JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida volleyball gears up for its final Power 5 Test and tune-up before Atlantic Sun play with a Tuesday night first serve at Florida State tomorrow at 5 p.m.

It's the second time UNF has headed to Tully Gymnasium in Tally in three seasons after playing a postseason tune-up in the state capital in 2021.

The final two non-conference matches of the regular season are slated to be in Tallahassee. Those matches include tomorrow's contest and a road trip to FAMU Oct. 3.

MATCH DETAILS
Who | North Florida vs. Florida State
What | Final non-conference match before conference play
When | Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 5 p.m.
Where | Tallahassee, Fla.

Live Coverage
The match can be watched on ACCNX, with live stats offered via statbroadcast.com. The live stats link can be found on www.seminoles.com and via links on UNF volleyball's social media.

Series History

• This is the third meeting between UNF and Florida State
• Each of the previous meetings have been in Tallahassee
• FSU holds the advantage in the series
• North Florida took the third set against FSU in 2021 and nearly pushed it to five before falling in four. The Seminoles were receiving notes in the national polls 

SCOUTING REPORT

• Florida State was tabbed tied for fourth in the preseason ACC Coaches Poll, being tied with Georgia Tech
• Audrey Koenig and Khouri Louis were named to the ACC Preseason All-Conference Team
• FSU dropped matches to Hawaii and TCU in Fort Worth last weekend
• The Seminoles are winless at home and on a three-match losing streak
• FSU's five wins have come against Western Carolina, Georgia, UConn, Samford and North Texas
• FSU is paced by Audrey Koenig's 109 kills
• Libero Kyleene Filimaua is averaging 3.14 digs/set 
• FSU's offense has been its fuel so far, with the Noles hitting .328
• Florida State is directed by the second-winningest active coach in the NCAA, Chris Poole

MATCH NOTES
Sunshine Summary

• UNF is coming off a six-match home stand, capped with last weekend's Sunshine Invite that saw UNF host Alabama A&M, USF and USC Upstate
• The Ospreys were paced by one of the best stretches in Kierstyn McFall's young career. The middle blocker posted a career-best 18 kills against USF, while hitting .476 with 3.00 kills/set
• Another middle blocker, Maddie Boyd, surpassed 300-career blocks last weekend, becoming just the fourth Osprey in program history to reach that milestone
• North Florida swept Alabama A&M, while coming up just short against USF and USC Upstate

UNF Invitational Recap

• UNF volleyball improved to 9-0 in its last three home invitationals with the sweep of last weekend's home tourney
• It was the first home tournament for UNF since 2021
• After sweeping Texas Southern, UNF got tough in five for consecutive five-set wins against Charlotte and Louisiana
• Kailey McKnight was named ASUN Tournament MVP, while Annie Antar and Amy Burkhardt were named to the all-tourney team
• McKnight set a career high with 22 kills to go with 12 digs in the win against Charlotte, while Burkhardt and Antar set career highs twice.
• Rocio Moro joined in the career highs with 30 digs and 10 assists, reaching the 10-assist marker for the first time

Up at Coastal Carolina

• UNF is coming off a weekend in Conway, S.C., where it took on two P5 foes and another Group of Five foe 
• North Florida swept Coastal Carolina while dropping matches against Georgia and TCU
• Kailey McKnight has been rolling to start the year and this weekend was no different. She posted 3.30 kills/set for 33 kills
• Rocio Moro was business as usual, going for 4.80 digs/set
• Emma Pohlmann and Yarimar Francis-Garay made their UNF debuts, with Pohlmann earning a pair of starts
• 18 Ospreys have seen time this season

 
Recap from Cali

• UNF started its season in California, playing an exhibition at San Diego State and three matches in Santa Barbara
• UNF took on Denver, New Mexico State and UCSB
• The Ospreys started the weekend with a 3-1 win against Denver, but dropped matches to NMSU and UCSB
• Kailey McKnight posted 36 kills and earned all-tournament honors
• North Florida's roster features four Ospreys that are either from California or played college volleyball somewhere in California
• Head coach Kristen Wright is also a California native.

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.