JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF Volleyball completes its first half of ASUN competition when it goes to ASUN East Division foes Liberty and Kennesaw State this weekend.
 

UNF at Liberty (Oct. 15 at 6 p.m.) | UNF at KSU (Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.)
Match 19: Liberty	Friday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m.
Series History	Liberty leads, 6-0
Match 20: KSU	Sunday, Oct. 17 at 1 p.m.
Series History	KSU leads, 16-8
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Behind the energy of a strong crowd at the UNF Arena, UNF Volleyball (16-2, 5-1 ASUN) swept the Jacksonville Dolphins (4-14, 1-5 ASUN) on Alumni Night to give the Ospreys their ninth-consecutive win against JU in series history.

Series History
This will be the first meeting between UNF and Liberty as well as UNF and Kennesaw State since the 2019 season due to the altered schedules in the spring of 2021.
Liberty: The Flames have won all six of their meetings with the Ospreys ... Liberty is 5-0 against UNF as ASUN opponents ... the last time these two teams met was in the 2019 ASUN Championship Quarterfinals in Fort Myers, Fla. ... UNF hasn't played Liberty since Sept. 29, 2019 ... the first-ever meeting between these teams was Sept. 4, 2010
Kennesaw State: UNF and KSU are meeting for the 25th time ... UNF has won eight times in series history and four times in Kennesaw, Ga. ... UNF won the last meeting with KSU, 3-1, at UNF, Oct. 27, 2019 ... UNF hasn't been to KSU since Sept. 27, 2019.

Scouting Report
Liberty: The Flames are coming off a four-match losing streak dating back to a 3-1 win against Eastern Kentucky ... Liberty hasn't won at home since taking down Navy, 3-1, Sept. 10 ... Liberty was selected sixth in the ASUN Preseason Volleyball Coaches Poll ... Liberty ranks in the second half of the conference statistical categories for all but opponent hitting percentage ... Rajini Fitzmaurice and Trinity Watts are the lone Flames with over 100 kills.
Kennesaw State: The Owls were picked to finish 4th in the ASUN Preseason Volleyball Poll ... KSU's Lauren Chastang was tabbed to the Preseason All-ASUN Team ... KSU is 2-3 over its last five, defeating Liberty and Stetson while falling to UCA, JSU and FGCU ... KSU ranks second in the league in aces and aces/set.
 

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FIRST SERVE
>> North Florida is 16-2 and 5-1 in ASUN play, bringing in the best winning percentage and the most wins among all ASUN teams.
>>UNF has the ninth-best winning percentage in the country at .889. The top ten consists of Louisville, Texas, Delaware State, BYU, WKU, Pittsburgh, Wisconsin, Creighton and tied for tenth: Denver, LMU, Miami (Fla.), Ohio State, Oregon.
>> Bre Walp continues to make her push for the national blocks title. The middle blocker ranks fifth in the country with 91 blocks.
>> The Ospreys are 2-1 in true matches this year. North Florida hasn't lost a road conference match this season, having just played one at Jacksonville State.
>> If the Ospreys secure two wins, North Florida will have its most wins in a season since 2016 when UNF went 18-14.
>> These two matches complete the first half of ASUN competition for the Ospreys with eight more ASUN battles remaining. After Sunday, UNF plays each member of the ASUN East Division one more time and three matches against members of the ASUN West Division.

AN OSPREY WIN WOULD...
-Give UNF its first win against Liberty in series history.
-Give the Ospreys their first win at Kennesaw State since Nov. 1, 2014.

CATCH US IN "IRL"
UNF's home match vs. JU Saturday, Oct. 9, had 786 fans see the Ospreys and Dolphins in person at the UNF Arena. That's the highest attendance number since UNF's home match vs. Jacksonville in 2017.

EASY AS ONE, TWO, THREE
North Florida's sweep of Jacksonville is the seventh such win of the year for UNF. The Ospreys haven't gone a week this season without a three-set win.

ACES FLUSH
Setter Julianna Askew has led the Ospreys in aces in eight of the 18 matches this year. With her three aces against North Alabama Sept. 26, Askew surpassed the 100-ace milestone. She's fourth in UNF DI history for aces and second in the UNF DI record book for aces/set.

THEN THERE WERE TWO
UNF's all-time career digs/set record holder, Rocio Moro, surpassed former Osprey great, Cari Whitmire, for second in digs during UNF's DI days. Moro has 1,349 digs, three ahead of Whitmire's 1,346. Moro is only behind Nicole Baran who touts 1,929 over 475 sets. For context, Moro has played 270 sets.

SEASONED VETS
Outside hitter Solimar Cestero played in her 100th match as an Osprey in Saturday's match vs. JU. Cestero is the 14th Osprey in the program's Division I-era to reach such a milestone.

Teammate Gabby O'Connell ranks fifth in UNF's DI days for matches played. The graduate student is also third in UNF DI history for sets played at 449. She's just 26 sets behind Nicole Baran's top-mark of 475.

GAINING ALTITUDE
Numbers don't lie, and they certainly are validating UNF's 15-2 record this season. The Ospreys rank  in the top two in the ASUN in the following categories as a team:

-Winning % (.889, 9th in DI, 1st in ASUN)
-Assists/Set (12.18, 70th in DI, 1st in ASUN)
-Assists (828, 14th in DI, 2nd in ASUN)
-Digs/Set (14.46, 169th in DI, 2nd in ASUN)
-Kills/Set (13.10, 93rd in DI, 2nd in ASUN)
-Opp. Hitting % (.163, 37th in DI, 2nd in ASUN)
-Blocks (150, 60th in DI, 2nd in ASUN)

The same can be said for individual play:

-Bre Walp (Blocks/Set - 1.34; 27th in DI, 1st in ASUN)
-Bre Walp (Blocks - 91; 5th in DI, 1st in ASUN)
-Rocio Moro (Digs - 318; 33rd in DI, 2nd in ASUN)
-Rocio Moro (Digs/Set - 4.75; 44th in DI, 2nd ASUN)
-Maddie Boyd (Hit. % - .364; 67th in DI, 2nd ASUN)