JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After clinching a spot in ASUN postseason play last weekend, the Ospreys conclude the regular season with Solimar Cestero's Senior Night Friday against Stetson before going to FGCU Sunday to close out the regular season.

UNF will look to position itself for conference championship seeding, entering the final weekend of volleyball with an 8-6 record.

Friday's match at the UNF Arena is free admission. The contest will be streamed on ESPN+.

MATCH NOTES

SERIES HISTORY

• Stetson: North Florida and Stetson are meeting for the 40th time and the second time this season ... UNF is 14-6 against the Hatters at home, and 19-12 as ASUN foes ... the Ospreys are 4-1 in their last five meetings against Stetson ... the Hatters snapped UNF's four-match winning streak with a 3-1 win Sept. 24 in a neutral site match at Jacksonville University ...  the series dates back to 1992 when the two teams first met Sept. 5, 1992 ... UNF has rattled off a number of winning streaks in the all-time series, posting two seven-match winning streaks, one five-match winning streak and another four contests long ... UNF and Stetson have played four five-set matches against each other since Oct. 25, 2019 ... UNF is 3-1 in its last four matches at the UNF Arena against Stetson ... UNF's last matchup against Stetson at the UNF Arena resulted in a 3-0 sweep in favor of the Ospreys Oct. 1, 2021 ... UNF is 5-7 against Stetson since 2018.
• FGCU: UNF and FGCU are meeting for the 39th time and for the second time this season … the Ospreys and Eagles are playing their 32nd game against one another as conference foes, as well as their 17th match in Fort Myers … UNF overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat FGCU Sept. 23 … the Ospreys' last victory in Fort Myers was a 3-0 sweep of the Eagles March 6, 2021 … UNF is looking for consecutive wins against FGCU for the first time since 2004-05 … the two teams first met Nov. 19, 2004 in Miami Shores, Fla … 38 of their 39 meetings have come as Division I foes.

SCOUTING REPORT

• Stetson: Stetson enters the weekend in search of an ASUN Championship Tournament berth, sitting at 6-8 in league play and 15-11 overall ... the Hatters are currently eighth in the league, holding the last slot available for postseason qualifiers ... the Hatters are stingy on defense, as usual, leading the league in digs/set with 16.57, good for 20th in the league ... Stetson is very balanced, getting contributions from a variety of names on offense and defense alike ... the Hatters have six student-athletes with at least 100 digs on the year ... unique to the Hatters and evidence of their versatility, Stetson's setter, Nyah Molina, leads the team in digs with 288, posting a team-best mark at 3.10 digs/set ... in addition to her 692 assists, Molina isn't shy on the attack, posting 86 kills and 17 aces ... the Lake Nona HS graduate was named ASUN Freshman of the Year last year as a three-time ASUN Freshman of the Week and one-time ASUN Defensive Player of the Week ... Elena Djokovic is one of Molina's primary options to set to, with the outside hitter leading the team with 268 kills.
• FGCU: FGCU enters the weekend as winners of its last five matches … the Eagles will host Jacksonville Friday before concluding the regular season with the Ospreys Sunday … FGCU is 21-6 overall and 11-3 in league play, sitting at second in the ASUN behind Liberty … FGCU would need to win out, with Liberty losing out, to secure the top overall seed … the Eagles have won four-straight regular season ASUN titles … FGCU comes into the weekend with the best RPI in the league at 49 … FGCU's Lily Felts is coming off ASUN Player of the Week honors Monday … UNF squared off with Felts back in 2018 when the Knoxville, Tenn., native was in Tennessee … libero Dana Axner is a likely candidate to become the ASUN's all-time leader in career digs … FGCU's offense goes as setter Chelsey Lockey and outside hitter Erin Shomaker go … Lockey was tabbed as the ASUN Preseason Setter of the Year, while Shomaker was selected as the ASUN Preseason Player of the Year.

AN OSPREY WIN WOULD…
vs. Stetson: Give the Ospreys 28 wins against the Hatters ... give North Florida its 20th win  in ASUN play against Stetson all-time ... bring UNF to 15 wins at home against its foes from DeLand ... make UNF 5-1 over its last six matches against Stetson ... make UNF 6-7 against Stetson under head coach Kristen Wright ... even up the season series against Stetson ... make UNF 4-1 over its last five games against Stetson at home ... ensure North Florida finishes with an over .500 record in league play for the third-straight season ... ensure North Florida at least a seven seed in the ASUN Championship ... make UNF 2-0 in its matches at the CSI Companies Court. 
vs. FGCU: Give UNF wins in consecutive games against FGCU for the first time since 2004-05 ... give UNF a season sweep of FGCU ... help UNF reach double-digit wins in league play for the second consecutive season with a win against Stetson and FGCU ... bring UNF to double-digit ASUN wins for consecutive seasons for the first time in league history if UNF were to win Friday and Sunday ... bring UNF to a three-match winning streak (with a win against FGCU and Stetson) for the first time this season.

SOLI'S SENIOR NIGHT
All eyes are on fifth-year outside hitter Solimar Cestero prior to Friday night's match against Stetson ... Cestero is the lone Osprey to be honored for this year's Senior Night ... no Osprey has played more matches under head coach Kristen Wright than Cestero, with the duo coming to UNF prior to the 2018 season ... Cestero has played 59 matches at the UNF Arena, tallying over 500 kills in matches played at home ... she will go down as one of the best to put on the Navy and Gray, entering the match with 1,261 kills, the seventh most in UNF's history ... her 3,526 attack attempts are the fourth most in program history as well ... this will be Solimar's 13th match against Stetson.

ASUN SEEDING
UNF is 8-6 in league play, clinching a spot in the ASUN Championship with Sunday's win against Jacksonville ... North Florida ensures at least a seventh place finish with a win Friday ... the Ospreys are one game behind Kennesaw State, a team which the Ospreys defeated last month ... UNF has defeated second place FGCU and third place Jacksonville State, while coming up just short in a pair of five-set matches against first-place Liberty and fourth-place Central Arkansas ... head coach Kristen Wright will finish at least .500 in league play for the third-straight year ... Wright is 41-33 in ASUN regular season matches and 43-37 after taking into account ASUN postseason matches as well ... Stetson is 6-8 and one game ahead of Austin Peay and Eastern Kentucky for the final position in ASUN postseason play ... the top eight teams make the ASUN Championship.

SETTING THE TABLE
Since settling into the setter role in late September, Savannah Cook has put together a number of impressive performances for the Ospreys ... the freshman has picked up a pair of ASUN Freshman of the Week awards, the first Osprey since Rocio Moro in 2019 to earn at least two such awards ... she has been honored Oct. 24 and most recently picked up the honor Nov. 7 after averaging 10.33 assists/set over the weekend ... Cook has eclipsed 600 assists for the year, notching three double-doubles and at least 40 assists on eight instances.

CSI COMPANIES COURT
UNF played its first-ever match on the new CSI Companies Court within the UNF Arena ... construction began on the court back in June ... UNF women's basketball, men's basketball and volleyball all hosted their first official practices on the court Oct. 24.