Matchup: FGCU (20-6, 11-1 ASUN) vs Lipscomb (15-9, 10-2 ASUN)
When: Nov. 2 | 7:30 PM ET | Allen Arena
Links: Live Stats | Video
Coaches: Matt Botsford - 5th season at FGCU – 107-44 (.709); same overall | Brandon Rosenthal (15th season at Lipscomb – 279-178 (.611); same overall)

Matchup: FGCU vs Kennesaw State (20-5, 11-1 ASUN)
When: Nov. 4 | 2 PM ET | KSU Convocation Center
Links: Live Stats | Video
Coach: Keith Schunzel (5th season at Kennesaw State – 80-61 (.567); same overall)

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU volleyball team (20-6, 11-1 ASUN) will look to get an edge in the ASUN regular season championship race when it travels to face Kennesaw State and Lipscomb this weekend.

The Green and Blue, fresh off clinching the program's fourth straight season with 20 or more wins overall and fifth straight with 10 or more in conference play, also secured the program's third-ever 11-1 start to an ASUN season with last Sunday's win over NJIT.  They have also won nine straight overall, including 19 consecutive sets.

Longest Winning Streaks In Division-I Era
2016 - 15 straight
2012 - 15 straight
2007 - 14 straight
2008 - 12 straight
2018 - 9 straight

This is the seventh-straight season the program has recorded at least one seven-match streak and the current streak is the fifth-longest in the Division-I era.

Last year's team also won 22 consecutive sets, which is the second-longest streak in the program's Division-I era behind the 2007 team's 30-set streak.

ASUN CHASE
With four matches remaining for each, there are four teams currently still alive in the conference championship race – Kennesaw State (11-1), FGCU (11-1), Lipscomb (10-2) and Liberty (9-3). With two wins this weekend and at least one loss by Liberty against either Kennesaw State or Lipscomb, FGCU would move into sole possession of first place and clinch at least a top two seed and a quarterfinal round bye in the ASUN tournament.

T-1. Kennesaw State – 20-5, 11-1
T-1. FGCU – 20-6, 11-1
3. Lipscomb – 15-9, 10-2
4. Liberty – 13-13, 9-3
5. Stetson – 14-10, 6-6
6. North Florida – 9-21, 4-10
T-7. Jacksonville – 4-21, 2-10
T-7. NJIT – 4-24, 2-10
9. North Alabama – 2-19, 0-12

WEEKEND ASUN SCHEDULE
Friday
Jacksonville vs NJIT
Liberty vs Kennesaw State
FGCU vs Lipscomb
Stetson vs North Alabama

Sunday
Stetson vs NJIT
FGCU vs Kennesaw State
Liberty vs Lipscomb
Jacksonville vs North Alabama

SERIES HISTORY
The Eagles are 13-10 all-time against Kennesaw State, but the Owls have won seven of the past nine. The Green and Blue's last win against them on the road came in 2014. Meanwhile, Lipscomb owns a 16-8 record against the Green and Blue, although FGCU has won the past three and four of the past six in the series.

RPI
FGCU currently ranks 97th in the latest RPI poll. They are 4-3 against RPI top 100 teams including No. 11 UCF (0-2), No. 42 Miami (1-0), No. 74 New Mexico State (1-0), No. 75 Yale (1-0), No. 83 Florida Atlantic (1-0) and No. 91 Kennesaw State (0-1).

VERSATILITY
Maggie Rick (639), Chelsey Lockey (349) and Dana Axner (90) are looking to become just the second trio in program history to record at least 100 assists in one season. They would join the 2012 group of Gigi Meyer (683), Courtney Greenberg (510) and Whitney Masters (121).

In fact, only four times in program history has an FGCU volleyball team had at least two players with at least 100 assists:

2012 – Gigi Meyer (683), Courtney Greenberg (510), Whitney Masters (121)
2011 – Gigi Meyer (1050), Camil Dominguez (202)
2007 – Roberta Santos (606), Chandra Lefever (523)
2005 – Laura Manovill (689), Ciara Sandoval (679)

CHASING HISTORY
Rick (Alpharetta, Ga./Blessed Trinity Catholic HS) currently has 4,324 assists, which is 85 shy of eclipsing Gigi Meyer's career record (4,408, 2011-14). With four regular season matches left, she would need to average 21.25 in each one to become the all-time leader, although the postseason would also count. Lockey (Eaton, Colo./Eaton HS), meanwhile, has a pair of double-doubles this year and has recorded at least 10 assists in six straight matches. Additionally, her season assist total is already ninth-most in the program's history for a career and seventh-most in the Division-I era.

In addition to all that, Rick is on pace to become the program's all-time leader in matches played by the end of the regular season. Her 123 matches played is just three shy of tying the trio of Courtney Stephens (2014-17), Whitney Masters (2011-14) and Gigi Meyer (2011-14).

ON THE RISE
Cortney VanLiew (Seymour, Ind./Columbus East HS) recorded 15 kills in the team's most recent win over NJIT while hitting .556, which was her second-highest percentage of the season behind a .645-performance against North Florida on Sept. 22. She has 46 more kills this year than all of last season, and she's averaged 3.98 kills per set compared to 2.91 as a freshman, while hitting .066 higher.

This year, she has 10 double-doubles (16 in her career) along with 10+ kills in 20 of 26 matches and 10+ digs in 13. The ASUN's current leader in total kills now has 662 in her career, which is eighth-most in the program's Division-I era and 17 shy of moving up another spot.

RECORD-BREAKING CAMPAIGN
Axner (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman HS) has had at least 10 digs in 14 consecutive matches, including 23 of 26 overall this year. She has 438 overall this year, which is the seventh-most in a single season and the 15th most in a career in the program's Division-I era. She is just 29 shy of vaulting up to fourth on the single season list, and she's trying to become only the third player in the Division-I era with 500 or more digs in a season.

BLOCK PARTY
The trio of Daniele Serrano, Tori Morris and Sharonda Pickering has the FGCU volleyball team as one of the best in the nation offensively and defensively at the net. The Green and Blue are currently the nation's best team in opponent hitting percentage at .123, while they rank 17th on the offensive side at .269, which would be the second-best in the program's Division-I era behind the 2007 team (.292).

Serrano (Sanford, Fla./Seminole HS) currently leads the ASUN in block assists (101), total blocks (116) and blocks per set (1.38), and she is tied for eighth in solo blocks (15). Pickering (Sea Cow's Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands/Elmore Stoutt HS) ranks second in block assists (90) and fourth in total blocks (98) and blocks per set (1.19), while Morris (Virginia Beach, Va./Floyd E. Kellam HS) is second in blocks per set (1.32).

On top of those numbers, Serrano also ranks 20th in the nation in blocks per set and 23rd in total blocks.

LIPSCOMB NOTES
- have won four straight
- Carlyle Nusbaum leads the ASUN in kills/set (4.12), has 13 double-doubles this year
- Lauren Anderson eclipsed 1,000 career digs in team's win over Stetson
- Megan Kuper had 17 kills while hitting .577 in most recent match (3-1 win vs North Florida)
- will host Liberty on Sunday

KENNESAW STATE NOTES
- Have won 14 of past 15 matches
- Had 14-match winning streak snapped in 3-0 loss to Stetson on Oct. 27, their first loss in ASUN play since Oct. 7 of last year, which was a 23-match streak
- Opponents have hit over .300 just twice against KSU this year
- Currently tied with FGCU for first in ASUN standings
- Will host Liberty on Friday

ASUN TOP 10 LEADERS (INDIVIDUAL)
Kills – Cortney VanLiew (1st, 354)
Kills/Set – Cortney VanLiew (2nd, 3.98)
Hitting Percentage – Sharonda Pickering (1st, .442), Daniele Serrano (4th, .349)
Assists – Maggie Rick (5th, 639), Chelsey Lockey (10th, 349)
Assists/Set – Maggie Rick (6th, 7.18)
Aces – Karissa Rhoades (4th, 28)
Digs – Dana Axner (1st, 438)
Digs/Set – Dana Axner (2nd, 4.92)
Solo Blocks – Daniele Serrano (T-8th, 15)
Block Assists – Daniele Serrano (1st, 101), Sharonda Pickering (2nd, 90)
Total Blocks – Daniele Serrano (1st, 116), Sharonda Pickering (4th, 98)
Blocks/Set – Daniele Serrano (1st, 1.38), Tori Morris (2nd, 1.32), Sharonda Pickering (5th, 1.15)
Points – Cortney VanLiew (2nd, 391.5)
Points/Set – Cortney VanLiew (2nd, 4.4)

ASUN TOP 10 LEADERS (TEAM)
Kills – 4th, 1,217
Kills/Set – 2nd, 13.67
Hitting Percentage – 1st, .269
Assists – 4th, 1,137
Assists/Set – 3rd, 12.78
Aces – 4th, 113
Aces/Set – 5th, 1.27
Digs – 3rd, 1,450
Digs/Set – 2nd, 16.29
Solo Blocks – 5th, 49
Block Assists – 1st, 410
Total Blocks – 1st, 254
Blocks/Set – 1st, 2.85
Points – 4th, 1584.0
Points/Set – 1st, 17.6

NATIONAL LEADERS (TEAM)
Opponent Hitting Percentage – 1st, .123
Blocks/Set – 9th, 2.85
Total Blocks – 9th, 254.0
Hitting Percentage – 17th, .269
Assists/Set – 48th, 12.78
Kills/Set – 47th, 13.67
Digs/Set – 68th, 16.29

NATIONAL LEADERS (INDIVIDUAL)
Kills – Cortney VanLiew (48th, 354)
Kills/Set – Cortney VanLiew (51st, 3.98)
Digs – Dana Axner (57th, 438)
Digs/Set – Dana Axner (60th, 4.92)
Blocks – Daniele Serrano (23rd, 116), Sharonda Pickering (85th, 98)
Blocks/Set – Daniele Serrano (20th, 1.38), Sharonda Pickering (83rd, 1.15)
Points – Cortney VanLiew (55th, 391.5)
Points/Set – Cortney VanLiew (58th, 4.40)
Hitting Percentage – Sharonda Pickering (1st, .442), Daniele Serrano (73rd, .349)
 
FGCU CAREER RECORD BOOK

Kills
1. 1,395 - Amanda CARROLL (.259) - 2015-present
2. 1,173 - Brooke YOUNGQUIST (.245) - 2004-07
3. 1,132 - Olivia MESNER (.331) - 2011-14
4. 961 - Jessica BARNES (.194) - 2010-11,13-14
5. 926 - Kaitlin HOLM (.227) - 2011-13
6. 837 - Ericka FONSECA (.363) - 2005-06
7. 725 - Jill HOPPER (.203) - 2011-13
8. 700 - Heather VAN OLST (.212) - 2004-06
9. 693 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (.225) - 2014-15
10. 678 - Ana KOKANOVIC (.281) - 2007-08
 
Kills per set (min. 50 sets)
1. 4.01 - Amanda CARROLL (348 sets) - 2015-present
2. 3.88 - Ericka FONSECA (216 sets) - 2005-06
3. 3.81 - Ana KOKANOVIC (178 sets) - 2007-08
4. 3.39 - Cortney VANLIEW (195 sets) - 2017-present
    3.39 - Brooke YOUNGQUIST (346 sets) - 2004-07
6. 3.25 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (213 sets) - 2014-15
7. 3.13 - Devon WATTS (212 sets) - 2004-05
8. 3.03 - Kristy HARTLEY (92 sets) - 2004
9. 3.02 - Jelena SIMIC (215 sets) - 2009,11
10. 2.95 - Jill HOPPER (246 sets) - 2011-13
 
Attack pct. (min. 150 attempts)
1. .412 - Sharonda PICKERING (203-37-403) - 2017-present
2. .403 - Cara ZIEGLER (312-56-636) - 2006-07
3. .363 - Ericka FONSECA (837-184-1,801) - 2005-06
4. .352 - Daniele SERRANO (551-115-1,237) - 2016-present
5. .331 - Olivia MESNER (1,132-353-2,356) - 2011-14
 
Assists
1. 4,408 - Gigi MEYER (474 sets) - 2011-14
2. 4,324 - Maggie RICK (436 sets) - 2015-present
3. 3,108 - Chandra LEFEVER (309 sets) - 2006-07, 09
4. 1,809 - Laura MANOVILL (186 sets) - 2004-05
5. 1,475 - Roberta SANTOS (180 sets) - 2007-08
6. 1089 - Camil DOMINGUEZ (164 sets) - 2010-11
7. 679 - Ciara SANDOVAL (85 sets) - 2005
8. 510 - Courtney GREENBERG (115 sets) - 2012-13
9. 324 - Chelsey LOCKEY (80 sets) – 2018-present
10. 309 - Whitney MASTERS (483 sets) - 2011-14
 
Assists per set (min. 50 sets)
1. 10.06 - Chandra LEFEVER (309 sets) - 2006-07,09
2. 9.92 - Maggie RICK (436 sets) - 2015-present
3. 9.73 - Laura MANOVILL (186 sets) - 2004-05
4. 9.30 - Gigi MEYER (474 sets) - 2011-14
5. 8.19 - Roberta SANTOS (180 sets) - 2007-08
6. 7.99 - Ciara SANDOVAL (85 sets) - 2005
7. 6.64 - Camil DOMINGUEZ (164 sets) - 2010-11
8. 4.43 - Courtney GREENBERG (115 sets) - 2012-13
9. 4.38 - Chelsey LOCKEY (80 sets) – 2018-present
10. 2.11 - Marina ADAMI (54 sets) - 2015-16

Service aces
1. 139 - Ana KOKANOVIC (178 sets) - 2007-08
2. 101 - Amanda CARROLL (348 sets) - 2015-present
3. 100 - Brooke YOUNGQUIST (346 sets) - 2004-07
4. 99 - Gigi MEYER (474 sets) - 2011-14
    99 - Roberta SANTOS (180 sets) - 2007-08
6. 92 - Whitney HENDRY (390 sets) - 2004-07
    92 - Courtney STEPHENS (451 sets) - 2014-17
8. 88 - Jill HOPPER (246 sets) - 2011-13
9. 86 - Maggie RICK (436 sets) - 2015-present
10. 84 - Karissa RHOADES (348 sets) - 2015-present

Serve pct. (min. 50 serves)
1. .978 - Snowy BURNAM (272 serves) - 2017-present
2. .976 - Marina ADAMI (83 serves) - 2015-16
3. .965 - Karina MAMBUCA (854 serves) - 2012-13
4. .964 - Ciara SANDOVAL (251 serves) - 2005
5. .960 - Caitlin SHAWVER (622 serves) - 2008-10
6. .959 - Adrianne MCNALLY (217 serves) - 2010
7. .957 - Gigi MEYER (1797 serves) - 2011-14
8. .954 - Ericka FONSECA (593 serves) - 2005-06
9. .953 - Dana AXNER (342 serves) – 2018-present
10. .950 - Whitney HENDRY (1169 serves) - 2004-07
 
Digs
1. 1,965 - Whitney HENDRY (390 sets) - 2004-07
2. 1,687 - Whitney MASTERS (483 sets) - 2011-14
3. 1,652 - Holly YOUNGQUIST (418 sets) - 2008-11
4. 1,369 - Brooke YOUNGQUIST (346 sets) - 2004-07
5. 1,084 - Courtney STEPHENS (451 sets) - 2014-17
6. 1,002 - Amanda CARROLL (348 sets) - 2015-present
7. 947 - Gigi MEYER (474 sets) - 2011-14
8. 884 - Heather VAN OLST (276 sets) - 2004-06
9. 864 - Karissa RHOADES (348 sets) - 2015-present
10. 765 - Chandra LEFEVER (309 sets) - 2006-07,09
 
Solo Blocks
1. 62 - Olivia MESNER (428 sets) - 2011-14
2. 51 - Ericka FONSECA (216 sets) - 2005-06
3. 48 - Daniele SERRANO (309 sets) - 2016-present
4. 45 - Ashley YANCE (313 sets) - 2005-09
5. 39 - Devon WATTS (212 sets) - 2004-05
6. 38 - Amanda CARROLL (348 sets) - 2015-present
    38 - Kaitlin HOLM (359 sets) - 2011-13
 
Block assists
1. 280 - Olivia MESNER (428 sets) - 2011-14
2. 269 - Daniele SERRANO (309 sets) - 2016-present
3. 242 - Ashley YANCE (313 sets) - 2005-09
4. 196 - Ericka FONSECA (216 sets) - 2005-06
5. 180 - Marlene MOELLER (301 sets) - 2013-16
 
Total blocks
1. 342 - Olivia MESNER (428 sets) - 2011-14
2. 317 - Daniele SERRANO (309 sets) - 2016-present
3. 287 - Ashley YANCE (313 sets) - 2005-09
4. 247 - Ericka FONSECA (216 sets) - 2005-06
5. 205 - Kaitlin HOLM (359 sets) - 2011-13
6. 197 - Karina MAMBUCA (233 sets) - 2012-13
    197 - Marlene MOELLER (301 sets) - 2013-16
8. 195 - Devon WATTS (212 sets) - 2004-05
9. 189 - Amanda CARROLL (348 sets) - 2015-present
10. 170 - Lauren TUTWILER (208 sets) - 2014-15
 
Matches played
1. 126 - Gigi MEYER - 2011-14
    126 - Courtney STEPHENS - 2014-17
    126 - Whitney MASTERS - 2011-14
4. 123 - Maggie RICK - 2015-present
5. 119 - Caroline JORDAN - 2013-16
6. 116 - Whitney HENDRY - 2004-07
7. 115 - Karissa RHOADES - 2015-present
8. 114 - Olivia MESNER - 2011-14
9. 113 - Holly YOUNGQUIST - 2008-11   
10. 108 - Brooke YOUNGQUIST - 2004-07

ASUN CAREER RECORD BOOK

Hitting Percentage (min.  .333)
1. Sharonda Pickering (FGCU, 2017-present) - .412
2. Piper Morgan (UCF, 2001) - .381
3. Andrea Shanks (Samford, 2001) - .379
4. Tamara Aldridge (Georgia State, 2001) - .377
5. Anna Popenko (Georgia State, 2001) - .371
5. Amanda Chapman (Mercer, 2001) - .371
7. Daniele Serrano (FGCU, 2016-present) - .352
 
Kills (min. 1,275)
1. Megan Devine (ETSU, 2010-13) – 1,940
2. Alex Kelly (Lipscomb, 2007-10) – 1,746
3. Lauren Ford (Lipscomb, 2011-14) – 1,597
4. Paige Pridgeon (North Florida, 2009-12) – 1,593
5. Maggie Johnson (Belmont, 2008-11) - 1,558
6. Lindsay Cleveland (Belmont, 2002-05) - 1,552
7. Jewell Dobson (Lipscomb, 2011-15) - 1,525
8. Amanda Carroll (FGCU, 2015-present) - 1,395
9. Katie Plummer (Mercer, 2001-04) - 1,390
10. Sammie Strausbaugh (Jacksonville, 2012-14) - 1,366
 
Kills Per Set (min. 3.60)
1. Leyre Sante (UCF, 2001-02) – 4.69
2. Carlyle Nusbaum (Lipscomb, 2015-present) – 4.52
3. Rachel Hassan (Troy, 2001-03) – 4.46
4. Anna Popenko (Georgia State, 2001) – 4.35
5. Erika van Hootegem (Troy, 2001) – 4.18
6. Amanda Carroll (FGCU, 2015-present) – 4.01
 
Assists (min. 2,500)
1. Colleen Nilson (Belmont, 2004-07) – 5,636
2. April DeCoste (Georgia State, 2001-04) – 5,391
3. Stefine "Jake" Pease (Lipscomb, 2007-10) – 5,159
4. Kendall Courtney (Jacksonville, 2010-13) – 4,851
5. Sara Metroka (Kennesaw State, 2010-13) – 4,427
6. Gigi Meyer (FGCU, 2011-14) – 4,408
7. Maggie Rick (FGCU, 2015-present) – 4,324
8. Jenny Frank (UCF, 2001-03) – 4,102
9. Kristi Piedimonte (Kennesaw State, 2014-17) – 4,005
10. Kayla Weller (Stetson, 2012-15) – 3,789
 
FGCU Weekly ASUN Awards
Aug. 27 - Player of the Week - Cortney VanLiew; Freshman of the Week – Dana Axner
Sept. 4 - Defensive Player of the Week – Daniele Serrano; Freshman of the Week – Dana Axner
Sept. 10 - Defensive Player of the Week – Dana Axner
Sept. 24 – Freshman of the Week - Chelsey Lockey
Oct. 8 - Freshman of the Week – Dana Axner
Oct. 15 - Defensive Player of the Week – Daniele Serrano; Freshman of the Week – Dana Axner
Oct. 22 - Freshman of the Week - Tori Morris
 
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COACH BOTSFORD
Matt Botsford is in his fifth season as head coach of the FGCU women's volleyball program in 2018 after being hired on Feb. 10, 2014. In his four plus seasons, Botsford-led teams have compiled a 109-44 (.712) record overall, including a 53-15 (.779) record in ASUN play. He has taken the program to heights it has not seen in the Division-I era (2007-present) – registering at least 20 wins overall in three straight seasons and at least 10 wins in conference play four straight seasons. Furthermore, the team's offensive efficiency has drastically improved since Botsford started. In his first two seasons, his squad produced hitting percentages of .212 and .220. The past two, which have seen .267 and .256 percentages, are the third and fourth highest in program history. All four seasons under Botsford have seen a top-3 ASUN regular season finish and at least an ASUN semifinal appearance. His first two campaigns resulted in regular season runner-up finishes, and the past two have seen the Eagles advance to the tournament championship. On Sept. 10, 2016, Botsford led his team to a five-set win over Indiana in Alico Arena, which signified the program's first-ever win over a team from a Power-5 conference.
 
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