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 (1-0) 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. 19&20 - UNF ARENA | JACKSONVILLE, FLA. NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (8-10, 1-3 ASUN) KENNESAW STATE OWLS (8-6, 1-2 ASUN)
W, 3-1 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 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 81-85, 6th Season 2022 Record: 12-17, 9-7 ASUN
V O LL EYBA L L
Head Coach: Keith Schunzel Record at KSU 184-105, 11th Season 2022 Record: 18-10, 10-6 ASUN
TEAM STATS (as of 10/3) HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
UNF .210 .219 12.65 11.77 1.46 13.99 1.46
ASUN RANK 6th 7th 2nd 2nd 7th 6th 9th
NCAA 157th 225th 123rd 118th 202nd 174th 303rd
STATISTICAL LEADERS KILLS
TEAM STATS (as of 10/3) KSU .222 .210 12.61 11.71 1.44 13.31 2.34
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
ASUN RANK 4th 6th 3rd 4th 8th 8th 2nd
NCAA 118th 194th 133rd 124th 210th 234th 81st
QUEENS ROYALS (3-12, 0-3 ASUN)
ACES
#2 Kailey McKnight (223, 3.28 kills/set)
HITTING %
Kelly Negron (21 aces)
Head Coach: Hannah Long Record at Queens 116-92, 8th Season 2022 Record: 7-22, 2-14 ASUN
DIGS
#23 Kierstyn McFall (.309)
ASSISTS
#4 Rocio Moro (316, 4.58 digs/set)
BLOCKS
#13 Annie Antar (515, 7.57 assists/set)
#20 Maddie Boyd (48, 0.76 blks/set)
TEAM STATS (as of 10/3) QU .134 .223 10.89 10.20 1.55 17.66 1.46
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
ASUN RANK NCAA 12th 8th 12th 12th 4th 1st 10th
PROJECTED STARTERS (based on last match)
All Times ES7
Kailey McKnight
RECORD
8-10
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
1-3 7-7 5-2 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
Mahalia White
Series History Kennesaw State: UNF and Kennesaw State are meeting for the 28th time ... North Florida is looking to improve to 3-1 in its last four home matches against the Owls ... North Florida took care of KSU in five frames last year during a neutral site match at Jacksonville ... that was the lone match between the two teams last year ... Mahalia White had a mosnter match during that win, going off for 26 kills ... Kailey McKnight also had a big day, going for 13 kills and 17 digs in a latenight contest that started at 8:05 p.m. ... Moro became the first-ever member of the 2,000-digs club during that win agianst Kennesaw State. Queens: UNF and Queens are meeting for the second time and for the first time at the UNF Arena ... 2023 marks
Janelly Ceopa
Annie Antar
Maddie Boyd
the second season with Queens as a member of the ASUN Conference ... last year North Florida swept the Royals as Rocio Moro set the UNF career digs record ... North Florida won the first set, 27-25, before posting more convincing results in sets two and three ... White was dominant, posting 19 kills on .500 hitting ... McKnight also went for a double-double with 15 kills and 11 digs. SCOUTING REPORT Kennesaw State: The Owls are 8-6 heading into this weekend’s slate of matches ... KSU is coming off a 3-2 loss against FGCU, sending Kennesaw State to a 1-2 mark after two weekends of league play ... Kennesaw State has two Power Five wins this season, winning in five against both Wake Forest and Mis-
Kierstyn McFall
Rocio Moro
sissippi State ... all three of Kennesaw State’s league matches have gone to five frames so far this season. Queens: Queens comes into the weekend 3-12 and 0-3 in conference competition ... the Royals enter on a four-match losing streak, while also coming in with a 0-4 record on the road ... Queens lost to like-foe, USC Upstate, 3-1, to open the season ... Queens’ lone wins have come against Stonehill, NIU and Duquesne ... Jordyn Johnson is heading into play with 150 kills on the season ... four Royals players have posted at least 155 digs this year, paced by Jesse George at 250.
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