sentences:  In December 2012, Stacy announced that she was retiring from professional volleyball playing, since she was not yet fully recovered from the accident she suffered while defending Vôlei Futuro.She still had problems with her eyesight and she lost some of her reflexes since that accident, which made playing volleyball as a Libero very difficult.In 2012 Sykora came out as lesbian in an interview with Italian volleyball magazine "Pallavoliamo", saying in part, "I have a girlfriend and I'm happy with her now.