Volleyball Drops Five-Set Battle At Lipscomb

Friday, October 2

Nashville, Tenn. / Allen Arena

7 p.m.

University of North Florida

8-6,1-1ASUN

Lipscomb

8-4,1-1ASUN

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
North Florida	20	25	25	23	10	2
Lipscomb	25	17	20	25	15	3

10/2/2026 10:00:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

NASHVILLE, TENN. - North Florida Volleyball fell in a hard fought five-set match at Lipscomb, 3-2, at Allen Arena on Friday.

Junior outside hitter Dakota Spurrier posted a sensational performance with a match-high 18 digs on .293 hitting, in addition to 17 digs.

Senior outside hitter Kaili Doctor notched a match-high 18 kills as well, in addition to 13 digs and four blocks.

Senior middle blocker Yarimar Francis Garay rounded out the offense with 13 kills on .455 hitting. Francis Garay registered a match-high eight total blocks.

Sophomore setter Sofia Dawson recorded a match-high 53 assists, in addition to 11 digs and two total blocks.

UNF 2, LIP 3 (20-25, 25-17, 25-20, 23-25, 10-15)

SET ONE:
Spurrier gave North Florida an early lead, 7-6, with a kill. The Ospreys were in a tightly contested frame, 15-14, entering the media timeout. Sophomore middle blocker Haleina Bowers put down a kill to cut UNF's deficit to 20-18. Lipscomb earned the final four points of the frame to secure the set.

SET TWO:
Sophomore outside hitter Leah McDonald tied the score, 3-3, with a back-row kill. Doctor notched three-straight kills amid a 6-0 run to help UNF's advantage grow to 7-3. Bowers and Dawson put UNF ahead, 15-9, with a combined block. Francis Garay tallied a kill and a combined block to give the Ospreys a 22-13 lead en route to winning the set.

SET THREE:
Francis Garay notched her fifth total block on the first point of the frame. Spurrier reached 11 kills on .375 hitting amid the set. North Florida went on an 11-3 run on the final 14 points of the set to take a 2-1 lead in the match.

SET FOUR:
North Florida came back from a 10-3 deficit to tie the set, 15-15. Lipscomb used a 4-0 run down the stretch to secure the set.

SET FIVE:
Senior libero Emma Pohlman served an ace to give UNF a 5-4 advantage. Doctor posted a kill to tie the tightly contested set, 9-9, before Lipscomb earned the win.

UNF

Dakota Spurrier | 18 kills

Kaili Doctor | 18 kills

Sofia Dawson | 53 assists

Dakota Spurrier | 17 digs

Yarimar Francis Garay | 8 blocks

Emma Pohlmann | 2 aces

LIP

Madyson McCarthy | 16 kills

Kelsey Schenck | 47 assists

NOTES

Spurrier tallied a career-high in digs with 17.
Dawson notched 50+ assists for the third time this season.
McDonald posted five total blocks.
Spurrier and Doctor each tallied double-doubles with 10+ kills and 10+ digs.
Bowers tallied seven kills on .375 hitting.
Francis Garay has now notched six or more total blocks in 14 matches and seven or more total blocks in nine matches over the last two seasons.
Doctor has registered 10 or more kills in 13 of UNF's 14 matches this season.
Spurrier has posted 15 or more kills in four matches this season.

UP NEXT
North Florida will travel to Louisville, Ky., for its second ASUN road match in as many days at Bellarmine on Saturday, Oct. 3 at 3 p.m. ET. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.