UNF Volleyball Game Notes | Stetson, FGCU (Oct. 1-2)

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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 (0-0) 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 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.

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 All Times EST

RECORD 14-1 ASUN 3-0 NON-CONFERENCE 11-1 HOME 6-0 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.

Julianna Askew

Maddie Boyd

Gabby O’Connell

Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana

MATCH NO. 16-17 |UNF Arena (Jacksonville, Fla.) NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (14-1, 3-0 ASUN)

Rocio Moro

Soilmar Cestero

Bre Walp

STETSON HATTERS (7-8, 2-1 ASUN)

Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 50-51, 4th Season Spring 2021 Record: 10-10, 8-4 ASUN

Head Coach: Yang Deng Record at Stetson 44-67, 5th Season Spring 2021 Record: 6-8, 5-7 ASUN

FGCU EAGLES (11-4, 3-0 ASUN) Head Coach: Matt Botsford Record at FGCU 168-57, 8th Season Spring 2021 Record: 14-3, 10-2 ASUN

SCOUTING REPORT: 1. Last Time Out JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - Middle blocker Bre Walp was about as perfect as you can be offensively, hitting a UNF DIera record .857 for a three-set match in a Sunday sweep of North Alabama Sept. 26. 2. Series History Stetson: UNF and Stetson are familiar foes to put it lightly ... the Ospreys and Hatters have met 36 times ... UNF leads the all-time series, 24-12 ... North Florida has won 13 of 18 meetings in Jacksonville ... the Ospreys are 3-2 against Stetson over the last five meetings, all of which came last year ... North Florida and Stetson first met in 1992 ... the Ospreys swept Stetson in the ASUN Championship Quarterfinals a year ago ... that was their last meeting.ville and two in Florence, Ala ... this is the first meeting between

the two teams at a neutral site location. FGCU: UNF and FGCU are meeting for the 32nd time in series history ... the Ospreys are 2-3 over their last five matches against FGCU ... UNF split four matches against its ASUN East foes a year ago ... North Florida picked up a 3-1 win Feb. 14 of last year, its first win against FGCU since October 27, 2017 ... the Ospreys pulled off a road sweep of FGCU March 6 ... UNF is 5-9 in home matches against the Eagles. 3. The Opponent Stetson: The Hatters come into play 7-8 overall and 2-1 in ASUN competition ... Stetson is tied for fourth in the ASUN East Division ... the Hatters were swept by Jacksonville State ... Stetson defeated UNA, 3-2, and UCA, 3-0 ... Yang Deng is in her fifth season as

the head coach of the Hatters ... freshman Nyah Molina is 64th in the nation in assists (458) ... she’s been named ASUN Freshman of the Week twice this year ... OH Elena Djokovic was named ASUN Player of the Week Sept. 27. FGCU: Florida Gulf Coast comes in 11-4 and 3-0 in the ASUN ... FGCU has won four straight ... the Eagles are 2-1 in true road matches ... 10 of FGCU’s 11 wins have come via a sweep ... FGCU has earned two power five wins in victories against Rutgers and Georgia ... the Eagles swept Lipscomb, Bellarmine and EKU in Nashville last weekend ... setter Chelsey Lockey paces the league in assists/set, while Erin Shomaker leads the ASUN in kills/set ... libero Dana Axner is the league leader in digs/ set ... FGCU was the ASUN Preseason Favorite.

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