UNF Volleyball Game Notes | UNF Invitational by Sheraton Jacksonville (Sept. 3-5, 2021)

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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 (0-0) 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 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 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 3-0 ASUN 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 3-0 HOME 0-0 AWAY 1-0 NEUTRAL 2-0

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

Amy Burkhardt

Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana

Rocio Moro

Gabby O’Connell

Bre Walp

MATCH NO. 4-6 | UNF Arena - UNF Invite Pres By Sheraton Jax NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (3-0, 0-0 ASUN) VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 39-50, 4th Season Spring 2021 Record: 10-10, 8-4 ASUN

GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS

Head Coach: Marcie Byers Record at VT 9-11, 2nd Season Spring 2021 Record: 6-11, 5-11 ACC

DAVIDSON WILDCATS

Head Coach: Sally Polhamus Record at GSU 64-125 Spring 2021 Record: 9-11, 7-9 Sun Belt

Head Coach: Chris Willis Record at Davidson 104-159 Spring 2021 Record: 2-11, 1-8 SoCon

storylines: 1. Last Time Out BOCA RATON, Fla. - North Florida volleyball (3-0) got a little bit from everyone while hitting .311 as a team in a 3-0 sweep of Stony Brook (0-3) Saturday, Aug. 28, completing a perfect weekend at FAU. The Ospreys are FAU Tournament champions for the second time in three trips down to Boca Raton. UNF visited in 2018 and won the tournament in 2016. 2. Series History UNF is playing an ACC school at home for the third consecutive season when it hosts Virginia Tech Friday, Sept. 3 ... the Ospreys and Hokies meet for the first time ... UNF is 1-2 against Georgia State and 1-0 against Davidson in series history.

3. Block Party UNF is 34th in the nation and 1st in the ASUN in total blocks ... Bre Walp led the way on that train, posting 19 blocks over a 3-0 weekend, earning ASUN Defensive Player of the Week honors ... Walp is the first Osprey middle blocker to earn that award since Morgan Van Alstine did so in 2016 ... Maddie Boyd joined Walp on the FAU All-Tournament Team with 11 blocks, while Anna Butler added 10 blocks in her first weekend of collegiate volleyball. 4. Notables Grad transfer Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana was named the FAU Tournament MVP, living up to her Preseason All-Conference recognition ... the San Juan, P.R., native posted her 14th career double-double during the weekend, finishing with a team-

high 31 kills ... UNF saw its first glimpse of the two-headed setter attack in Annie Antar and Julianna Askew ... Antar notched 49 assists while Askew posted 65 helpers ... Antar joined Anna Butler and Amy Burkhardt in playing in their collegiate debuts ... all three made a start at FAU. 5. Scouting the Opponent Virginia Tech is 3-0 after earning wins against Lehigh, Elon and Toledo in their season-opening tournament ... Georgia State went 1-2 to open the year, picking up its lone win against California Baptist ... the Panthers dropped matches against Memphis and Chattanooga ... Davidson went 2-0 last weekend, earning wins against UNC Asheville and Western Carolina ... its match against NC Central was cancelled.

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