No. 17 Beach Volleyball Defeats FGCU In ASUN Championship Quarterfinals, 3-1

Thursday, April 23

Huntsville, Ala. / John Hunt Park

11 a.m.

University of North Florida

No. 3 seed FGCU

2026 North Florida Beach Volleyball - Samantha Crosby

No. 17 Beach Volleyball Defeats FGCU In ASUN Championship Quarterfinals, 3-1

4/23/2026 2:00:00 PM | Beach Volleyball

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – No. 2 seed and No. 17-ranked North Florida Beach Volleyball defeated No. 3 seed Florida Gulf Coast, 3-1, in the 2026 ASUN Championship Quarterfinals at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Ala.

Freshman Kamryn McDonald and redshirt junior Sophia Notaro recorded a 21-17, 21-14 win at the four line. Junior Eden Anderson and freshman Ally Bunch earned a 21-19, 21-14 win at the five line. FGCU cut into the margin with a win at the one line.

With the two and three line in third sets, senior Presley Murray and freshman Samantha Crosby clinched the match with a 21-13, 18-21, 21-19 win at the three line.

North Florida will face No. 5 seed and crosstown rival Jacksonville in the 2026 ASUN Championship Semifinals on Friday, April 24 at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Ala. at 12 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

NO. 2 SEED NORTH FLORIDA 3, NO. 3 FLORIDA GULF COAST 1
1. Alexis Keeter/Ava Lilliquist (FGCU) def. Cameron Humphries/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF), 21-16, 21-16
2. Andrea Da Silva Encinas/Madison Espy (UNF) vs. Nicole De Oliveira/Erin Miller (FGCU), 21-18, 20-22, 17-18
3. Presley Murray/Samantha Crosby (UNF) def. Andrea Dietz/Sydney Majick (FGCU), 21-13, 18-21, 21-19
4. Kamryn McDonald/Sophia Notaro (UNF) def. Kaitlyn Beck/Kristina Gluc (FGCU), 21-17, 21-14
5. Eden Anderson/Ally Bunch (UNF) def. Vanessa Moriarty/Emma Soncrant (FGCU), 21-19, 21-14