First Serve: NIVC Quarterfinals at UConn

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A spot in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) Final Four is on the line tomorrow when the North Florida volleyball team takes on Connecticut in the NIVC Quarterfinals in Storrs, Conn. First serve for the NIVC Quarterfinals contest is set for 7 p.m.

UNF at UConn \| NIVC Quarterfinals
Match 33: at UConn	Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.
Series History	First-ever meeting
Social Media / Coverage	@OspreyVB \| #SWOOPLife \| @UNFOspreys

First Serve
UNF continues its record-setting year, coming in with a 25-7 record ... North Florida's overall and ASUN wins total are both program records for the team's Division I Era ... the Ospreys are coming off a 3-0 sweep of Troy in the NIVC Second Round ... UNF advanced past UNC Greensboro after the Spartans withdrew from the tournament ... UNF has the 26th-best winning percentage in the nation and is 40th in the NCAA in team kills ... Rocio Moro ranks 18th in DI in digs ... UNF has a No. 75 RPI as of November 28.

Scouting Report
The Huskies are coming off wins against NC A&T and Boston College in rounds one and two of the NIVC in Chestnut Hill, Mass. ... UCONN is 2-4 all-time in the NIVC ... McKayla Wuensch was named Big East Setter of the Year, while Caylee Parker and Kennadie Jake-Turner were named to the All-Big East Team as well ... UConn tallied its most conference wins in program history ... the Huskies reached 20 wins for the first time since 2008 ... UConn was the three seed in the Big East Tournament.

Series History
This is the first-ever meeting between UNF and UConn ... it's North Florida's first-ever time competing in the state of Connecticut ... UNF has never played a team from the state of Connecticut ... the Ospreys are playing a Big East foe for the second time this season ... UNF swept Seton Hall back in September at the UNF Arena ... North Florida has played DePaul, Seton Hall and Georgetown in its three-previous Big East battles in program history.

AN OSPREY WIN WOULD...
-Make UNF 2-0 on the year against Big East foes.
-Take North Florida the semifinals of the NIVC, its second semifinals appearance of the year after reaching the ASUN Championship Semifinals.

NUMBER CRUNCH
UNF is playing its first Wednesday match of the season ... the Ospreys are 23-0 when recording more kills than its foes ... North Florida has won 17 of 18 matches when notching more aces than the other team ... UNF is 19-2 when winning the first set ... UNF is 11-2 on the year when wearing its Navy jerseys ... the Ospreys are 17-1 when tallying more blocks than the opposing team ... North Florida paces the ASUN in assists and kills ... North Florida ranks in the top 50 nationally in winning percentage (26th), assists (38th) and kills (40) ... six Ospreys have over 150 kills, and of those six, all have at least 1.54 kills/set.

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Players Mentioned

Rocio Moro

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