Volleyball Sweeps Stetson, Wins Eighth Straight

Friday, October 1

Jacksonville, Fla.

7 p.m.

University of North Florida

15-1,4-0ASUN

Stetson

7-9,2-2ASUN

Stetson

North Florida

UNF is 7-0 at home this season.

10/1/2021 10:02:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Ospreys Off to Best Start in ASUN Play in Program History

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Home sweet home remained the narrative Friday night as UNF volleyball (15-1, 4-0 ASUN) held Stetson to .098 hitting and downed the Hatters (7-9, 2-2 ASUN) in straight sets Oct. 1 from the UNF Arena. The Ospreys have won a season-best eight straight matches and now set a program record for wins to start ASUN play.

Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana paced the Ospreys with her ninth double-double of the 2021 campaign as UNF picked up its seventh win in seven tries at the UNF Arena.

UNF 3, Stetson 0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-22)
Inside the Sets

Set 1: UNF got off to a 3-0 start before Stetson gained momentum and tied things up 5-5 … the Hatters possessed a one-point lead before the Ospreys rattled off a 5-2 run for a 12-9 advantage … Stetson never got closer than two points as Hollingsworth-Santana hit .444 with five kills … UNF posted two aces and two blocks to Stetson's one ace and one block.
Set 2: After being down 1-0, Hollingsworth-Santana evened it up with a kill and Gabby O'Connell put the Ospreys ahead 2-1 … after a 4-4 tie, UNF never trailed in the set … the Ospreys outhit their opponent, .310 to -.031 in the frame, making only three attack errors.
Set 3: Stetson looked poised to push the match to four frames, leading 13-10 … that's when UNF pulled off a key 4-0 run on Grace Youngblood's serve … the set would see seven more tie scores … down 22-21, Bre Walp and Maddie Boyd posted clutch kills and the Hatters suffered consecutive attack errors to close out the match.

MATCH POINT ??#SWOOPLife x #OSPREYWay pic.twitter.com/PUPXA15eCj
— UNF Volleyball (@OspreyVB) October 2, 2021

Leaders By the Numbers
Stetson

Elena Djokovic | 12 kills
Nyah Molina | 19 assists
Alejandra Perez | 12 digs
Alexis Thomspon | 3 blocks

UNF

Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana | 15 kills, .379 hitting, 10 digs
Julianna Askew | 21 assists
Grace Youngblood | 2 aces
Rocio Moro | 15 digs
Bre Walp | 5 blocks

Wright's Words
"Their style of play is something that we really focused on and were really well prepared for. They have some solid players on that team that I thought we held to a lower percentage; I think we held them below .100. You saw there in the third set we put up 19 kills and we got a lot of people in to keep us fresh through the weekend."

Teams we did not expect to see with only one loss and inside the RPI top 50 5+ weeks in, exhibit 1. Tremendous start by North Florida as the Ospreys are now 15-1, 4-0 ASUN #SWOOPLife #NCAAVB https://t.co/pbM4YD0lB2
— VolleyballMag.com (@VBMagazine) October 2, 2021