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 (7-3) 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 (1-1) 11.6 Jacksonvile* 11.9 RV 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 L, 1-3 W, 3-2
Annie Antar
Maddie Boyd
MATCH NO. 28-29 | UNF Arena NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (22-5, 11-3)
RECORD 22-5 ASUN 11-3 NON-CONFERENCE 11-2 HOME 11-1 AWAY 5-4 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
KENNESAW STATE OWLS (17-8, 11-3)
Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 58-55, 4th Season Spring 2021 Record: 10-10, 8-4 ASUN
Head Coach: Keith Schunzel Record at KSU 155-88, 9th season Spring 2021 Record: 11-3
LIBERTY FLAMES (9-12, 5-9) Head Coach: Trevor Johnson Record at LIB: 50-50, 4th season Spring 2021 Record: 5-9
W, 3-1 L, 1-3 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
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Gabby O’Connell
storylines: 1. Series History KSU: This is the 26th meeting between KSU and UNF ... the Ospreys are 4-8 against the Owls in home matches ... North Florida broke a seven-match losing skid to KSU with a 3-1 win against the Owls Oct. 27, 2019 ... the Ospreys fell 3-1 to Kennesaw State in the only other meeting with KSU this season, Oct. 17 in Georgia ... the first-ever meeting between these two teams was Oct. 6, 2006. LIB: Liberty paces the all-time series, 5-2 ... the Ospreys won the last meeting in commanding fashion, a 3-0 sweep of the Flames in Lynchburg ... North Florida has won each meeting in Jacksonville ... these two teams first played each other as non-conference opponents Sept. 4, 2010 in Charlottesville, Va.
2. Scouting Report KSU: The Owls are coming in hot as winners of their last nine games ... Kennesaw State is 17-8 and 11-3 in ASUN play, tied for second place with North Florida in the ASUN East Division ... the Owls rank 20th in the nation in aces with 171 ... Claire Parsons is second in the league to UNF’s Bre Walp in total blocks with 110 ... setter McKinley Ferguson guides the offense with 880 assists ... Lauren Chastang won last week’s ASUN Player of the Week honor. LIB: Liberty is 9-12 and 5-9 in conference play, having lost their last three games ... Liberty ranks in the last half of the league in aces/set, assists/set, hitting percentage and kills/ set ... Trinity Watts has 201 kills to pace Liberty ... Lydia Burts paces the team with 80 blocks.
3. First Serve North Florida enters its final home stand of the regular season with matches against Kennesaw State and Liberty ... the Ospreys fell 3-1 to (RV) Florida State ... UNF came into the week tied for seventh in the nation for wins with a 71 RPI ... the Ospreys celebrate Senior Night against Liberty, honoring Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana, Gabby O’Connell, Grace Youngblood, Grace Peterson and Alessia Venturelli ... Solimar Cestero became the 12th Osprey to reach the 1,000-kill milestone in Tuesday’s match at Florida State ... North Florida is 11-1 at home this year, not having lost at The Nest since Oct. 2 against FGCU in five sets ... Bre Walp currently stands fourth in the country for blocks and atop the ASUN with 128 stuffs.
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