Last Time Out:
The Eagles are coming off of competing this past weekend on the road after shutting out Jacksonville and North Alabama. In both matches, the Eagles completed their first and second conference series sweeps while remaining in first place in the A-SUN.
Going Streaking:
The Eagles will enter the tilt having won 11 consecutive matches and 16 straight sets. As of Monday, they are one of only eight teams nationally with at least 20 wins, and their 21 victories is tied with Pittsburgh and South Dakota for the fourth-most in the nation.
Most Division I victories
1. Western Kentucky - 23
2. Stephen F. Austin - 22
Milwaukee - 22
4. FGCU - 21
Pittsburgh - 21
South Dakota - 21
7. Colorado State - 20
Towson - 20
Furthermore, FGCU's winning streak is tied for the eighth-longest in the nation. With Sunday's win over North Alabama, the Eagles are now five shy of matching the program's Division I era winning streak record of 16 that was set last year, and they're four shy of matching the regular season only streak of 15 that was set in 2016.
Longest Division I winning streaks
1. Western Kentucky - 20
2. Colorado State - 19
3. South Dakota - 18
4. Stephen F. Austin - 15
5. Towson - 14
6. Fairfield - 13
7. Creighton - 12
8. FGCU - 11
New Mexico State - 11
VCU - 11
What It Do VanLiew:
The main leader on offense is junior Cortney VanLiew. VanLiew leads the team with 326 kills with 157 digs, 17 aces and 34 blocks (seven solo). VanLiew finished the weekend with 25 kills, 10 digs and an ace.
Meanwhile in her career, VanLiew 1,100 career kills and needs 33 to surpass Olivia Mesner (1,132, 2011-14) for third all-time. VanLiew also has 692 career digs and needs eight to become the 13th Eagle to reach 700 career digs.
Nike or Adidas:
Freshman Erin Shoemaker follows VanLiew with 180 kills to go along with 31 blocks (seven solo). For the weekend, Shoemaker had 11 kills and two blocks.
Lockdown:
Since taking over for Maggie Rick, sophomore Chelsea Lockey has taken a big grasp as starting setter. Lockey leads the team with 888 assists in her name while adding 23 aces, 172 digs and 41 blocks (four solo). Lockey had 59 assists this past weekend while adding five kills, 11 digs and three blocks.
In her career, Lockey has 1,258 career assists and needs 147 to surpass Roberta Santos (1,475, 2007-08) for fifth all-time.
Hot and Spicy Burns:
Senior Daniele Serrano currently has 153 kills and 73 blocks (nine solo) in her name. Serrano had nine kills and five blocks on the weekend. Serrano's nine kills put her at 768 in her career and needs 32 more to become the eighth Eagle to reach 800 career kills and 70 shy of surpassing Ericka Fonseca (837, 2005-06) for seventh all-time. Meanwhile Serrano's five blocks put her at 438 and moved passed UNF's Morgan Van Alstine (435, 2013-16) for second all-time in A-SUN history. Serrano is now on sight to surpass ETSU's Meredith Hardy (474, 2010-13) as the all-time leader in total blocks and needs 37 blocks to do so.
Blizzards and Mojos:
Junior Snowy Burnam and senior Giovanna Borgiotti have over 500 kills in their careers and were once in a neck-and-neck battle.
Burnam currently has 144 kills in her name while adding 22 aces, 165 digs and 51 blocks (two solo) while Borgiotti has 48 kills and 12 blocks (one solo) in her name. Burnam had 10 kills and 14 digs this past weekend, while Borgiotti had three kills and two digs.
Burnam has 589 career kills and needs 11 to become the 15th Eagle to reach 600 career kills while needing 61 to surpass Jelena Simic (649, 2009, 2011) for 14th all-time.
In digs, Burnam has 536 in her career and is 17 away from surpassing Jill Hopper (552, 2011-13) for 17th all-time. Borgiotti has 543 career kills and need 31 to surpass Leigh Pudwill (572, 2015-16) for 16th all-time.
Meanwhile in blocks, Burnam has 164 total blocks (153 block assists, t-11th all-time) while Borgiotti has 126 (114 block assists, t-17th all-time). Burnam needs four block assists to surpass Devon Watts (156, 2004-05) to be in the top 10 (10th all-time) and two total blocks to surpass Elenora Kazarian (165, 2013-15) for 12th all-time while Borgiotti needs one block assist to surpass Pudwill (114, 2015-16) for 17th all-time and four total blocks to surpass Pudwill (129, 2015-16) and Cara Ziegler (129, 2006-07) for 17th all-time.
Apprentice 1,000:
Sophomore Dana Axner did not play against North Alabama, but did have 16 digs and two assists against Jacksonville. Axner has 395 digs in her name along with 20 aces. Axner has 1,019 in her career and needs 66 to surpass Courtney Stephens (1,084, 2014-17) for sixth all-time.
Axner became the seventh player to reach 1,000 career digs in her match against Bethune-Cookman, the youngest player in program history to reach that milestone, the first to achieve the milestone as a sophomore in the Division I era and the second to do it in her first two seasons since Whitney Hendry (1,965, 2004-07).
I would assume that Axner was getting a much needed rest for Liberty.
Mrs. Aces:
Redshirt senior Amanda Carroll took over for Axner as the libero against North Alabama. Currently, Carroll has 55 kills, 179 digs and 31 aces in her name. Carroll had three kills, 13 digs and six aces on the weekend with her six aces against North Alabama tying a career-high.
Carroll has the all-time career kills record with 1,450 and needs 50 to reach 1,500. As far as her other milestones, Carroll has 1,181 career digs and 132 aces and needs eight aces to surpass Ana Kokanovic (139, 2007-08) as the all-time leader.
VanLiew, Serrano, Burnam, Borgiotti and Carroll are the five remaining members to have at least 500 career kills.
On the World Tor:
Sophomore Tori Morris had one of her best matches against North Alabama as she finished with a career-high 10 kills and a team-leading six blocks. Currently, Morris has 93 kills and 65 blocks (seven solo). Morris had 13 kills and seven blocks this past weekend.
Morris has been moving up in the top 20 lists during the weekend as she has 144 blocks (129 block assists). Her 129 block assists tied Kaitlan Krivdo (129, 2015-19) for 15th all-time, while her 144 total blocks put her at 144 in her career as she surpassed Krivdo (140, 2015-19) for 15th all-time. Morris needs one to surpass Krivdo to be 15th all-time in block assists and 10 blocks to surpass Roberta Santos (153, 2007-08) for 14th all-time in total blocks.
Coach Wins:
Head coach Matt Botsford earned his 135th and 136th career wins with the Eagles (377th overall) against Bethune-Cookman, while longtime assistant coach Daniel Mahy earned his 287th career win (314th overall) and second year assistant coach Stephanie Zelinski earned her 75th.
Scouting Liberty:
The Lady Flames finished this past weekend with two wins over NJIT and Jacksonville. Currently the Lady Flames are fourth place in the A-SUN.
Redshirt junior Amelia Johnson leads the team with 314 kills and 23 aces, while senior right-side hitter Casey Goodwin has 202 kills and 67 blocks.
Senior middle blocker Anna Gragg, a three-time all-conference performer, has 192 kills and leads the Lady Flames with 86 blocks (11 solo) while junior Macy Phillips leads with 360 digs and 26 aces,
Senior setter Hannah Morris 652 assists in her name and 45 blocks.
A-SUN Standings:
1. FGCU (21-3, 7-1 A-SUN)
1. Kennesaw State (15-8, 8-2 A-SUN)
3. Lipscomb (11-10, 7-3 A-SUN)
4. Liberty (14-8, 7-3 A-SUN)
5. Stetson (9-11, 6-4 A-SUN)
6. North Florida (11-14, 4-6 A-SUN)
7. Jacksonville (7-17, 3-7 A-SUN)
8. North Alabama (3-21, 1-10 A-SUN)
9. NJIT (1-24, 0-9 A-SUN)
Series History:
The Eagles hold a 3-1 record against the Lady Flames. Earlier this season, the Eagles played Liberty on the road to open conference play falling 3-0.
How to Keep Up:
Livestats will be available and will air on the FGCU volleyball Facebook page. Fans can also keep updated on both teams via Twitter:
FGCU- @FGCU_VB
Liberty- @LibertyWVB
Promos:
The match will be dubbed as a green out as marketing is encouraging fans to wear green to the match. There will also be a Halloween costume contest as well.
ESPN+:
The A-SUN will air on the new, subscription-based digital platform ESPN+, which will be the new home for select FGCU and A-SUN games and event broadcasts. Subscribers can try the new app for free for 30 days, which follows to $4.99 a month fee afterwards or can pay $39.99 per-year based on the viewers subscription choice.
Livestats Link: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=273135
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/fgcuvolleyball
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