JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Fourth-seeded North Florida volleyball heads back to Nashville to take on fifth-seeded USC Upstate on Thursday evening at Allen Arena in the first round of the ASUN Tournament. With a win, UNF advances to play No. 1 Lipscomb on Friday.

QUICK HITS 
- This is the second straight season that North Florida garnered the No. 4 seed and third time overall. 
- UNF was the No. 4 seed in 2012 and defeated JU to move on to take down No. 1 FGCU. The Ospreys then lost in the championship match to ETSU.
- This is the first time the Ospreys face USC Upstate in the ASUN tournament as it is the Spartans first appearance.
- Kimberly Ferguson is just eight shy of 1,000 career digs, becoming just the fourth Osprey in Division I history to meet the mark. Former teammate Cari Whitmire reached the total in 2014.
- As a team, UNF has 267.0 blocks to place 33rd out of 329 teams in the country.Jacksonville State is first with 365.0
- Gabby O'Connell won a conference record five Freshman of the Week honors this season.

ON THIS DAY
November 17
The Ospreys are 1-3 on this day and have played two first round ASUN Tournament games as well. The last time UNF played on 11/17 was against ETSU where it came up just short in a 3-2 match in the second round of the ASUN Tournament.
    UNF was the No. 4 seed and upset No. 1 FGCU to play in the championship match. It is the team's lone appearance in the title game.

SERIES
North Florida has won seven of its last 11 meetings
with the Spartans. The two teams have not faced off in the ASUN tournament as it is Upstate's first appearance in the postseason.

SPARTANS QUICK HITS
• The Spartans snapped a six-game losing streak when they came to Jacksonville on November 6 to beat the Ospreys 3-0.
• With 1077 assists, sophomore Madison Haake is third
in the conference.
• Junior Kaleigh Kelley tops the conference with 552 digs on the season, while teammate Hakke is sixth.
• Senior Emily Koelling is fifth in the ASUN with 308 kills, tallying 2.46 per set.

MO' BLOCKS PLEASE
Senior Morgan Van Alstine is 37th in the nation with 129 total blocks. She is No. 1 in the ASUN and has 30 more than the next player.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Freshman Gabby O'Connell is now the second most productive rookie in UNF history. She surpassed Paige Pridgeon's freshman-year total of 350 kills and now has 376 in her opening season.

SEARCHING FOR 20
With a win against Upstate, UNF looks to record its third 20-win season under fifth-year head coach Steve Loeswick.