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 (2-1) 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* 11.12 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 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m.
Julianna Askew
Maddie Boyd
RECORD 16-2 ASUN 5-1 NON-CONFERENCE 11-1 HOME 8-1 AWAY 2-1 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
Soilmar Cestero
Bre Walp
MATCH NO. 19-20 | Lynchburg, Va. & Kennesaw, Ga. NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (16-2, 5-1 ASUN) LIBERTY FLAMES (6-7, 2-4 ASUN) Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 52-52, 4th Season Spring 2021 Record: 10-10, 8-4 ASUN
Head Coach: Trevor Johnson Record at Liberty 47-45, 5th Season Spring 2021 Record: 5-9, 5-7 ASUN
KENNESAW STATE OWLS (9-8, 3-3 ASUN) Head Coach: Keith Schunzel Record at KSU 147-88, 9th Season Spring 2021 Record: 11-3, 10-2 ASUN
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
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Gabby O’Connell
storylines: 1. Series History This will be the first meeting between UNF and Liberty as well as UNF and Kennesaw State since the 2019 season due to the altered schedules in the spring of 2021. Liberty: The Flames have won all six of their meetings with the Ospreys ... Liberty is 5-0 against UNF as ASUN opponents ... the last time these two teams met was in the 2019 ASUN Championship Quarterfinals in Fort Myers, Fla. ... UNF hasn’t played Liberty since Sept. 29, 2019 ... the first-ever meeting between these teams was Sept. 4, 2010 Kennesaw State: UNF and KSU are meeting for the 25th time ... UNF has won eight times in series history and four times in Kennesaw, Ga. ... UNF won the last meeting with KSU, 3-1, at UNF, Oct. 27, 2019 ... UNF hasn’t been to KSU since Sept. 27, 2019.
2. Scouting Report Liberty: The Flames are coming off a four-match losing streak dating back to a 3-1 win against Eastern Kentucky ... Liberty hasn’t won at home since taking down Navy, 3-1, Sept. 10 ... Liberty was selected sixth in the ASUN Preseason Volleyball Coaches Poll ... Liberty ranks in the second half of the conference statistical categories for all but opponent hitting percentage ... Rajini Fitzmaurice and Trinity Watts are the lone Flames with over 100 kills. Kennesaw State: The Owls were picked to finish fourth in the ASUN Preseason Volleyball Coaches Poll ... KSU’s Lauren Chastang was tabbed to the Preseason All-ASUN Team ... KSU is 2-3 over its last five, defeating Liberty and Stetson while falling to UCA, JSU and FGCU ... KSU ranks second in the league in aces and aces/
3. Of Note North Florida concludes the first half of ASUN play with matches at Liberty and Kennesaw State ... UNF touts the ninth-best winning percentage in Division I play ... the Ospreys are 2-1 in true road matches this season ... North Florida brings in an RPI of 65 ... the Ospreys’ Oct. 4 RPI of 49 was good for best in UNF DI history ... Solimar Cestero became the newest member to the 100-matches played club ... the Ospreys swept JU Oct. 9, earning their ninth straight victory against Jacksonville ... Gabby O’Connell needs one ace for 100-career aces ... the Ospreys pace the league in assists/set ... Bre Walp is fifth in the nation for total blocks ... Maddie Boyd’s .364 hitting percentage is the second-best in the ASUN ... Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana has nine double-doubles this year.
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