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 (1-2) 9.1 Georgia# 9.1 Coastal Carolina# 9.2 TCU#
L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 1-3
MATCH NO. 7-9 - UNF Invitational NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (2-4, 0-0 ASUN)
TIME
9.8 9.8 9.9 9.15 9.15 9.16
Texas Southern$ Louisiana$ Charlotte$ Ala. A&M^ USF^ USC Upstate^
10 a.m. 7:30 p.m 1 p.m. 10 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 2 p.m.
9.19 9.22 9.23 9.26 9.30
Florida State Stetson* FGCU* Jacksonville* Lipscomb*
5 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
October 10.3 10.6 10.7 10.13 10.14 10.20 10.22 10.27 10.29
Florida A&M Kennesaw State* Queens* Eastern Ky.* Bellarmine* North Alabama Central Arkansas* Queens* Kennesaw State
6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m.
November 11.1 11.4 11.10 11.11 11.16-18
at Jacksonville* Austin Peay* FGCU* Stetson* ASUN Championship
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 75-79, 6th Season 2022 Record: 12-17, 9-7 ASUN
V O LL EYBA L L
UNF .183 .244 11.80 10.90 1.00 12.90 1.45
TEAM STATS
ASUN RANK 9th 8th 8th 7th 10th 7th 9th
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
TEXAS SO. .079 .353 8.56 7.28 1.33 9.17 1.11
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
RECORD
2-4
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
0-0 2-4 0-0 1-1 1-3
Louisiana: UNF and Louisiana have met twice and once previously at UNF … both meetings have been held when Louisiana had a different name … one being Louisiana-Lafayette and also Southwestern Louisiana … the series is split, with both sides possessing a sweep … the last meeting was Sept. 14, 2013. Charlotte: UNF and UNC Charlotte are squaring off for the fourth time … the 49ers lead the series, 3-0 … the last meeting was Sept. 2, 2017 in Statesboro, Ga. … this is the second meeting between the two teams at UNF.
Scouting Report
TEAM STATS
SBC RANK 8th 7th 3rd 3rd 13th 4th 12th
All Times EST
Texas Southern: Texas Southern enters after dropping every set of each of its weekend at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … prior to
NCAA 323rd 328th 320th 325th 228th 327th 316th
Head Coach: Karen Weatherington Record at UNCC 106-120, 9th Season 2022 Record: 11-16, 4-9 C-USA
TEAM STATS LOUISIANA .209 .187 13.60 12.44 1.28 15.92 1.56
SWAC RANK 7th 9th 7th 7th 3rd 9th 8th
CHARLOTTE 49ERS (4-2, 0-0 AAC)
Head Coach: Kristi Gray Record at LOUISIANA 34-27, 3rd Season 2022 Record: 15-13, 8-8 Sun Belt
Texas Southern: First-ever meeting against Texas Southern
SCHEDULE TAKEAWAYS
NCAA 224th 264th 206th 210th 300th 228th 289th
LOUISIANA RAGIN’ CAJUNS (4-3, 0-0 SUN BELT)
Series History
-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
Head Coach: Alexis Austin Record at TSU 9-25, 2nd Season 2022 Record: 9-19, 9-7 SWAC
TEAM STATS HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
TEXAS SOUTHERN TIGERS (0-6, 0-0 SWAC)
NCAA 158th 117th 54th 61st 246th 42nd 269th
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
that the Tigers were swept three times at UTSA … second-year head coach Alexis Austin brings back nine letterwinners and eight newcomers … freshman outside hitter and Tampa native, Kennedy Reed, paces the team with 39 kills … opponents are hitting .353 against the Tigers, while TSU is hitting just .079. Louisiana: Louisiana posted a 4-3 mark through the first two weekends on the road … the Ragin Cajuns started the year with tournaments at Mississippi State and Texas Tech … Louisiana swept ASUN foe, Eastern Kentucky … its most notable win was a sweep of No. 18 Rice on the road Aug. 29 …Louisiana came up just short in five frames against both Wyoming and Mississippi State … the Ragin Cajuns are hitting .209 as a team while holding foes to .188 on offense … the squad returns Cami Hicks, a 2022 Sun Belt All-Conference pick … the roster features five freshmen, two sophomore,
UNCC .165 .133 11.90 11.24 1.38 15.76 3.33
AAC RANK 13th 3rd 11th 9th 7th 6th 1st
NCAA 256th 24th 197th 172nd 220th 49th 3rd
six juniors and four seniors … last year they advanced to the Sun Belt quarterfinals before bowing out of the first round of the NIVC Championship. Charlotte: The 49ers are 4-2 after two weekends of volleyball … Charlotte opened the year with a home tournament against Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina and Elon … this past weekend UNCC went to Colorado where it was swept by Colorado and Northern Colorado … the weekend was capped with a sweep against Xavier … Charlotte defeated Coastal Carolina in five frames, a familiar foe for the Ospreys this year … setter Annika Wetterstrom surpassed 1,000-career assists earlier this year, making her seventh in program history … libero Sophie Whalen was named the MVP of the season-opening tournament, the same weekend she surpassed 1,000-career digs.
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