JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida volleyball freshman Gabby O'Connell was lights out against Bethune-Cookman as she recorded a season-best 23 kills as the Ospreys won, 3-1, on Tuesday evening in UNF Arena.

ROOKIE OF THE MATCH
O'Connell recorded 23 kills on 48 attempts with just four errors to hit .396 on the night. She also recorded a season-best 17 digs for her ninth double-double of the season.
The 23 kills are a season-high for the entire team and narrowly miss a UNF match record. Two former players had 24 kills in four sets in the 1994 and 1995 seasons.

OTHER TOP PERFORMERS
Madilyn McCarty - 50 assists (season-high), 10 digs, 3 blocks
Carinne Turner - 10 kills, 17 digs, 3 aces,
Kimberly Ferguson - 20 digs, 3 assists, 2 aces, 1 kill

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
It was the first time this season that each player that was on the floor recorded a kill. Libero Kimberly Ferguson recorded hers as she dug up a ball that went over to BCU's side and fell between a group of players for the point.

OFFENSIVE DEFENSE
With Katarina Raicevic's career-best 11 digs, five Ospreys notched double-figure passes. It is just the second time this season with five players accomplishing the feat and the first in a four-set match.

HELPING OUT
Sophomore Madilyn McCarty's 50 assists are the most helpers since Britt Claessens had 50 against Stetson in 2013.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The match was close through the opening 15 points before Bethune-Cookman recorded five straight points to lead 14-8 and force a North Florida timeout. UNF then jumped back in the match and tied it at 22-all on a kill from Turner and eventually led with a kill from O'Connell, her seventh of the frame. A Wildcat kill tied the game back up but back-to-back kills secured the first-set win, 25-23. 

In the second frame, the hosts raced out to an 11-5 lead and never looked back, eventually winning, 25-15. The third set featured nine tie scores and three lead changes with Bethune-Cookman holding the final one to take the set. UNF led for most of the match and took its biggest lead, 15-10 on the kill from Ferguson. BCU then jumped on a 9-3 run to take a 19-18 lead to make UNF call a timeout. The teams traded points and a block from Erin Edwards and Katarina Raicevic tied it at 24, but it was not enough as the Wildcats grabbed the final two points.

The final set was a quick one with the seven tie scores coming in the first 14 points of hthe match. A kill from freshman Taryn Griffey started a 10-3 run to give the Ospreys all the momentum they needed to finish off the match. Turner recorded two of her three aces in the final three points of the match.

LOOKING AHEAD
The Ospreys head out on the road to continue conference play. UNF faces USC Upstate on Friday at 7 p.m. in South Carolina before traveling north to NJIT on Sunday for a 3 p.m. match.