2022 north florida ospreys volleyball 6 ALL-AMERICANS • 4 UNF HALL OF FAMERS • OVER 500 PROGRAM WINS MATCH NOTES DATE
OPPONENT
August (1-2) 8.26 No. 15 Florida! 8.27 Virginia! 8.27 ETSU!
MATCH NO. 12-13 | Jacksonville, Fla. NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (2-9)
TIME
L, 1-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-0
September (1-7) 9.2 Kansas State@ 9.3 Syracuse@ 9.9 Troy# 9.10 UAB# 9.11 Auburn# 9.16 UNI$ 9.16 Iowa$ 9.17 SDSU$ 9.23 FGCU*^ 9.24 Stetson*^ 9.28 FAMU 9.30 Lipscomb*
L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m.
October 10.1 10.7 10.9 10.14 10.16 10.21 10.22 10.28 10.29 10.30
Austin Peay* Central Arkansas* North Alabama* Queens* Liberty* Jacksonville State* Kennesaw State* Eastern Kentucky* Bellarmine* FIU*
6 p.m. 3 p.m. 11 a.m. 6 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m.
November 11.4 11.6 11.11 11.13 11.17-20
Jacksonvile* Jacksonville* Stetson* FGCU ASUN Championship
7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m.
FGCU EAGLES (10-3)
Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 63-67, 5th Season 2021 Record: 25-8, 12-4 ASUN
V O LL EYBA L L
Head Coach: Matt Botsford Record at FGCU 194-62, 9th Season 2021 Record: 27-6, 15-1 ASUN
TEAM STATS HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
UNF .219 .272 12.11 10.92 1.19 12.43 1.96
TEAM STATS
ASUN RANK 7th 11th 9th 10th 11th 11th 7th
NCAA 128th 319th 192nd 223rd 287th 285th 190th
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
FGCU .219 .272 12.11 10.92 1.19 12.43 1.96
ASUN RANK 7th 11th 9th 10th 11th 11th 7th
NCAA 128th 319th 192nd 223rd 287th 285th 190th
STETSON HATTERS (9-3)
Bold | Home matches at UNF Italics | Neutral site matches * Indicates ASUN match ! Indicates Gators Invitational @ UCF Challenge # UAB Invitational $ Hawkeye Invitational ^ Match played at JU All Times EST
Head Coach: Yang Deng Record at Stetson 59-78, 6th Season 2021 Record: 13-16, 8-8 ASUN
TEAM STATS HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
STETSON .245 .159 .245 11.95 1.95 15.20 1.96
1. Series History
RECORD
2-9
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
0-0 2-9 0-0 0-3 2-6
SCHEDULE TAKEAWAYS
-UNF plays opponents from 10 different conferences including the SEC, ACC, Sun Belt, Big 12, C-USA, MVC, Big 10, Summit League, ASUN and MEAC. -North Florida plays 17 matches in the Sunshine State. -UNF plays six matches against Power Five Teams. -Five contests are against NCAA Championship teams from last year.
ASUN RANK 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 2nd 4th 6th
FGCU: UNF and FGCU are set to meet for the 38th time ... all but one of those meetings have been as Division I foes ... UNF and FGCU first met in 2004 ... the Ospreys and Eagles haven’t met in a neutral site since 2012 ... UNF leads the series in neutral site meetings, 2-1 ... FGCU has won 29 meetings, with UNF winning eight ... North Florida and FGCU last met Nov. 19, 2021 in the ASUN Championship Semifinals ... UNF got a pair of wins against FGCU in the Spring 2021 season ... UNF and FGCU went five sets in the first meeting between the two teams a year ago. Stetson: UNF and Stetson are long-time foes as well, having played each other 38 times already ... the Ospreys pace the head-to-head series, 27-11 ... UNF and Stetson first met in 1992 ... UNF and Stetson faced each other twice last year, with the Ospreys taking both meetings ... UNF is on a four-match winning streak
NCAA 67th 32nd 67th 101st 34th 78th 188th
against Stetson ... the last time Stetson took a match against UNF was March 19, 2021 ... UNF and Stetson met five times during the spring 2021 season ... UNF and Stetson have only met at a neutral site once, which came Aug. 25, 2007 in Statesboro, Ga. ... UNF and Stetson are meeting for the 31st time as ASUN foes ... North Florida and Stetson have a penchant for going deep into matches ... the Ospreys and Hatters have played to five sets four times in the last eight meetings ... UNF is 19-11 against Stetson in ASUN meetings.
2. Scouting Report
FGCU: FGCU was the standout favorite in the ASUN Conference Preseason Poll ... the Eagles took home 13 of the 14 first place votes in the preseason coaches poll as FGCU was tabbed as the preseason favorite ... FGCU was selected to finish above Jacksonville State (2nd) and Kennesaw State (3rd) ... setter Chelsey Lockey was tabbed as the ASUN Preseason
Setter of the Year ... teammate Erin Shomaker was selected as the ASUN Preseason Player of the Year as the reigning conference player of the year ... FGCU won the ASUN Conference Title a year ago and eventually went on to win a match in the NCAA Championship, taking down Texas Tech, 3-2, in the opening round ... the Eagles fell to eventual NCAA Champion, Wisconsin ... FGCU also added Lily Felts, a transfer out of Tennessee that actually faced off against North Florida in 2018. Stetson: Stetson is off to one of its best starts in recent history ... the Hatters are led by three-year mainstay on the outside, Elena Djokovic ... Stetson relies on the quarterback of the offense, Nyah Molina, an athletic and offensive-minded setter ... the Hatters were 8-8 in the league last year and were tabbed to finish eighth in the league per the ASUN Preseason Coaches Poll ... Annabelle Standish has had a strong start, posting 103 kills thus far.
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