Non-Conference Finale

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF volleyball departs from league play for the final time in the regular season as it heads to the state capital to take on Florida A&M tomorrow at 6 p.m. in Tallahassee.

MATCH DETAILS
Who | North Florida and FAMU
What | Final non-conference match of the regular season
When | Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m.
Where | Al Lawson Center - Tallahassee, Fla.

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Series History
UNF and FAMU are meeting for the 20th time … UNF holds a 10-9 lead in the head-to-head ledger … North Florida hasn't played at FAMU since 2017, a match that resulted in a five-frame win for the Rattlers … UNF and FAMU last faced off Oct. 15, 2019, a 3-2 win for UNF at the UNF Arena … North Florida and FAMU have played to five sets seven times in 19 matches … UNF is 7-4 at home and 3-5 on the road against FAMU … Rocio Moro is the lone current Osprey to have competed in a match against the Rattlers, posting 26 digs and three aces as a true freshman … Maddie Boyd was also a member of that team.

SCOUTING REPORT
Florida A&M is 7-9 and 4-3 at home … the Rattlers are on a bit of a winning streak, having won each of the last three matches … FAMU is 3-1 in league play … Florida A&M is 4-3 at the Al Lawson Center … FAMU was swept by both Jacksonville and Stetson … Brooke Lynn Watts just reached 1,000-career kills while setter Camila De La Rosa attained her 1,000th-career assist in a 3-1 win against Jackson State Oct. 1.

MATCH NOTES

Milestone Watch

Rocio Moro continues her ascent up the ASUN record book, needing 31 digs to set the ASUN-career digs record
The libero just reached 500 sets played for her career Saturday. She only needs 16 assists and four aces to reach 500 and 100 respectively
The libero needs 10 more matches played and 11 sets played to set the record for both of those categories in UNF history
Kailey McKnight and Maddie Boyd were the most recent additions to the 500-career kills club, having reached that milestone earlier this year
Boyd also became just the fourth Osprey in program history to surpass 300-career blocks
Annie Antar became the 10th Osprey in UNF's DI era to surpass 1,000-career assists

River City Victory

UNF defeated JU 3-1, winning the first of its two regular season conference matchups with the Dolphins
The Ospreys notched their first conference victory of the 2023 campaign, and snapped a five game skid
Jesica Buis provided a career-best three aces for the Ospreys
Kailey McKnight posted a double-double for the third consecutive match, and her sixth of the season
Rocio Moro recorded 20 digs, leading the Ospreys in that category for the fifteenth time this season

Marathon Weekend

UNF engaged in two of the longest matches in recent history, having played in a three-hour and six minute match at Stetson Friday, Sept. 22 and nearly a two-hour and 50-minute contest at FGCU the following day.
North Florida put up 200 total attacks against Stetson and 171 at FGCU
Some massive and career performances came forth last weekend. Rocio Moro posted a 32-dig night against Stetson, the sixth time she reached that marker
Janelly Ceopa made consecutive starts and eyed a double-double in each match
Kierstyn McFall tied a career high with 18 kills at Stetson
North Florida had two setters with double-doubles in the match against Stetson, with Kelly Negron and Antar doing so

Preseason Picks

UNF made some noise in the preseason conference rankings and all-league team
Mahalia White and Rocio Moro were both league superlative award honorees, with Moro being named ASUN Preseason Defensive Player of the Year for the third-straight time, while Mahalia White was named ASUN
Preseason Player of the Year.
Moro is the three-time reigning ASUN Defensive Player of the Year, the only student-athlete to have earned that honor three times in the history of the league
White was named to the ASUN Second Team a year ago after pacing the league in points/set and kills/set

Hungry and Experienced

North Florida brings back significant numbers from last year's team that finished 9-7 in league play
Headlining that group is Moro and White, along with starters in 2022 ASUN All-Freshman pick Kierstyn McFall, Maddie Boyd, Kailey McKnight
North Florida returns 85.5 percent of its sets played for 2022

Highest of Honors

Graduate student Mahalia White received one of the highest honors in all of collegiate sports this past summer
White joined the nation's best female student-athletes in Los Angeles for the Collegiate Women's Sports Award (CWSA) Honda Cup ceremonies
She was selected by the CWSA as the Honda Inspiration Cup award winner, an honor given to a female student-athlete in any of the NCAA Divisions that has overcome an extraordinary trial during their respective careers before overcoming and returning to success
White defeated Hodgkin's Lymphoma and a torn ACL during her collegiate playing career before returning to the court and putting up all-league honors last year

Noting the Newcomers

UNF's roster features 19 total and six newcomers
Just two of UNF's newcomers are true freshmen, as Emma Pohlmann suits up in the Navy and Gray after arriving by way of Birmingham, Ala. Francis-Garay competed for her native country of Puerto Rico this summer before joining the Ospreys in mid-August
Morgan Wilson (Towson), Rylee Moorhead (Presbyterian), Negron (UC Irvine) and Kyla Solis (Clemson), all bring extensive experience in the DI ranks.

Players Mentioned

Annie Antar

Maddie Boyd

Janelly Ceopa

Kierstyn McFall

Kailey McKnight

Rylee Moorhead

Rocio Moro

Kelly Negron

Emma Pohlmann

Kyla Solis

Mahalia White

Morgan Wilson

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