JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After concluding the regular season against long-time ASUN rival FGCU, the Ospreys and Eagles are right back at it Thursday, Nov. 17 at 11 a.m. EST in Nashville, Tenn. as the two teams clash in the ASUN Championship Quarterfinals.

UNF enters with a 9-7 mark in league play, good for the seventh seed in the conference tournament, while FGCU takes in a 13-3 ASUN mark and the second-overall seed.

The winner of Thursday's match will take on the winner of third-seeded Jacksonville State and sixth-seeded Kennesaw State Friday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. EST. All matches will be hosted by Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn.

The three-round tournament features Stetson, Liberty, Lipscomb and Central Arkansas on the other side of the bracket.

MATCH NOTES

SERIES HISTORY
FGCU: UNF and FGCU are meeting for the 40th time and for the second time this season … the Ospreys and Eagles are meeting for the fourth time in ASUN postseason play … the two teams have split a pair of matches against one another this season ... UNF overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat FGCU Sept. 23, while FGCU swept the last meeting Sunday, Nov. 13  …  the two teams first met Nov. 19, 2004 in Miami Shores, Fla … 38 of their 39 meetings have come as Division I foes ... UNF and FGCU are playing each other in ASUN Postseason competition for the second-straight year ... UNF's lone win against FGCU in ASUN Postseason play came during a semifinals win for the Ospreys in the 2012 season.

SCOUTING REPORT
FGCU: FGCU enters the weekend as winners of its last seven matches … FGCU is 23-6 overall and 13-3 in league play, sitting at second in the ASUN behind Liberty …  the Eagles had won four-straight regular season ASUN titles prior to this season … FGCU comes into the tournament with the best RPI in the league at 52 … 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 … FGCU ranks 19th in the nation in opponents' hitting percentage at .163, good for second in the league … FGCU also ranks second in the league in aces/set, hitting percentage and aces.

AN OSPREY WIN WOULD…
Give UNF two wins against FGCU in the same season for the second time in three seasons ... give UNF the season-series win against the Eagles ... bring UNF to the ASUN Championship Semifinals for the third-straight season ... help UNF eliminate FGCU from ASUN Postseason play for the second time and the first time in a decade.

ASUN CHAMPIONSHIP DETAILS
The 2022 ASUN Championship Tournament features eight teams, following a single elimination format … all eight teams play a quarterfinals match before the winners take on a semifinals bout the next day … the finals are set for Saturday, Nov. 19 … all seven matches will be played at Lipscomb's Allen Arena … it's the first time that Lipscomb has hosted the ASUN Championship since hosting in 2017 … on UNF's side of the bracket is FGCU, Kennesaw State and Jacksonville State, all of which are teams UNF has defeated … the other side of the bracket features Stetson, Lipscomb, Central Arkansas and Liberty … UNF is 9-7 in conference play and brings in the seventh seed, finishing three wins ahead of eighth place Stetson … seven of the eight qualifiers had winning records in league play … all four quarterfinals matches are held on Thursday, Nov. 17.

IN THE TOURNEY
UNF is playing in its 12th ASUN Championship since joining the league in 2005, as well as its ninth-straight ASUN postseason tournament … UNF is looking for its third-straight ASUN Championship Semifinals appearance … the Ospreys defeated Stetson and Lipscomb respectively in each of their last two ASUN Quarterfinals outings … the Ospreys have made the ASUN Championship every season under head coach Kristen Wright … UNF is 4-11 in 15 matches in ASUN postseason play … the Ospreys' longest run in the tourney came in 2012 when the Ospreys defeated Jacksonville and FGCU before dropping the championship match to ETSU.

FRESHMAN RECORD
Freshman middle blocker Kierstyn McFall has emerged as shining freshman on the Ospreys' roster … McFall has 101 blocks as well as a team-high 0.98 blocks/set … her total blocks total is good for the most blocks by a UNF freshman in the program's Division I history … on Oct. 30 at FIU, McFall posted 10 blocks, the most by a UNF freshman in a four-set match in program history.

RO, THEN THE REST
On Monday, UNF libero Rocio Moro became the first-ever ASUN volleyball student-athlete to reach 10-career ASUN Defensive Player of the Week honors … Moro has reached three honors in each of the past three seasons, while tallying one as a freshman.

AMONG THE NATION'S BEST
Rocio Moro and Mahalia White have made a case for themselves among the nation's best this season … Moro paced the ASUN in digs and lead the league among ASUN matches in digs/set … the libero is the only Osprey to ever surpass 2,000-career digs, setting the UNF career record for digs this season … Moro is 31st in the country in digs and 28th in digs/set … White is 37th in the NCAA in kills/set set, pacing the league in that category … her 381 kills is one short of the league's top mark, while she paces the ASUN in points/set with 4.48.