Friday's match versus the Spartans has been deemed a White Out and Saturday night's match against the Highlanders is promoting Buy-One-Get-One Tix w/ Men's Soccer if Dirty Birds go to both the volleyball and men’s soccer game on the same night.
Last Time Out:
The Eagles (10-6) recently competed against Kennesaw State and Lipscomb. They would fall to the Owls 0-3 (14-25, 24-26, 21-25) before beating the Lady Bison 3-1 (25-18, 25-18, 19-25, 25-23) to wrap up the road trip. The Eagles are finished the road trip 7-3 overall and will start off against the Spartans at 7 PM and then against the Highlanders at 6 PM.
Still leading the fray offensively is duo of junior outside hitter Amanda Carroll and freshman outside hitter Cortney VanLiew.
Carroll, who had 28 kills in the last two matches and 147 kills in all 10 road matches, recently surpassed Olivia Mesner for second all-time in career kills (1,132 from 2011-14). Carroll now has 1,144 career kills and is only 24 kills away from surpassing USA Beach Volleyball Olympian Brooke Youngquist Sweat for most overall career kills (1,167 from 2004-07). Carroll currently ranks 17th in the nation in kills per set (4.52) and remains in the top 50 (48th) in kills (244).
VanLiew has 111 kills in all 10 road matches and remains second on the team in kills (186).
Junior Setter Maggie Rick dropped to 26nd in the nation in assists per set (11.05). In the last nine matches, the defending A-SUN Setter of the Year currently has 608 assists.
Defensively, junior libero Karissa Rhoades leads the team with 242 digs while the duo of sophomore middle blocker Daniele Serrano and junior middle blocker Sharonda Pickering combine a total of 85 blocks. Serrano leads the team and the A-SUN in block percentage while Pickering leads the team in total blocks.
Scouting Upstate:
The Spartans (5-11, 2-1 ASUN) recently competed against NJIT, Jacksonville and UNF for conference play. They would beat the Highlanders 3-2 and sweep the Ospreys 3-0, but would fall to the Dolphins 2-3.
Freshman right side hitter Lily Dempsey leads the team in kills (159), while senior setter Madison Haake leads with 424 assists, senior libero Kaleigh Kelley leads with 249 digs. The duo of Dempsey and freshman middle blocker McKenna Kirkpatrick combine for a total of 63 digs.
Scouting NJIT:
Entering their third year in the A-SUN, the Highlanders (9-9, 1-2 ASUN) won three out of their last five matches. They would get shutout wins against Iona College and Saint Peter’s University for non-conference play and pull a 3-1 win against UNF before falling 2-3 to Upstate and 0-3 to Jacksonville in conference play.
Senior outside hitter Tess Albyn leads the team offensively with 207 kills. Sophomore setter Liz Benson leads with 341 assists. Defensively, the duo of senior middle blocker Mikalah Hughes and Adrianne Bynoe combine a total of 112 total blocks (Hughes (51), Bynoe (61)) while junior libero, Adriana Nieto, leads with 295 digs.
NJIT will battle Stetson on Friday before taking on FGCU Saturday.
Series History:
In all 17 matchups between FGCU and USC Upstate, the Eagles are 17-0 against the Spartans. The last time both teams met, FGCU swept Upstate in both matchups winning 3-0 at FGCU and 3-2 at Upstate.
In four matchups between FGCU and NJIT, the Eagles are 4-0 against the Highlanders. Last time both teams met, FGCU swept the series shutting out NJIT at both home and away.
Since its transition to DI in 2007, FGCU has a total of 109 shutouts as of Sept 23.
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