2021 north florida ospreys volleyball 6 ALL-AMERICANS • 4 UNF HALL OF FAMERS • OVER 500 PROGRAM WINS MATCH NOTES DATE OPPONENT August (3-0) 8.27 Wofford! 8.27 FAU! 8.28 Stony Brook! September (11-1) 9.3 Virginia Tech@ 9.4 Georgia State@ 9.5 Davidson@ 9.9 Houston Baptist# 9.9 TCU# 9.10 La. Tech# 9.17 MTSU$ 9.17 FIU$ 9.18 Seton Hall$ 9.24 Central Arkansas%* 9.25 Jacksonville State%* 9.26 North Alabama%* October (6-2) 10.1 Stetson* 10.2 FGCU* 10.9 Jacksonville* 10.15 Liberty* 10.17 Kennesaw State* 10.22 Bellarmine^* 10.23 Eastern Kentucky^* 10.24 Lipscomb^* 10.29 FGCU* 10.31 Stetson* November (0-0) 11.6 Jacksonvile* 11.9 Florida State 11.12 Kennesaw State* 11.13 Liberty* 11.18-20 ASUN Championship
PROJECTED STARTERS (based on last match)
TIME W, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 2-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 1-3 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Julianna Askew
Maddie Boyd
RECORD 20-3 ASUN 9-2 NON-CONFERENCE 11-1 HOME 11-1 AWAY 3-2 NEUTRAL 6-0
SCHEDULE TAKEAWAYS
-The ASUN is divided into the East and West Divisions
-Two Power Five opponents: Virginia Tech (Sept. 3) and Texas Christian (Sept. 9) -Seven matches against foes never faced in UNF history -26 of 28 matches are played on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana
Rocio Moro
Solimar Cestero
Bre Walp
MATCH NO. 24-25 | Fort Myers, Fla. & DeLand, Fla. NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (20-3, 9-2) STETSON HATTERS (11-12, 6-5) Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 56-53, 4th Season Spring 2021 Record: 10-10, 8-4 ASUN
Head Coach: Yang Deng Record at Stetson 48-71, 5th Season Spring 2021 Record: 6-8, 5-7 ASUN
FGCU EAGLES (19-4, 11-0) Head Coach: Matt Botsford Record at FGCU 176-57, 8th Season Spring 2021 Record: 14-3, 10-2 ASUN
7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
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Gabby O’Connell
storylines: 1. Series History Very familiar foes are on the schedule this weekend, with UNF going head-to-head with FGCU and Stetson at least five times each in less than one calendar year ... FGCU, Stetson and UNF were all part of the Spring 2021 ASUN South Division before joining the ASUN East Division this season with the addition of UCA, EKU and Jacksonville State. FGCU: UNF has taken two of the last five matches against FGCU ... UNF got ahead 2-0 before FGCU pulled off a 3-2 in the last meeting Oct. 2, 2021 at UNF ... UNF and FGCU split two games March 6-7 at FGCU last year. Stetson: UNF and Stetson are meeting for the 38th time ... the Ospreys lead the series 26-11 ... UNF has won the last three ... North Florida pulled off a reverse sweep Feb. 25 ... UNF is 11-5 in DeLand.
2. Scouting Report FGCU: The Eagles are the lone undefeated team in ASUN play at 11-0 and 19-4 overall ... FGCU took down ASUN West Division leading Jacksonville State, 3-0, in their last time out ... FGCU reached the ASUN Championship last year, falling 16-14 in set five to Lipscomb ... the Eagles are on a 12-match winning streak dating back to September 17 vs. Miami ... FGCU comes in with a 50 RPI ... FGCU ranks 8th in the nation in opponent’s hitting percentage. Stetson: The Hatters went 2-1 at the ASUN Crossover at UNF last weekend ... Stetson is fourth in the ASUN East Division ... outside hitter Elena Djokovic ranks 1st in the ASUN in kills and total attacks ... setter Nyah Molina ranks 5th in the ASUN in assists/set and assists.
3. Of Note North Florida is 20-3, making the Ospreys tied for the most wins in NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball ... UNF has reached the 20-win milestone for the first time since the 2015 season ... UNF’s RPI stands at 62 ... it was as high as 49 this season ... Gabby O’Connell’s next appearance will give her 127, the most in UNF Division I history ... O’Connell is eight sets shy of playing in the most sets in UNF history ... she has 468 ... UNF paces the league in assists ... Bre Walp still leads the league in blocks and is seventh in the country with 109 ... Rocio Moro earned her seventh ASUN Defensive Player of the Week award last week, adding to her already record-setting seven such honors ... UNF’s 1,160 kills is 15th in the county ... six Ospreys have 100+ kills.
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