2023 north florida ospreys volleyball 6 ALL-AMERICANS • 4 UNF HALL OF FAMERS • OVER 500 PROGRAM WINS MATCH NOTES DATE OPPONENT August (1-2) 8.20 Scrimmage 8.22 San Diego State (exh.) 8.25 Denver! 8.26 New Mexico State! 8.27 Santa Barbara!
W, 3-1 L, 0-3 L, 0-3
September (6-8) 9.1 Georgia# 9.1 Coastal Carolina# 9.2 TCU#
L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 1-3
TIME
9.8 9.8 9.9 9.15 9.15 9.16
Texas Southern$ Louisiana$ Charlotte$ Ala. A&M^ USF^ USC Upstate^
W, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 1-3 L, 2-3
9.19 9.22 9.23 9.26 9.30
Florida State Stetson* FGCU* Jacksonville* Lipscomb*
L, 0-3 L, 2-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-1 L, 0-3
October (3-0) 10.3 Florida A&M 10.6 Kennesaw State* 10.7 Queens* 10.13 Eastern Ky.* 10.14 Bellarmine* 10.20 North Alabama 10.22 Central Arkansas* 10.27 Queens* 10.29 Kennesaw State November 11.1 11.4 11.10 11.11 11.16-18
at Jacksonville* Austin Peay* FGCU* Stetson* ASUN Championship
MATCH NO. 21&22- UNF ARENA | JACKSONVILLE, FLA. NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (10-10, 3-3 ASUN) EASTERN KENTUCKY COLONELS (15-3, 5-1 ASUN)
W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m.
Bold | Home matches at UNF Italics | Neutral site matches * Indicates ASUN match ! UC Santa Barbara Tournament @ Coastal Carolina Tournament # UNF Invitational $ UNF Sunshine Tournament All Times EST
Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 83-85, 6th Season 2022 Record: 12-17, 9-7 ASUN
V O LL EYBA L L
Head Coach: Johnna Bazzani Record at EKU 51-74, 5th Season 2022 Record: 15-15, 6-10 ASUN
TEAM STATS (as of 10/10) HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
UNF .221 .210 12.81 11.93 1.49 14.17 1.47
ASUN RANK 6th 5th 2nd 2nd 7th 6th 10th
NCAA 120th 195th 104th 98th 180th 163rd 306th
STATISTICAL LEADERS KILLS
TEAM STATS (as of 10/10) EKU .268 .185 14.66 13.65 1.76 16.55 1.89
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
ASUN RANK 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 6th
NCAA 25th 94th 3rd 2nd 59th 24th 210th
BELLARMINE KNIGHTS (6-12, 4-2 ASUN)
ACES
#2 Kailey McKnight (241, 3.26 kills/set)
HITTING %
Kelly Negron (23 aces)
Head Coach: Rick Nold Record at Bellarmine 16-30, 2nd Season 2022 Record: 10-18, 4-12 ASUN
DIGS
#4 Rocio Moro (.375)
ASSISTS
#4 Rocio Moro (345, 4.6 digs/set)
BLOCKS
#13 Annie Antar (553, 7.47 assists/set)
#20 Maddie Boyd (51, 0.74 blks/set)
TEAM STATS (as of 10/10) BU .191 .259 12.43 11.48 1.43 14.38 1.39
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
ASUN RANK NCAA 11th 12th 6th 7th 10th 7th 12th
PROJECTED STARTERS (based on last match)
All Times EST
Kailey McKnight
RECORD
10-10
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
3-3 7-7 7-2 2-5 1-3
SCHEDULE TAKEAWAYS
-19 matches inside the Sunshine State -Faces teams from 12 different conferences -Faces 3 P5 teams (UGA, TCU, FSU) -Plays three matches out in California -4 First time foes -ASUN home opener Sept. 26 vs. JU -First-ever trip to UCA -ASUN opener at Stetson Sept. 22
Anna Butler
Series History EKU: UNF and EKU are meeting for the fourth time ... UNF and EKU first met back in 2015, a neutral site affair that UNF won in Knoxville, Tenn., 3-2 ... the Ospreys and Colonels have played twice as league foes ... the only meeting between UNF and EKU at North Florida came in 2021, a 3-1 win for the Ospreys ... Rocio Moro had 26 digs in that win, while Annie Antar went for 21 assists ... current Ospreys Kailey McKnight, Amy Burkhardt, Anna Butler and Maddie Boyd all played in that match ... EKU won last year’s matchup in Kentucky, a match held in late October. Bellarmine: UNF and Bellarmine are playing for the third time and the second time in Jacksonville ... North Florida has won both meetings, having
Maymie Guthrie
Annie Antar
Maddie Boyd
defeated the Knights, 3-1, Oct. 22, 2019 at the UNF Arena ... North Florida also swept Bellarmine last year in Louisville, Ky. ... the Ospreys were paced by a 12-kill performance by Mahalia White in that win. SCOUTING REPORT EKU: EKU is off to a historic start, posting a 15-3 record and 5-1 mark in league competition ... EKU’s 13-match winning streak broken against Lipscomb in a 3-2 loss brought the Colonels to a tie for the longest winning streak in program history ... EKU currently ranks third in the league standings, one game behind FGCU and Lipscomb ... EKU is 3-2 in true road matches this year, while going 8-0 at home thus far ... EKU has made itself known in the weekly honors depart-
Kierstyn McFall
Rocio Moro
ment, having earned six weekly honors so far this season ... EKU has played balanced volleyball this year, pacing the league in kills/set, assists/set and hitting percentage ... the Colonels are also second in the league in digs/set ... four EKU players have at least 145 kills. Bellarmine: Bellarmine is 6-12 and 4-2 in league play ... the Knights had their four-match winning streak snapped by ASUN frontrunner, Lipscomb ... freshman outside hitter Natalie Bland was named ASUN Freshman of the Week Oct. 2 ... Bellarmine has been markedly better in Louisville, going 5-1 at home and just 1-11 away from Louisville ... the Knights defeated APSU, Queens, UNA and UCA in league play.
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