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 (5-1) 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 11 a.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 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 8-1 ASUN 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 8-1 HOME 3-0 AWAY 1-1 NEUTRAL 4-0
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
Anna Butler
Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana
Rocio Moro
Kailey McKnight
Bre Walp
MATCH NO. 10-12 | UNF Arena - UNF Sunshine Tournament NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (8-1) MTSU BLUE RAIDERS (1-2) Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 44-51, 4th Season Spring 2021 Record: 10-10, 8-4 ASUN
FIU PANTHERS (2-5)
Head Coach: Chuck Crawford Record at MTSU 33-74 Spring 2021 Record: 5-11, 4-8
SETON HALL PIRATES (7-3) Head Coach: Rita Buck-Crockett Record at FIU 84-131 Spring 2021 Record: 3-10, 3-9
Head Coach: Allison Yaeger Record at Seton Hall 137-134 Spring 2021 Record: 4-7, 2-6
storylines: 1. Last Time Out FORT WORTH, Texas - Four Ospreys reached double figures in kills for the first time since October of 2019 in UNF’s 3-1 win against Louisiana Tech Friday, Sept. 10. North Florida also had four players reach double-digit digs as the Navy and Gray overcame a one-set deficit to close out its stay at the Fight in the Fort. 2. Series History UNF will meet two of its opponents this weekend for the first time ... North Florida goes up against MTSU and Seton Hall for the first time in series history ... the Ospreys and Panthers meet for the fourth time ... FIU leads the all-time series, 2-1 ... the Panthers and Ospreys competed in a marathon match Sept. 14 of 2019 ... Julianna Askew dished out 70 assists and Gabby O’Connell had 29 kills, but FIU just
edged the Ospreys, 3-2. 3. Many Hands Make Light Work So far this season, six different Ospreys have led the team in kills for a match ... during Friday’s 3-1 win against Louisiana Tech, North Florida had four players with double figure kills and four with double-digit digs ... UNF’s quartet of players with at least 10 kills marked the first time the Navy and Gray reached such a marker since a 3-1 win against Kennesaw State Oct. 27, 2019 ... Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana, Gabby O’Connell, Anna Butler, Solimar Cestero, Kailey McKnight and Maddie Boyd have all paced the Ospreys at least once in kills this season ... at TCU’s Fight in the Fort, Hollingsworth-Santana led UNF with 16 kills, Boyd paced the team against TCU and McKnight tied a career high in the win against La Tech.
4. Notables UNF has the best record to start a season since 2003 ... the Ospreys tied the program record for wins to open the year with seven consecutive triumphs ... North Florida played 13 different Ospreys in the match against Houston Baptist Thursday ... North Florida is undefeated at home and in neutral site contests ... 15 of the 17 on UNF’s roster has seen the court this year. 5. Scouting the Opponent MTSU: The Blue Raiders are 1-2 ... MTSU has had five matches cancelled ... Middle Tenn. defeated Alabama State, while losing to Gardner-Webb and Jacksonville State. FIU: The Panthers are 2-5 ... FIU was swept by FGCU in Fort Myers. Seton Hall: The Pirates have won seven in a row after sweeping weekends at Columbia and Fairfield.
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