Volleyball Falls to FGCU in ASUN Home Opener

Friday, October 4

Jacksonville, Fla.

7 p.m.

University of North Florida

6-11, 0-3ASUN

FGCU

13-3, 3-1ASUN

FGCU

UNF

Griffey posted a .300 hitting percentage Friday.

10/4/2019 10:02:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF (6-11, 0-3 ASUN) ran into a strong FGCU team Friday night as the visiting Eagles (13-3, 3-1 ASUN) took things in three sets from the UNF Arena Oct. 4.

FGCU 3, UNF 0 (11-25, 18-25, 22-25)

Inside the Sets

Set 1: There was just one tie score in the first set and no lead changes as FGCU claimed the opener behind .458 hitting.
Set 2: UNF reversed an early 3-0 deficit to take a 6-5 lead … The Eagles capitalized on a kill and a ball handling error to create a 7-6 advantage they never surrendered … Senior Taryn Griffey had a huge set, hitting .800.
Set 3: Bot teams slugged it out in the third, hitting a high percentage as the set lingered on to become a 40-minute frame … There were eight tie scores and four lead changes … FGCU and UNF had a nearly identical hitting percentage as the Eagles hit .343 to UNF's .342 … Gabby O'Connell had her best set in the third, hitting .308 for five kills, while Cortney VanLiew and Erin Shomaker posted six … Both teams were tied at 20 but FGCU pushed ahead for a 5-2 run to close out the match.

Leaders By the Numbers
UNF

Taryn Griffey | Nine kills, .300 hitting, three solo blocks
Gabby O'Connell | 12 digs, seven digs
Emma Dixon | Four blocks
Julianna Askew | 18 assists

FGCU

Cortney VanLiew | 18 kills, .485 hitting
Dana Axner | 13 digs
Chelsey Lockey | 37 assists
Tori Morris | Five blocks

Notes

Askew surpassed 600 assists for the season.
This was the 29th meeting between UNF and FGCU.
UNF put up 7.5 blocks, its most in conference play.
Dixon posted four blocks, the eighth time this year she has notched at least that many.
The match marked a season high for attendance.

Wright's Words
"There are a lot of lessons we can take away from tonight," head coach Kristen Wright said. "I think our nerves settled in sets two and three and we stuck to a game plan. FGCU is a good team and the lesson is that we have a young team and we are going to look like that someday soon. But, what a turn out tonight. We are so thankful for the fans who came out to support us. We're very grateful and the girls are eager to win in big matches in front of them, so stay with us."

Up Next
UNF will host NJIT tomorrow night at 7 p.m.