Volleyball Bested at Liberty

Sunday, September 29

Lynchburg, Va.

1 p.m.

University of North Florida

6-10, 0-2ASUN

Liberty

10-5, 3-0ASUN

UNF

Liberty

Gabby O'Connell of UNF reaches to make contact with the ball on an attack.

O'Connell paced UNF with eight kills Sunday.

9/29/2019 4:19:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score Photos

LYNCHBURG, Va. - A hot Liberty Flames (10-5, 3-0 ASUN) squad got the best of UNF (6-10, 0-2 ASUN) Sunday, September 29, as LU won in straight sets from the Vines Center.

Sunday concludes UNF's five-match road swing as it will return to Jacksonville Friday to continue ASUN competition.

Liberty 3, UNF 0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-19)

Inside the Sets

Set 1: The first set saw the most tie scores and Liberty's highest hitting percentage of the match … North Florida was held to .115 hitting while the Flames hit .522 … The Ospreys turned in a 4-0 run to tie things up 11-11 … After a pair of tie scores, Liberty took the lead at 14-13 and didn't give it up … The Flames helped to close out the set with a 5-0 run.
Set 2: Late runs once again helped Liberty establish a 2-0 set lead … The Flames expanded a 10-9 advantage to a 15-9 lead with a 5-0 run … UNF got within three at 19-16, but Liberty closed it out behind three kills and three UNF errors … UNF hit .118 in the second set, while Liberty hit .129.
Set 3: North Florida had its most efficient set offensively in the third … North Florida's largest lead of the set was an 11-7 advantage, but once again a late Liberty push loomed large … Liberty created a 7-0 run to take a 14-11 lead … Back-to-back points cut the deficit to one, but that was the closest UNF would get the rest of the set.

Leaders By the Numbers

UNF

Gabby O'Connell | Eight kills
Julianna Askew | 26 assists, six digs
Rocio Moro | Six digs, two aces

Liberty

Amelia Johnson | 17 kills, .500 hitting
Hannah Morris | 12 assists
Macy Phillips | Nine digs
Kailey Macy | Six blocks

Notes

UNF is 0-4 all-time against the Flames.
Askew has posted at least 20 assists in 15 of her 16 matches.
Moro had her 15-match streak of at least 10 digs snapped.
The Ospreys didn't have a player in double figures for kills for just the third time this year.

Wright's Words
"We had some small goals that we were working on in this match and we did improve in a few areas," head coach Kristen Wright said. "We looked better than we did Friday night and we had a pair of good tests on the road at Liberty and Kennesaw State. The feedback is that we need to improve the areas we can control with our personnel. Our 35 errors is a point of focus for our team and converting those to points and quality attacks is our goal. It's all about improvement as we prepare for more quality competition at home. Julianna did some nice things today and positioned us well."

Up Next
UNF hosts FGCU Friday at 7 p.m. in the Ospreys' ASUN home opener.