No. 16 Beach Volleyball Earns Wins Over Austin Peay and North Alabama

Friday, March 28

Jacksonville, Fla.

8 a.m.

University of North Florida

Austin Peay

No. 16 Beach Volleyball Earns Wins Over Austin Peay and North Alabama

3/28/2025 4:30:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – No. 16 North Florida beach volleyball handled Austin Peay and North Alabama at the ASUN Midseason Tournament on Friday, held at The Cooper Beach Volleyball Complex.

North Florida has won six-straight duals and improved to 8-0 on its home sand this season. North Florida swept Austin Peay, 5-0, and outlasted back-and-forth action with North Alabama, 3-2.

North Florida took four of the five courts in straight sets in its match with Austin Peay. Junior tandem Presley Murray and Mackenzie Murphy claimed the top court, 21-6, 21-17, while senior Mariana Feliciano Sanchez and junior Madison Espy earned a 21-9, 21-16 win at two. Sophomore Cameron Humphries and senior Taylor Pierce made their season pair debut with 21-14 margins in both sets at the third slot. Senior pair Andrea Da Silva and Hayden Wooldridge posted a three-set win, 21-18, 20-22, 15-6, at the four spot. Sophomore Eden Anderson and redshirt sophomore Sophia Notaro turned in a 21-11, 21-12 win at the five line.

In back-and-forth action with North Alabama, Da Silva and Wooldridge recorded a 21-7, 21-15 win at four. After North Alabama responded back with a win at five, Humphries and Pierce reclaimed the lead at 21-12, 21-13 at three to make it 2-1. Feliciano Sanchez and Espy clinched the dual with 21-12, 21-13 win at the two line.

Feliciano Sanchez and Espy has recorded an undefeated 10-0 on the season.

No. 16 North Florida 5, Austin Peay 0

Presley Murray/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF) def. Grace Austin/Jordan Morris (APSU), 21-6, 21-17
Mariana Feliciano Sanchez/Madison Espy (UNF) def. Anna Kate Clark/Emily Freel (APSU), 21-9, 21-16
Cameron Humphries/Taylor Pierce (UNF) def. Alyson Cooper/Jordyn Beneteau (APSU), 21-14, 21-14
Hayden Wooldridge/Andrea Da Silva (UNF) def. Gabriella Mackenzie/Bailey Lasater (APSU), 21-18, 20-22, 15-6
Eden Anderson/Sophia Notaro (UNF) def. Angelena Greene/Emma Loiars (APSU), 21-11, 21-12

No. 16 North Florida 3, North Alabama 2

Katy Floyd/Selma Robinson (UNA) def. Presley Murray/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF), 21-18, 23-21
Mariana Feliciano Sanchez/Madison Espy (UNF) def. Ryenne Gepford/Pien Grooters (UNA), 21-15, 21-15
Cameron Humphries/Taylor Pierce (UNF) def. Paige Griner/Mabrey Whitehead (UNA), 21-12, 21-13
Hayden Wooldridge/Andrea Da Silva (UNF) def. Sarah Larkin Lewis/Aurora Bibolotti (UNA), 21-7, 21-15
Kaitlyn Holbrook/Hailey Benesz (UNA) def. Eden Anderson/Sophia Notaro (UNF), 21-14, 21-19