McCarty Eclipses 3,000 Career Assists in Loss to FGCU

Saturday, September 22

Jacksonville, Fla.

6:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

5-12, 0-2ASUN

FGCU

9-5, 2-0ASUN

Florida Gulf Coast

North Florida

Madilyn McCarty gets in a setting motion with the ball above her

9/22/2018 9:03:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

The Senior Posts Game-High 24 Assists to Hit Milestone Saturday Night

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Senior setter Madilyn McCarty surpassed 3,000 career assists, but the Ospreys couldn't get past a hot FGCU squad Saturday, September 22 at the UNF Arena.

FGCU 3, UNF 0 (20-25, 16-25, 13-25)

Behind the Box Score

UNF (5-12, 0-2 ASUN) climbed back into the first set with a late 9-3 run, but an nine-point deficit couldn't be overcome as FGCU (9-5, 2-0 ASUN) escaped with the first set. Redshirt-sophomore Gabby O'Connell had five kills and five digs in the opening set.
Set two was McCarty's best on the evening as she registered 10 assists to reach the career feat. She now has 1,780 assists in the Navy and Gray and 3,009 all-told in Division I.
The Eagles were lifted by six of sophomore Cortney VanLiew's 20 kills to secure the second set.
FGCU saved its most effective set for last, hitting .367 in the concluding set.

Leaders by the Numbers

O'Connell | 11 kills, seven digs
Taryn Griffey | Nine kills, four total blocks
Callie Workman | 13 digs (game high)
Madison Donnelly | 10 digs (sixth double-digit dig performance)
McCarty | 24 assists (game high)

Notes

Workman has posted double-digit digs in each of her last three matches. She has done that five times this season, surpassing her total from last season.
McCarty's 3,009 career assists takes into account the 1,229 earned in her freshman year at Winthrop. She would be fourth all-time at UNF if her rookie season in Rock Hill, S.C. is included.
The loss snaps a two-match winning streak against the Eagles at home.
This is the 27th match between FGCU and UNF, tied-for-sixth all-time for the most meetings between UNF and an opponent.

Wright's Words
"We are focused on one thing at a time right now from having a competitive mentality, being aggressive and committing to what we have committed to at the beginning of the season in terms of effort and attitude," head coach Kristen Wright said. "The feedback is that we need to have a balanced attack. Tonight Gabby O'Connell was hot and FGCU made an adjustment."

Up Next:
UNF plays its final non-conference match of the 2018 regular season when it hosts USF tomorrow at 1 p.m. Tomorrow's match is the fifth all-time between the Bulls and the Ospreys and the first in Jacksonville since 2006.

"It's a great opportunity against another great team [USF] before we play our next match against Jacksonville [Tuesday, September 25]."