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! September (2-8) 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*
MATCH NO. 14-15 | Nashville, Tenn. & Lipscomb, Tenn. NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (3-10, 1-1 ASUN) LIPSCOMB BISONS (5-8, 2-0 ASUN)
TIME
L, 1-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-0 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 1-3
Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 64-68, 5th Season 2021 Record: 25-8, 12-4 ASUN
V O LL EYBA L L
Head Coach: Brandon Rosenthal Record at Lipscomb 350-232, 20th Season 2021 Record: 14-13, 11-5 ASUN
TEAM STATS HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
UNF .218 .262 12.04 10.98 1.13 12.63 1.95
TEAM STATS
ASUN RANK 6th 12th 9th 10th 11th 11th 6th
NCAA 136th 318th 205th 220th 302nd 274th 197th
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
LIP .212 .251 12.71 12.19 1.71 12.10 1.93
ASUN RANK 8th 11th 6th 4th 5th 12th 7th
NCAA 153rd 310th 126th 81st 75th 295th 204th
Postponed
7 p.m.
AUSTIN PEAY GOVERNORS (8-5, 1-1 ASUN)
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.
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: Taylor Mott Record at Austin Peay 184-143,11th season 2021 Record: 21-12, 13-5 OVC
TEAM STATS HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
APU .207 .226 12.54 11.48 1.71 15.50 2.09
1. Series History
RECORD
3-10
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
1-1 2-9 0-0 0-3 3-7
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 9th 10th 7th 7th 6th 4th 3rd
Lipscomb: UNF and Lipscomb have a long history that features 30 matches against one another ... the Bisons have won the majority of those 30 matches, all of which have come since UNF entered the ASUN Conference in 2005 ... UNF is coming off a historical year against Lipscomb ... after having never defeated Lipscomb more than once in a season, UNF turned in a pair of 3-1 wins against the Bisons a year ago, taking both contests ... UNF defeated Lipscomb in the final match of the ASUN Crossover a year ago ... North Florida followed that up with a 3-1 win in the ASUN Championship Quarterfinals Nov. 18 of last season ... prior to those matches, Lipscomb had won 17-straight matches. Austin Peay: Saturday marks the first-ever meeting between UNF and Austin Peay ... this will also be the first ASUN meeting between the two teams ... Austin Peay is coming out of the OVC.
NCAA 175th 266th 146th 156th 76th 53rd 146th
2. Scouting Report
Lipscomb: Lipscomb is 5-8 and 2-0 in league play ... like the Ospreys, the Bisons have played a tough non-conference slate, having faced three teams receiving votes (UCF, Ball State, Mississippi State), as well as three more Power Five teams, two of which are ranked in Kansas (23), Louisville (4) and Oklahoma (unranked) ... Lipscomb is lead by Brandon Rosenthal, a LU mainstay who has logged 350 wins in 20 seasons at Lipscomb ... outside hitter Jada DiVita was named ASUN Freshman of the Week last week ... Divita also paces the team in kills ... Sophia Hudepohl has assumed the role as setter after Delaney Dilfer transferred to Liberty ... Delaney Smith has a team-best 17 aces, leading a team that has dropped in 16 more than its opponents ... Meg Mersman is a veteran presence on the team and paces the squad with 39 blocks ... Lipscomb defeated EKU and Bellarmine last weekend.
Austin Peay: The Governors are embarking on their first-ever ASUN home matches as first-year members to the league after departing from the Ohio Valley Conference ... APU is coming off a 21-12 year last year ... thus far, Austin Peay has gone 8-5 and 1-1 in league play, including 3-0 at home ... APU squeaked by Florida A&M Sept. 2 and dropped a four-set match to the Seminoles at Florida State a day later ... EKU swept the Governors in their last ASUN contest ... Taylor Mott leads Austin Peay in his 11th season as head coach ... the veteran head coach knows the First Coast, having coached at Flagler for over a decade prior to making the move to Clarksville ... APU has dispersed its offense predominately among five options, three of which have over 100 kills in Mikayla Powell, Marlayna Bullington and Jaida Clark ... APU has two primary setters in Kelsey Mead and Janvier Buggs ... Mead has 328 assists on the season.
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