MATCH POINT - Three Matches in Malibu - University of North Florida Athletics

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida beach volleyball goes coast to coast in its first trip to California since 2019 when the Ospreys play three matches in Malibu Saturday, March 11-Sunday, March 12.

UNF is set to play No. 17 Pepperdine, UAB and San Francisco. The tournament will be hosted by Pepperdine.

MATCH DETAILS
Dates: Saturday, March 11 and Sunday, March 12
Times: 12 p.m. (EST) | 4 p.m. (EST) | 2 p.m. (EST) - Sunday
Location: Malibu, Calif.
Opponents: Pepperdine, UAB and San Francisco
Live Stats: statbroadcast.com
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All-Time Series:
Pepperdine: Pepperdine and UNF have met twice, with the most-recent meeting coming April 1 of last year at The Coop … UNF and Pepperdine first faced off March 23, 2012 in Mt. Pleasant during UNF's first season … Pepperdine leads things, 2-0 … this is the first meeting between UNF and Pepperdine in California
UAB: UNF and UAB are meeting for the eighth time and the first time in the western time zone … the Ospreys and Blazers last played each other Feb. 27, 2022, a 3-2 win for the Ospreys in Tallahassee … UNF paces the all-time series, 6-1.
San Francisco: UNF and San Francisco are meeting for the first time.

Notables

UNF is 5-3 and coming off a 4-0 weekend with wins against No. 20 Coastal Carolina, Charleston, Jacksonville and Mercer
UNF is receiving votes in the latest AVCA Coaches Poll
Madison Espy and Presley Murray are 8-0 this season and earned ASUN Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week honors this past Wednesday
The duo is the first all-freshman pair to earn the honor in UNF history and the 23rd such honor in program history
UNF has defeated a ranked team and a team receiving votes
Head coach Doug Wright earned his first-career win against a ranked win after defeating Coastal Carolina
Nine Ospreys have made their debuts this season
Michaela Rezentes and Katie Camp are 6-2 at the second slot in their first season at UNF

Scouting Report

No. 17 Pepperdine: Pepperdine enters ranked 17th in the latest coaches poll … the Waves are coming off a 3-2 loss to No. 18 Arizona Friday night … Pepperdine returns eight from last year's team, including four starters … McKenna Thomas and Kate Clermont were tabbed to the All-West Coast Conference preseason team after going 26-7 last season … the team was selected to finish second in the league after the preseason coaches poll … Pepperdine is a perennial power in the sport, touting multiple national titles
UAB: UAB is coming into the weekend with a 5-4 record after winning the last three matches they've played … the Blazers are coming off a 17-18 season last year … Brooke Pertuit and Jasmine Haas enter with 4-1 records at the top slot, the best mark for any duo on the team … UAB first pairs are a team best 6-3 this season.
San Francisco: The Dons are winless this season, going 0-5 through the first two weekends … USF has been blanked four times, three of which have come against UC Davis … San Francisco is looking for its first winning season since going 16-5 in the 2016 campaign.

MATCH POINT - Three Matches in Malibu

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Players Mentioned

Katie Camp

Madison Espy

Presley Murray

Michaela Rezentes

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