Volleyball Sweeps Rhode Island in Season Opener

Friday, August 30

Jacksonville, Fla.

6 p.m.

University of North Florida

1-0,0-0ASUN

Rhode Island

0-2,0-0Atlantic 10

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Rhode Island	28	23	15	0
North Florida	30	25	25	3

Amy Burkhardt hitting the ball against Rhode Island

Burkhardt went for a 12-kill and 10-dig double-double in the season opener Friday.

Photo by: Todd Drexler

8/30/2024 8:42:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Burkhardt Goes for a Double-Double

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Some usual suspects combined with late-set magic from a few new faces fueled North Florida (1-0) swept Rhode Island (0-2) in the season opener Friday, Aug. 30 from the UNF Arena.

Amy Burkhardt paced the way with a 12-kill and 10-dig double-double as UNF hit .324 as a team and held Rhode Island to a .180 clip.

UNF 3, Rhode Island 0 (30-28, 25-23, 25-15)
Inside the Sets

Set 1: The first set started off tight on both sides, with UNF taking a 15-13 advantage at the first media timeout … Ella Bines and Amy Burkhardt were the most efficient in the early going, collecting four kills apiece … things were even again at 22-22 until Burkhardt and Jacqueline Arrington teamed up for a block … North Florida created two more set points, but URI held tough each time … Rhode Island worked its first set point at 27-26, but Kierstyn McFall evened it up with a kill … Arrington closed out the set with a kill, finishing a 36-minute frame.
Set 2: UNF carried that momentum into the second set, starting things off with an 8-3 lead … Rhode Island rallied and took a 23-20 lead, but North Florida had another late spurt on Emma Pohlmann's serve … Burkhardt came up with a solo block for a 24-23 lead … Arrington was on the docket again for a set-closing kill, giving North Florida a 25-23 win.
Set 3: Mya Sopata broke a 9-9 tie by rising up for a kill as UNF cruised the rest of the way, hitting .371 while holding Rhode Island to just eight kills.

Leaders By the Numbers
UNF

Ella Bines | 9 kills, .400 hitting percentage
Amy Burkhardt | 12 kills, 10 digs
Annie Antar | 31 assists, 5 digs
Maymie Guthrie | 14 digs

Rhode Island

Havyn Rolle | 6 kills
Karlee Pinell | 8 kills, digs
Edie Lamoreaux | 15 kills

Notes

It was the first-ever meeting between these two teams
It was the first time that UNF has opened the season at home under coach Wright
Ella Bines made her first-career start at UNF
Dakota Skye-Spurrier, Kacey Kazmierski, Kamila Mieles and Arrington also made their UNF debuts off the bench
Kristen Wright is 4-3 in season openers
15 different Ospreys saw the court