Volleyball Overcome by Florida Atlantic in Weekend Finale

Saturday, September 15

Boca Raton, Fla.

12:30 p.m.

University of North Florida

4-10

FAU

9-3

UNF

Florida Atlantic

team huddle prior to match against USC Upstate

9/15/2018 3:31:00 PM | Volleyball

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Ospreys Return to UNF Arena Tuesday

BOCA RATON, Fla. - North Florida ran into a hot Florida Atlantic team at the Owls Classic, dropping the weekend finale in three sets Saturday, September 15.

FAU 3, UNF 0 (21-25, 11-25, 20-25)
Behind the Box Score

Redshirt-sophomore Gabby O'Connell and senior Alana Shoff had three early blocks, helping get UNF (4-10) within one at 21-20. FAU turned a late 4-0 stretch to take the set despite UNF's .316 hitting percentage.
The Owls (9-3) were able to carry their late surge from the first set into set number two, hitting .538 with four aces.
Shoff hammered a kill to reduce FAU's lead to 20-19 in the third set, although akin to the opening set, the Owls closed the set on a 5-1 run.

Leaders by the Numbers

Taryn Griffey | Team-high seven kills; .500 hitting percentage
Solimar Cestero and Wheeler | Five kills
Madilyn McCarty | 14 assists
Shoff | Game-high four blocks
Massiel Matos | Led FAU with 13 kills

Other Points of Interest

UNF's three-match winning streak against FAU was snapped Saturday. The Ospreys are 4-8 all-time against their foes from South Florida.
FAU is currently on a nine-match winning streak.
O'Connell and Wheeler both eclipsed 100 kills this weekend, making UNF the only ASUN team having four players with over 100 kills.
McCarty had her six-match double-double streak snapped.
Wheeler and McCarty were both selected to the all-tournament team. It's McCarty's second all-tournament honor on the year, and second in two weekends.

Wright's Words
"We lost the serve and pass game," head coach Kristen Wright said. "When you do that, it's tough to convert into victories. Our passing has been a strength so we will focus on that heading into our match Tuesday. Our heart and drive to win was there in sets one and three, we were playing chase because of their serving runs."

Up Next:
The Ospreys play their final non-conference match prior to ASUN play when they host Bethune-Cookman Tuesday, September 18 at 6:00 p.m. in the UNF Arena.