JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida volleyball (22-6, 11-4 ASUN) suffered just its second-straight sets loss all year against Kennesaw State (18-8, 12-3 ASUN) in the penultimate regular season match Friday, Nov. 12 from the UNF Arena.

With the result, North Florida claims the third seed in the ASUN East Division, pitting the Ospreys against the ASUN West Division second-seeded Lipscomb. UNF and Lipscomb square off Thursday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. from FGCU in the ASUN Championship Quarterfinals.

UNF 0, KSU 3 (21-25, 15-25, 22-25)
Inside the Sets

• Set 1: UNF rattled off a 7-0 run to cut an early 19-10 deficit to just 19-17, but KSU staved off a streaking Ospreys team late in the first … the Ospreys had four blocks to two from KSU, while Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana had four kills.
• Set 2: The Ospreys had two more kills than KSU for the set, but the Owls committed just one attack error to secure a 2-0 lead.
• Set 3: The third set featured five tie scores and four lead changes before KSU got the better end of a back-and-forth frame … tied 9-9, a wild rally ended with a UNF point to get the Ospreys on top, 10-9 … that point came during a 7-0 that gave UNF a 13-9 advantage … KSU followed by a pair of 4-0 runs to stem the tied before winning the set.

Leaders By the Numbers
UNF

• Hollingsworth-Santana | 9 kills, 3 digs, 1 block
• Annie Antar | 15 assists, 3 digs
• Maddie Boyd | 4 blocks
• Rocio Moro | 9 digs, 2 aces

KSU

• Lauren Chastang & Emma Schurfranz | 10 kills
• McKinley Ferguson | 30 assists
• Bri Becerra & Schurfranz | 2 aces
• Shelby Dennis | 16 digs
• Jasmine Brown | 3 blocks

Wright's Words
"Obviously it's disappointing that we lost this match. There was a lot on the line and the girls certainly wanted it. I thought that Kennesaw State executed better than us, and it's just that simple. They edged us in the serve and pass game and I thought their big kids played pretty well tonight. That being said, we have a great opportunity tomorrow against Liberty and it's Senior Night. We just have to reset and that's something that we're good at."

 

.@CoachKWright12 delivers her words after the match with Kennesaw State tonight. #SWOOPLife pic.twitter.com/OEjCvCd1Ix

— UNF Volleyball (@OspreyVB) November 13, 2021

Notes

• North Florida is 11-4 in the ASUN and will enter the ASUN Championship as the three seed in the ASUN East Division.
• This was the 26th meeting between UNF and KSU in series history.
• Annie Antar made her ninth start and surpassed 500 assists for the year.

Up Next
UNF plays its regular season finale with Senior Night tomorrow at 7 p.m. against Liberty.