Beach Volleyball Wraps Up Regular Season in Baton Rouge

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF beach volleyball looks to make some noise and surpass the 20-win milestone when the Ospreys head to Baton Rouge, La., for the Tiger Beach Challenge Friday, April 14 through Saturday, April 15.

MATCH DETAILS
Date: Friday, April 14 - Saturday, April 15
Times: 11 a.m. & 3 p.m. | 9 a.m. & 1 p.m.
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Opponents: Houston Christian, Stanford, Nicholls, LSU
Live Stats: N/A
Watch: YouTube Live (LSU Match)

All-Time Series:
HCU: HCU leads, 1-0 … first-ever meeting was in 2017 … that meeting was also in Baton Rouge, La. … HCU was named Houston Baptist then.
No. 10 Stanford: First-ever meeting between UNF and Stanford
Nicholls: UNF took the lone meeting between the two teams, 5-0, March 25, 2022 in Kenner, La.
No. 5 LSU: This is the fifth meeting between UNF and LSU and the first contest since March 22, 2019 in Baton Rouge … LSU has won the last four meetings, but UNF took the first-ever contest, 4-1, April 4.

Notables

UNF was just outside the top 20 of the latest AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball poll, receiving 38 votes in the latest poll
North Florida is ranked No. 20 in the latest collegebeachvb.com poll
UNF is one win shy of its fourth 20-win season in program history and the third-straight season with 20 wins or more
North Florida has four pairs ranked in the NCAA Top 20 Pairs Rankings
UNF is coming off consecutive 3-1 weekends
UNF paces the league with 19 wins
Madison Espy and Presley Murray are 23-3 as a duo
UNF has been honored twice with ASUN Beach Volleyball Pair of the Week honors. Espy and Murray were honored as was Chantel McMillan and Hayden Wooldridge

Scouting Report

HCU: Houston Christian is 13-14 on the season and coming off a 1-3 weekend against Texas A&M Corpus Christi, UTEP, FGCU and No. 1 TCU … HCU is winless on the road and 6-7 in neutral site meetings … Alison Stanfill and Maddie Butters are 16-11 at the first slot.
No. 10 Stanford: Stanford is slated at No. 10 in the nation in the latest AVCA Collegiate Beach Volleyball poll … the Cardinal are 20-9 overall and 3-4 in league play … Stanford has won eight matches against ranked teams … Stanford went 1-3 last weekend against the likes of Arizona, No. 4 UCLA, Oregon and No. 9 Cal … Stanford advanced to the NCAA Championship last season, getting blanked by FAU in the opening round last year … Stanford has been ranked as high as No. 7 this year.
Nicholls: Nicholls is 2-23 and on an 18-match winning streak … this is the fifth season of action for the Colonels … they went 1-25 last season … Nicholls is looking for its first win since March 4.
No. 5 LSU: LSU is entering play ranked fifth in the country … the Tigers are 9-1 at home and 21-9 overall … the Tigers' ranking hasn't oscillated too much this year, going as low as No. 4 and as high as No. 6 … LSU has won six matches against ranked teams this season, including victories against No. 19 South Carolina, No. 10 Georgia State, No. 13 Washington, No. 7 Loyola Marymount and No. 15 FAU … Ella Larkin is 24-4 to pace the Tigers … as a team, LSU is 101-38 in pairs action.

Players Mentioned

Madison Espy

Chantel McMillan

Presley Murray

Hayden Wooldridge

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