2022 north florida ospreys volleyball 6 ALL-AMERICANS • 4 UNF HALL OF FAMERS • OVER 500 PROGRAM WINS MATCH NOTES DATE
August 8.26 8.27 8.27
OPPONENT
TIME
Florida! Virginia! ETSU!
7 p.m. 10 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
September 9.2 9.3 9.9 9.10 9.11 9.16 9.16 9.17 9.23 9.24 9.28 9.30
Virginia Tech@ Syracuse@ Troy# UAB# Auburn# UNI$ Iowa$ SDSU$ FGCU*^ Stetson*^ FAMU Lipscomb*
4:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m. 8 p.m. 12 p.m. 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
MATCH NO. 1-3 | Gainesville, Fla. NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (0-0)
No. 15 FLORIDA GATORS (0-0)
Head Coach: Kristen Wright Record at UNF 61-58, 5th Season 2021 Record: 25-8, 12-4 ASUN
V O LL EYBA L L
TEAM STATS HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
UNF .239 .181 12.98 12.07 1.45 14.04 2.19
Head Coach: Mary Wise Record at UF 920-126, 32nd season 2021 Record: 22-9, 14-4 SEC
*as of ‘21
ASUN RANK 3rd 2nd 5th 3rd 5th 2nd 4th
NCAA 65th 68th 114th 85th 128th 213th 113th
VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (0-0)
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
0-0
ASUN NON-CONFERENCE HOME AWAY NEUTRAL
0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
UF .290 .180 14.08 13.22 1.42 14.91 2.63
TEAM STATS HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
UVA .157 .210 11.12 10.16 1.18 12.51 2.68
SEC RANK 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 5th 2nd
*as of ‘21
NCAA 8th 60th 14th 7th 138th 155th 19th
ETSU BUCCANEERS (0-0)
Head Coach: Shannon Wells Record at UVA 8-20, 2nd Season 2021 Record: 8-20, 1-17 ACC
1. Series History
RECORD
TEAM STATS
*as of ‘21
ACC RANK 15th 12th 14th 14th 13th 15th 2nd
UF: North Florida and Florida have never met UVA: The Ospreys will meet the Cavaliers for the second time and the first time in a neutral location ... UNF and UVA played Sept. 3, 2010 in Charlottesville, Va., with Virginia winning in three sets. ETSU: UNF and ETSU are familiar foes, having played one another as ASUN competitors between 2005 and 2013 ... ETSU leads the series, 11-4.
Head Coach: Benavia Jenkins Record at ETSU 43-32, 4th Season 2021 Record: 11-17, 7-9 SoCon
NCAA 294th 197th 289th 287th 273rd 311th 13th
TEAM STATS HITTING % OPP. HITTING % KILLS/SET ASSISTS/SET ACES/SET DIGS/SET BLOCKS/SET
2. Scouting Report
UF: Florida is ranked No. 15 in the AVCA Preseason poll ... Florida has been ranked in the top 15 in that poll for 31-straight years ... UF defeated FAMU and Miami in the NCAA Tourney a year ago. UVA: Virginia is coming off an 8-20 year last year ... Brooklyn Borum posted 234 kills last year, the most of any returner. ETSU: ETSU was picked third in the preseason SoCon poll ... the Bucs return 14 players from last year ... seven of those appeared in over 20 matches.
ETSU .182 .218 12.79 11.98 1.28 16.35 1.74
SOCON RANK 7th 7th 3rd 2nd 8th 4th 8th
*as of ‘21
NCAA 242nd 231st 138th 95th 215th 45th 275th
3. First Serve
UNF is coming off a 25-8 season in 2021, a year that marked the most wins for the Ospreys in program history ... North Florida was slotted to finish sixth in the 14-team league ... Rocio Moro was tabbed ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in as many seasons ... the 2022 roster features eight returners and nine newcomers ... Solimar Cestero is the most experienced returner, having already appeared in 115 matches and 414 sets ... Rocio Moro begins the year needing only 302 digs for the UNF record.
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.
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