JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida volleyball dominated in a three set sweep of visiting Savannah State as the Ospreys hit .435 for the match while holding the visitors to negative hitting.
UNF 3, Savannah State 0 (25-14,25-13,25-14)
Top Performers
Katarina Raicevic- 11 kills | .556 hit percentage
Sadie Thurston- 20 assists | 6 digs
Carina Hoff- 8 kills | 4 block assists
Kaileen Herman- 12 assists
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Ospreys opened the first set even with Savannah State at four apiece, but it didn't last long as they scored five unanswered points to take a 9-4 lead which it never gave up. North Florida hit .600 in the opening frame and held the Lady Tigers to just .143 hit percentage.
- In the second set, the teams battled early to knot the match at eight, but then the home team scored 13 of the next 15 points en route to a 25-13 win in the set.
- UNF continued its domination in the final set of the evening hitting .457. After tying the match early, the Ospreys eventually closed on a 10-3 run to win the set 25-14.
- North Florida spread its offensive attack around
QUICK HITS
- The Ospreys hit a season-best .435 while committing a season-low nine errors.
- Thurston matched her season-best with 20 assists in just three sets. She previously had that total in five against Mercer.
- Raicevic produced her first double-digit kill performance of the season with a team-high 11.
- All freshman saw the floor today as four other players had six or more kills.
Coach Loeswick's Thoughts
"It's always great to play at home in front of our fans. I really thought we had a great crowd tonight that provided a lot of energy to our girls. It was a good match for us to get a lot of people time on the court and I thought some of our freshman and new faces to the program did a really nice job. I think this is definitely going to help us going forward and I believe we did some really nice things offensively and took care of the ball without having too many unforced errors."
UP NEXT
The Ospreys head back out on the road for another tournament at Georgia Southern. The weekend opens with a battle against host Georgia Southern on Friday at 7 p.m. before taking to the court against Charlotte and Bethune-Cookman on Saturday at 12 & 5 p.m. respectively.
