NIVC First and Second Round - UNF vs. UNC Greensboro

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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 (3-3) 11.6 Jacksonvile* 11.9 RV Florida State 11.12 Kennesaw State* 11.13 Liberty* 11.18 Lipscomb (ASUN Qtrs) 11.19 FGCU (ASUN Semis)

PROJECTED STARTERS (based on last match)

TIME W, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0

Julianna Askew

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 W, 3-1 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 0-3

December (0-0) 12. 3 UNC Greensboro& (1st Rd) W, No Contest 12. 4 Troy or MTSU (2nd Rd) 2 p.m. 12.6-8 NIVC Third Round& 12. 8-11 NIVC Semifinals& 12. 13 or 14 NIVC Championship& Bold | Home matches Italics | Neutral site matches * Indicates ASUN match ! Indicates FAU Tournament @ UNF Invitational Tournament # TCU Fight at the Fort $ UNF Sunshine Tournament % JSU ASUN Crossover ^ UNF ASUN Crossover & NIVC Championship All Times EST

RECORD 24-7 ASUN 12-4 NON-CONFERENCE 12-3 HOME 12-2 AWAY 5-5 NEUTRAL 7-0

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.

Maddie Boyd

Gabby O’Connell

Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana

MATCH NO. 32 | Troy, Ala. (NIVC Second Round) NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (24-7)

Rocio Moro

Head Coach: Josh Lauer Record at Troy 73-72, 5th Season Spring 2021 Record: 11-9, 10-6

*as of 11/27

TEAM STATS TROY SUN BELT RANK

NCAA HITTING % .237 3rd 115th OPP. HITTING % .184 2nd 78th KILLS/SET 12.99 5th 115th ASSISTS/SET 12.06 3rd 88th ACES/SET 1.42 6th 142nd DIGS/SET 14.13 2nd 208th BLOCKS/SET 2.16 5th 123rd

HITTING % .188 8th OPP. HITTING % .203 9th KILLS/SET 12.77 6th ASSISTS/SET 11.86 5th ACES/SET 1.61 3rd DIGS/SET 13.50 10th BLOCKS/SET 1.79 10th

STATISTICAL LEADERS*as of 11/27

MTSU BLUE RAIDERS (9-11)

KILLS ACES

#14DarianaHollingsworth-Santana (361, 3.11 kills/set)

(.341)

(552, 4.76 digs/set)

ASSISTS BLOCKS #5 Julianna Askew #11 Bre Walp

(687, 6.25 assists/set)

storylines: 1. Series History Troy: UNF is 4-0 against Troy and 2-0 in road matches. MTSU: North Florida won 3-1 against MTSU Sept. 17 of this year, the only meeting between UNF and the Blue Raiders.

*as of 11/27

NCAA 227th 154th 141st 116th 66th 263rd 160th

Head Coach: Chuck Crawford Record at MTSU 41-83, 5th season Spring 2021 Record: 5-11, 4-8 C-USA

#5 Julianna Askew (32 aces)

HITTING % DIGS #20 Maddie Boyd #4 Rocio Moro

Bre Walp

TROY TROJANS (17-12)

Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 60-57, 4th Season Spring 2021 Record: 10-10, 8-4 ASUN

TEAM STATS UNF ASUN RANK

Solimar Cestero

(141, 1.21 blk/set)

TEAM STATS MTSU C-USA RANK

*as of 11.27

NCAA HITTING % .194 10th 205th OPP. HITTING% .231 14th 273rd KILLS/SET 12.14 9th 214th ASSISTS/SET 11.28 9th 199th ACES/SET 1.64 3rd 56th DIGS/SET 13.99 9th 221st BLOCKS/SET 1.48 14th 314th

2. Scouting Report Troy: Troy is 17-12 and 9-7 in the Sun Belt ... the Trojans defeated Virginia Tech and went 1-1 against Georgia State this year, shared opponents with UNF ... Julia Brooks was a First Team All-ASUN honoree ... Amara Anderson was named to the second team. MTSU: MTSU was 9-11 and 6-6 in C-USA play ... MTSU was knocked out of the C-USA Tourney by Rice in the semis ... Marley Barton was named C-USA Libero of the Year.

3. First Serve UNF is making its first-ever appearance in the NIVC and first appearance in postseason play outside of the ASUN Championship as a Division I program ... the Ospreys are 24-7, reaching the program’s most wins in a season during UNF’s Division I days ... the Ospreys reached the ASUN Championship Semifinals, doing so for consecutive seasons for the first time in UNF history ... the Ospreys have a No. 74 RPI as of November 21.

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