 now
Argentina couldn't benefit from the joust
That's inaccurate
Grizio that time
He skewers the ball wide of Lascarno
It's well, well wide now
Two are still intact
Rangel
Really beams that serve down
An overpass comes in from Fresco
There's a chance here for Mexico
And they score off the block
It's Amant Fabrizio
Middle of...
Absolutely pounds this down
Off the set from Sane Sachiko
Great save there
Back thought by Fresco
They just lose it on the last touch
Sosa
She knows what she's trying to do here
Amant Fabrizio will serve now for Mexico
Galeano does well, tap back
Galeano with the touch again
Free pass comes over from Sosa
Overhead set
Rangel
Julieta Lascarno serves
1-2 on the wing side
Monica Moreno
Starting it and then finishing it
Off Sane's set
Set to nothing
Sachiko is the setter
Mexico blocking
And then bumping
Finally trying to kill it
Galeano speeding forward into the digout
Defensively
To Mexico point here
So that's the tip over the net
Fresco
Argentina within three
Wing side finish
Here she comes
Punching the shot down
And through the gap
Valley going
15-13
Martinez
Digging it up and out
Tapped over by Fernandez
Now a wing side attack
Which
Don't get right with Vizio down is it
Scoring off the block
Two touches on the Argentina side of the net
16-13 here
Mexico lead by three
Going into our second technical time out
Sosa serves
A little overhead set
Very keen to get it to the opposite side here Mexico
Might have to mix it up a bit
Shot's pushed over by Fresco
And this time it's on the wing side
Vizio tried to go cross-court
Backcourt defence working well for Mexico
Vizio tries again
And a little out of the way of that shot
And it flies long
How is it
Into the body there of Sosa
Fresco again on serve
Argentina 2-1 here
Mascano
Trying
And now Marina Martinez
Scrambling out way beyond the sidelines there
To try and bump that back into play
And Vizio
Into the net, over
Galliano sets
And Mexico block
Almost working but it
Sané
Back on serve
They stop wide
Great retrieval there from Argentina
By Hawker, by Crook, they got that back into play
And bumped up by Sosa
Tap shot by Rodriguez
Set is overhead
And there's the finish for Andrea Rangel