STATESBORO, Ga. - North Florida volleyball fell in three sets to Charlotte on Saturday before bouncing back with a four-set win against Bethune-Cookman to close out the Battle In The Boro.

Charlotte 3, UNF 0 (25-18,25-13,25-22)

Top Performers of Match
Carina Hoff- 11 kills | .345 hitting percentage
Ashley LaBorde- 11 digs
Kaileen Herman- 23 assists | 6 digs | 3 blocks | 2 aces

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Ospreys and 49ers opened the match even at eight, before Charlotte opened it up to a 15-11 lead scoring seven of the next ten points. UNF then rattled off four straight to tie it back at 15. The 49ers closed the opening set on a 10-3 run to take the win.
• The 49ers dominated set two as a tie at three-all was the closest it ever got. Charlotte forced 10 Osprey attack errors en route to the second-set victory.
• In the third frame, the teams remained even until UNF took a slim 14-12 lead. The 49ers responded with a 10-2 stretch to lead, 22-16, but the Ospreys answered with a 5-1 run of their own to trail, 23-21. The attempt at forcing a fourth set was short lived as Charlotte closed it out to sweep the match.

UNF 3, Bethune-Cookman 1 (25-19,18-25,25-20,25-19)

Top Performers of Match
Madilyn McCarty- 44 assists | 12 digs | 5 kills | 3 blocks
Carina Hoff- 15 kills | 10 digs
Callie Workman- 18 digs
Alana Shoff- 10 kills | 7 total blocks
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bethune-Cookman jumped on the Ospreys to lead 7-3 before UNF went on  a 7-1 stretch to to take a 10-8 lead.
• The Wildcats attempted to climb back, tying it on two separate occasions, however the Ospreys responded each time with runs of their own before going on to take the set 25-19.
• After three ties in the early goings of the match, BCU eventually took a 9-6 lead. The Ospreys responded before pushing ahead in the set 17-14.
• It was short lived as Bethune-Cookman went on an 11-1 stretch to even the match.
• Similar to the previous two sets, the teams traded points before knotting the game at 12-all.
• The Ospreys then rattled off six of the next seven points and held off multiple spurts from Bethune-Cookman en route to a 25-20 set win to go back out in front 2-1.
• After a slow start in set four, the Ospreys held an 8-5 advantage and stretched it out to 16-10.
• The Wildcats slowly whittled away at the lead and got as close as four, 22-18, but North Florida recorded a block and back-to-back kills to close out the match and take the win.

Quick Hits

• McCarty set a season-high with 44 assists against the Wildcats surpassing her 37 assists in the win over Troy. With her 12 digs, McCarty had her second double-double of the season.
• Hoff picked up her first double-double of the season with a season-high 15 kills while adding 10 digs.
• The Ospreys had 52 total kills in the win over Bethune-Cookman, just five kills short of the teams season-high set in the five set win over Mercer.

Coach Loeswick's Thoughts
"We had to make some more adjustments to the lineup this weekend and it took awhile to get going. I thought we fought hard in the last match and was happy with the energy the team played with throughout. We have lots of work to do and the team is excited to get back in the gym."

Up Next
The Ospreys return to the court on Thursday, Sept. 7 in the Georgia Tech Invite battling Big 12 foe Kansas State before facing host Georgia Tech and Xavier on Friday.