JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For the 48th time, North Florida and Jacksonville volleyball square off in the River City Rumble, as the Ospreys host the Dolphins in the first of two meetings against each other this season. 

UNF paces the all-time series by a hefty margin, leading it by a 21-win gap. North florida is 17-5 against the Dolphins at home, having won the last six at The Nest.

MATCH DETAILS
Who | UNF vs. Jacksonville
What | River City Rumble
When | Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m.
Where | UNF Arena

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Series History
Jacksonville: UNF and JU split the series last season … North Florida leads the all-time series, 29-18 … the Ospreys are 22-12 in Atlantic Sun regular season matches against JU … UNF is on a six-match winning streak at home against JU … last year the Ospreys took care of JU, 3-1, at home … JU managed to win a five-setter at Jacksonville last year … prior to that, UNF had won 10-straight matches against the Dolphins … UNF is 11-1 against JU under head coach Kristen Wright … the last time JU won at The Nest was Oct. 23, 2015.

SCOUTING REPORT
Jacksonville: JU is 3-11 and 0-2 in league play after 3-2 and 3-1 losses to FGCU and Stetson respectively … JU's other two wins came against California Baptist and Northern Arizona … head coach Maggie Johnson is in her fourth season leading the JU indoor program … Anna Erickson and Lyric Love the two Dolphins with over 100 kills on the year … Rebecca Rocassin directs the offense, posting 9.10 assists/set … Bishop Kenny grad Kristina Nika has posted a strong start to the year, averaging 4.02 digs/set.

MATCH NOTES
Milestone Watch

• Rocio Moro continues her ascent up the ASUN record book, needing less than 100 digs to set the ASUN career digs record.
• 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

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
• 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

Anna Begins

• Anna Butler got the start in Saturday's match against FGCU, her first of the season
• The junior posted 15 kills, her first double-digit kill outing since going for a career-best 17 in a 3-2 win against Virginia Tech back in 2021
• She also hit .382 and posted four blocks

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.