Volleyball Falls to Lipscomb in Home Finale Despite Moro’s Career Night

Friday, November 15

Jacksonville, Fla.

7 p.m.

University of North Florida

14-17,6-9ASUN

Lipscomb

14-12,10-5ASUN

Lipscomb

North Florida

Action shot of Rocio Moro, Grace Youngblood and Angelie Rosario

Photo by: Kaitlyn Bowers

Volleyball Falls to Lipscomb in Home Finale Despite Moro’s Career Night

11/15/2019 10:57:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Moro Tallies 38 Digs, Cestero With 25 Kills

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Freshman Rocio Moro posted the most digs by a UNF player in over 13 years and Solimar Cestero broke out for 25 kills but visiting Lipscomb (14-12, 10-5 ASUN) won the Ospreys' (14-17, 6-9 ASUN) home finale, 3-1, Friday, Nov. 15.

Moro notched 38 digs, setting a career high and tying Traci Till's total Nov. 13, 1999. Tara Taylor (Sunquist) possesses the single-match record with 42 against Murray State Sept. 2, 2006.

Despite the loss UNF clinches the number-six seed in the ASUN Championship thanks to Kennesaw State's win against Jacksonville Friday night. Stetson defeated North Alabama, 3-1, to secure the five seed.

Lipscomb 3, UNF 1 (18-25, 24-26, 26-24, 25-14)

Inside the Sets

Set 1: The Bisons had four more kills and two few service errors as they pulled ahead and took the first set … There were eight tie scores and two lead changes … Cestero and Lipscomb's Maddie Phillips posted five kills apiece.
Set 2: Tied 23-23, UNF and Lipscomb traded kills before Phillips put her team up a pair with consecutive kills … North Florida outhit its counterparts and Cestero posted seven kills … Lipscomb committed seven errors but made up for it with five more kills than UNF … The session saw 10 tie scores.
Set 3: UNF denied Lipscomb's match point at 24-23 courtesy of three-straight kills from Cestero to give the Ospreys the set, 26-24 … Cestero and Moro were electric in the third … The sophomore notched 10 kills on .600 hitting and Moro dug out 14 attacks … There were a match-high 13 tie scores.
Set 4: The Bisons rebounded with rhythm in the final set, closing the match on an 18-7 run on .303 hitting and a pair of aces.

Leaders By the Numbers
UNF

Cestero | 25 kills, .316 hitting percentage
Emma Dixon | Two blocks
Moro | 38 digs
Askew | 43 assists, five digs

Lipscomb

Maddie Phillips | 16 kills, three blocks
Morgan Elmore | 47 assists
Alyssa Zwolensky | 23 digs, two aces

Notes

Taryn Griffey is five kills shy of 1,000 for her career.
It's Moro's third match with more than 30 digs.
Cestero has recorded at least 20 kills five times this season. She had 57 attempts Friday, the fourth-most this season.
UNF had five blocks to Lipscomb's four.
The Ospreys went 9-7 at home this season and 4-4 in home ASUN matches.
UNF claims the six seed for the second time in as many years.
Grace Youngblood set a career high with seven kills.

Wright's Words
"I'm proud of my team. They really fought and we had people stepping up and fighting through adversity, but we had a few unforced errors," head coach Kristen Wright said. "In the third set we had 20 kills against a very good defensive team and we made them do some things they're not used to doing. But, in the fourth set they [Lipscomb] went off."

Up Next
UNF goes to North Alabama Sunday for the regular season finale. First serve is set for 2 p.m. EST from Florence, Ala.