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 (5-2) 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. 25 & 26 - at CHARLOTTE, N.C. | KENNESAW, GA. NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (11-11, 4-4 ASUN) QUEENS ROYALS (4-18, 1-9 ASUN)
W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 2-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-1 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 85-87, 6th Season 2022 Record: 12-17, 9-7 ASUN
V O LL EYBA L L
Head Coach: Hannah Long Record at QUEENS 117-98, 8th Season 2022 Record: 7-22, 2-14 ASUN
TEAM STATS (as of 10/23) HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
UNF .218 .212 12.64 11.67 1.67 14.40 1.55
ASUN RANK 7th 7th 4th 5th 5th 6th 9th
NCAA 218th 204th 142nd 140th 95th 153rd 296th
STATISTICAL LEADERS KILLS
TEAM STATS (as of 10/23) QUEENS .140 .236 10.92 10.22 1.44 16.70 1.41
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
ASUN RANK 12th 9th 12th 12th 9th 1st 11th
KENNESAW STATE (12-9, 5-5 ASUN)
ACES
#2 Kailey McKnight (297, 3.26 kills/set)
HITTING %
Kailey McKnight (33 aces)
Head Coach: Keith Schunzel Record at KSU 188-108, 11th Season 2022 Record: 18-10, 10-6 ASUN
DIGS
Antar/McFall (.306)
ASSISTS
#4 Rocio Moro (442, 4.8 digs/set)
BLOCKS
#13 Annie Antar (654, 7.19 assists/set)
#20 Maddie Boyd (69, 0.80 blks/set)
TEAM STATS (as of 10/23) KSU .233 .210 13.17 12.23 1.48 13.56 2.23
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
ASUN RANK 4th 6th 2nd 2nd 7th 8th 3rd
NCAA 88th 199th 62nd 64th 179th 220nd 110th
PROJECTED STARTERS (based on last match)
All Times EST
Kailey McKnight
RECORD
12-12
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
5-5 7-7 8-3 3-6 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
Janelly Ceopa
Series History Queens: North Florida enters having swept Queens in both of the meetings between the two teams … North Florida and Queens played previously this season, with North Florida sweeping the Royals Oct. 7 … North Florida nearly hit .400 as a team and Amy Burkhardt posted an .800 attack percentage in the dominating win … UNF won in similar fashion in the first-ever meeting and the only meeting in Charlotte during the 2022 season … Mahalia White had 19 kills and Rocio Moro set the UNF-career digs record in that match. Kennesaw State: UNF and Kennesaw State continue with a long-time rivalry Sunday afternoon … North Florida dominated Kennesaw State Oct. 6 of this year, defeating KSU in straight
Kelly Negron
Annie Antar
Maddie Boyd
sets for the first time since 2015 … the Ospreys won in just an hour and 34 minutes … Rocio Moro set the ASUN-career digs record during the win … this will be the 29th meeting between the two teams and the first time UNF has gone to KSU since Oct. 17, 2021. SCOUTING REPORT Queens: The Royals are 4-18 and 1-9 in league play .. Queens’ lone league win has come against Central Arkansas … Queens has been swept in threestraight matches … the Royals went to five sets twice in league play, falling to Bellarmine and Stetson in five-set fashion … the Royals’ Jordyn and Alleigh Johnson are the lone Queens players averaging over 2.00 kills/set … three Queens players have posted at
Kierstyn McFall
Rocio Moro
least 200 digs this year … the Royals are surrendering 14 kills per set. Kennesaw State: The Owls are even with UNF in the ASUN standings per league record at 5-5 … Kennesaw State is coming off a 3-0 sweep at Austin Peay … prior to that the Owls were bounced by Lipscomb, 3-1 … Kennesaw State has been streaky, going on three-match losing streaks and winning streaks in league play respectively … KSU is 6-2 at home and 2-6 on the road … Manu Johnsen is head and shoulders above the other attackers for KSU, averaging a team-best 3.95 kills/ set … setter McKinley Ferguson missed the match at UNF, but she has been the key coordinator of the KSU offense this season … she hasn’t played since Oct. 10 but is pacing the team in assists
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