PREVIEW: UNF, Stetson on tap for @FGCU_VB this weekend

North Florida Notes
When	Friday at 7 p.m.
Where	Jacksonville, Fla. \| UNF Arena
Live Stats	Sidearm
Video	ESPN+
Twitter	@FGCU_VB
Instagram	@FGCU_VB
Facebook	FGCU Volleyball

Stetson Notes
When	Saturday at 6 p.m.
Where	DeLand, Fla. \| J. Ollie Edmunds Center
Live Stats	Sidearm
Video	GoHatters.com
Twitter	@FGCU_VB
Instagram	@FGCU_VB
Facebook	FGCU Volleyball

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The FGCU volleyball team (12-3, 2-1 ASUN) will continue conference play with a two-match jaunt up the state to battle North Florida (6-10, 0-2) on Friday at 7 p.m. and Stetson (2-10, 0-3) on Saturday at 6 p.m.

The Eagles have performed well against the two teams, with a 43-8 combined record all-time. Against North Florida, FGCU has won eight of the past 10 in the series, but the Ospreys have claimed two of the past three outings on their home court in five-set fashion (2016 and 2017). The Green and Blue are 21-2 against Stetson, having lost on the road just once (Oct. 29, 2011). FGCU has also won 11 straight in the series while dropping only seven sets during that stretch.

More recently, FGCU is coming off a pair of straight set wins over North Alabama and Lipscomb this past weekend in a historic weekend for Cortney VanLiew. The junior outside hitter became the fourth player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills in the win over Lipscomb. She joined Amanda Carroll (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia HS) (1,424, 2015-present), Brooke Youngquist Sweat (1,173, 2004-07) and Olivia Mesner (1,132, 2011-14) - thus making this year's team the first one in program history with two 1,000 kill producers.

VanLiew's (Seymour, Ind./Columbus East HS) 22 kills against Lipscomb on Sunday is the most in program history for a three-set match against an ASUN opponent. She topped her own record of 20 that was set on Sept. 22 of last season. In fact, those are the only two 20-plus kill performances in a three-set conference match.

On Friday, VanLiew totaled 16 kills over 20 attempts with just one error in just two sets. Not only did her kill output match North Alabama's entire team combined, but her .750 attack percentage was the best in the program's Division I era (2007-present) among players with at least 20 attempts.

Meanwhile, Dana Axner continued her torrid start to the season as the sophomore libero tallied at least 15 digs in all three matches last week, including 24 over three sets against Liberty. She closed the week with 15 digs against both North Alabama and Lipscomb while averaging six per set for the week. Her output against Liberty represented the third most in a three-set ASUN regular season match in program history.

Axner (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman HS) has now tallied at least 10 digs in eight straight and 14 of 15 this year. She's totaled 261 overall at an ASUN-best rate of 5.12 per set and is now up to 885 in her career, which is 63 short of passing Gigi Meyer (947, 2011-14) for fifth-most in the program's Division I era.

Her play led to a third ASUN defensive player of the week selection of the season, which gives her four in a career - the most in program history and just one shy of matching Jacksonville's Mayara Prestes for the most in ASUN history. It also signifies the seventh weekly award of the season for the FGCU volleyball team over the first month plus of the season, which is the most among any ASUN school.

Chelsey Lockey (Eaton, Colo./Eaton HS) reached 1,000 career assists this past week and has totaled 569 this year. She has at least 20 in every match and ranks 14th nationally in assists per set with 11.16. An all-around performer, she has four double-doubles this year in assists and digs, led by a 41-assist, 14-dig performance against Kentucky on Sept. 13.

Daniele Serrano continued to pad her program-record block totals as she now sits just two solo blocks shy of owning every career record. Also sitting fourth in ASUN history in total blocks, Serrano (Sanford, Fla./Seminole HS) is one solo block shy of Olivia Mesner (62, 2011-14) for the most in program history. She also needs 11 more total blocks to surpass Rachel Templin (422.0, Campbell, 2003-06) for the third-most in conference history.

Next Up
After this weekend, the Green and Blue will return home to face Jacksonville (Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.) and Kennesaw State (Oct. 13 at 2 p.m.).

ASUN Leaders (Top 10 as of Oct. 3)
Kills - VanLiew (1st, 231)
Kills/Set - VanLiew (1st, 4.62)
Hitting Percentage - Shomaker (8th, .304), VanLiew (9th, .283)
Assists - Lockey (3rd, 569)
Assists/Set - Lockey (2nd, 11.16)
Aces - Carroll (T-8th, 15)
Digs - Axner (3rd, 261)
Digs/Set - Axner (1st, 5.12)
Solo Blocks - Serrano (4th, 7), Morris/Shomaker (T-5th, 6)
Block Assists - Serrano (T-5th, 42), Morris (T-8th, 38)
Total Blocks - Serrano (5th, 49), Morris (8th, 44)
Blocks/Set - Morris (1st, 1.22), Jones/Serrano (T-6th, 1.04)
Points - VanLiew (2nd, 259.0)
Points/Set - VanLiew (1st, 5.2)

NCAA Individual Leaders (Top 50 as of Oct. 3)
Points/Set - VanLiew - 8th
Kills/Set - VanLiew - 13th
Assists/Set - Lockey - 14th
Assists - Lockey - 20th
Kills - VanLiew - 22nd
Attacks/Set - VanLiew - 23rd
Points - VanLiew - 25th
Digs/Set - Axner - 26th
Digs - Axner - 47th

NCAA Team Leaders (Top 50 as of Oct. 3)
Blocks/Set - 22nd, 2.67
Assists/Set - 23rd, 12.90
Opponent Hitting Percentage - 24th, 0.154
Total Blocks - 28th, 136.0
Hitting Percentage - 34th, 0.258
Kills/Set - 36th, 13.59

ASUN Standings (as of Oct. 3)
1. Kennesaw State - 10-5 (3-0)
1. Liberty - 10-5 (3-0)
3. FGCU - 12-3 (2-1)
4. Lipscomb - 5-8 (1-1)
4. Jacksonville - 5-11 (1-1)
4. North Alabama - 3-12 (1-1)
7. North Florida - 6-10 (0-2)
7. NJIT - 1-16 (0-2)
7. Stetson - 2-10 (0-3)

FGCU CAREER RECORD BOOK (DIVISION I ERA, 2007-PRESENT)

Kills
1. 1,424 - Amanda Carroll (.256) - 2015-present
2. 1,132 - Olivia MESNER (.331) - 2011-14
3. 1,021 - Cortney VanLiew (.237) - 2017-present
4. 961 - Jessica BARNES (.194) - 2010-11,13-14
5. 926 - Kaitlin HOLM (.227) - 2011-13
6. 725 - Jill HOPPER (.203) - 2011-13
7. 711 - Daniele Serrano (.333) - 2016-present
8. 693 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (.225) - 2014-15
9. 678 - Ana KOKANOVIC (.281) - 2007-08
10. 649 - Jelena SIMIC (.206) - 2009,11

Attack attempts
1. 3,688 - Amanda Carroll (1,424-480-3,688) - 2015-present
2. 2,806 - Cortney VanLiew (1,021-356-2,806) - 2017-present
3. 2,725 - Jessica BARNES (961-433-2,725) - 2010-11,13-14
4. 2,449 - Kaitlin HOLM (926-371-2,449) - 2011-13
5. 2,356 - Olivia MESNER (1,132-353-2,356) - 2011-14
6. 1,889 - Jill HOPPER (725-342-1,889) - 2011-13
7. 1,846 - Jelena SIMIC (649-269-1,846) - 2009,11
8. 1,808 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (693-287-1,808) - 2014-15
9. 1,639 - Daniele Serrano (711-166-1,639) - 2016-present
10. 1,574 - Ana KOKANOVIC (678-236-1,574) - 2007-08
11. 1,516 - Giovanna Borgiotti (534-256-1516) - 2016-present
12. 1,512 - Snowy Burnam (531-182-1512) - 2017-present

Digs
1. 1,687 - Whitney MASTERS (483 sets) - 2011-14
2. 1,652 - Holly YOUNGQUIST (418 sets) - 2008-11
3. 1,101 - Amanda Carroll (394 sets) - 2015-present
4. 1,084 - Courtney STEPHENS (451 sets) - 2014-17
5. 947 - Gigi MEYER (474 sets) - 2011-14
6. 885 - Dana Axner (171 sets) - 2018-present
7. 877 - Karissa RHOADES (379 sets) - 2015-18
8. 823 - Maggie RICK (467 sets) - 2015-18
9. 681 - Vanessa BENKE (164 sets) - 2013-15
10. 641 - Cortney VanLiew (276 sets) - 2017- present

Assists
1. 4,540 - Maggie RICK (467 sets) - 2015-18
2. 4,408 - Gigi MEYER (474 sets) - 2011-14
3. 1,668 - Chandra LEFEVER (201 sets) - 2007,09
4. 1,475 - Roberta SANTOS (180 sets) - 2007-08
5. 1,089 - Camil DOMINGUEZ (164 sets) - 2010-11
6. 1,045 - Chelsey Lockey (161 sets) - 2018-present
7. 510 - Courtney GREENBERG (115 sets) - 2012-13
8. 309 - Whitney MASTERS (483 sets) - 2011-14
9. 238 - Holly YOUNGQUIST (418 sets) - 2008-11
10. 176 - Dana Axner (171 sets) - 2018-present

Solo Blocks
1. 62 - Olivia MESNER (428 sets) - 2011-14
2. 61 - Daniele Serrano (387 sets) - 2016-present
3. 42 - Amanda Carroll (394 sets) - 2015- present
4. 41 - Ashley YANCE (296 sets) - 2007-09
5. 38 - Kaitlin HOLM (359 sets) - 2011-13
6. 24 - Sharonda PICKERING (168 sets) - 2017-18
7. 23 - Jacqueline COWDEN (171 sets) - 2009-10
8. 21 - Karina MAMBUCA (233 sets) - 2012-13
     21 - Roberta SANTOS (180 sets) - 2007-08
10. 20 - Brooke KOHLER (139 sets) - 2011-12
11. 19 - Cortney VanLiew (276 sets) - 2017-present

Block assists
1. 351 - Daniele Serrano (387 sets) - 2016-present
2. 280 - Olivia MESNER (428 sets) - 2011-14
3. 230 - Ashley YANCE (296 sets) - 2007-09
4. 180 - Marlene MOELLER (301 sets) - 2013-16
5. 176 - Karina MAMBUCA (233 sets) - 2012-13
6. 167 - Kaitlin HOLM (359 sets) - 2011-13
7. 159 - Lauren TUTWILER (208 sets) - 2014-15
8. 155 - Amanda Carroll (394 sets) - 2015-present
9. 153 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (213 sets) - 2014-15
10. 152 - Sharonda PICKERING (168 sets) - 2017-18

Total blocks
1. 412 - Daniele Serrano (387 sets) - 2016-present
2. 342 - Olivia MESNER (428 sets) - 2011-14
3. 271 - Ashley YANCE (296 sets) - 2007-09
4. 205 - Kaitlin HOLM (359 sets) - 2011-13
5. 197 - Karina MAMBUCA (233 sets) - 2012-13
197 - Marlene MOELLER (301 sets) - 2013-16
  197 - Amanda Carroll (394 sets) - 2015-present
8. 176 - Sharonda PICKERING (168 sets) - 2017-18
9. 170 - Lauren TUTWILER (208 sets) - 2014-15
10. 165 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (213 sets) - 2014-15

Blocks per set (min. 150 sets)
1. 1.06 - Daniele Serrano (387 sets) - 2016-present
2. 1.05 - Sharonda PICKERING (168 sets) - 2017-18
3. 0.92 - Ashley YANCE (296 sets) - 2007-09
4. 0.85 - Roberta SANTOS (180 sets) - 2007-08
5. 0.85 - Karina MAMBUCA (233 sets) - 2012-13

Points
1. 1,659.5 - Amanda Carroll (1,424k 116a 42-155b) - 2015-present
2. 1,338.0 - Olivia MESNER (1,132k 4a 62-280b) - 2011-14
3. 1,139.5 - Cortney VanLiew (1,021k 57a 19-85b) - 2017-present
4. 1,087.5 - Kaitlin HOLM (926k 40a 38-167b) - 2011-13
5. 1,045.5 - Jessica BARNES (961k 43a 13-57b) - 2010-11,13-1
6. 949.5 - Danielle Serrano (711k 2a 61-351b) - 2016-present
7. 877.5 - Jill HOPPER (725k 88a 18-93b) - 2011-13
8. 845.5 - Ana KOKANOVIC (678k 139a 9-39b) - 2007-08
9. 821.5 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (693k 40a 12-153b) - 2014-15
10. 718.0 - Jelena SIMIC (649k 43a 12-28b) - 2009,11

Matches played
1. 131 - Maggie RICK - 2015-18
2. 126 - Gigi MEYER - 2011-14
    126 - Whitney MASTERS - 2011-14
    126 - Courtney STEPHENS - 2014-17
5. 123 - Karissa RHOADES - 2015-18
6. 119 - Caroline JORDAN - 2013-16
7. 114 - Olivia MESNER - 2011-14
8. 113 - Holly YOUNGQUIST - 2008-11
    113 - Amanda Carroll - 2015-present
    113 - Daniele Serrano - 2016-present

ASUN CAREER RECORD BOOK (ALL-TIME)

Kills
1. Megan Devine (ETSU, 2010-13) - 1,940
2. Carlyle Nusbaum (Lipscomb, 2015-18) - 1,715
3. Alex Kelly (Lipscomb, 2007-10) - 1,746
4. Lauren Ford (Lipscomb, 2011-14) - 1,597
5. Paige Pridgeon (North Florida, 2009-12) - 1,593
6. Maggie Johnson (Belmont, 2008-11) - 1,558
7. Lindsay Cleveland (Belmont, 2002-05) - 1,552
8. Jewell Dobson (Lipscomb, 2011-15) - 1,525
9. Amanda Carroll (FGCU, 2015-present) - 1,424
10. Katie Plummer (Mercer, 2001-04) - 1,390

Total Blocks
1. Meredith Hardy (ETSU, 2010-13) - 474.0
2. Morgan Van Alstine (North Florida, 2013-16) - 435.0
3. Rachel Templin (Campbell, 2003-06) - 422.0
4. Daniele Serrano (FGCU, 2016-present) - 412.0
5. Danielle Neville (Jacksonville, 2002-05) - 408.0

Fall Sports Single-Game, Season and Group Tickets On Sale
Single game tickets for volleyball, men's soccer and women's soccer are on sale now. Prices are $7 for adults and $5 for military/veterans (with ID) and youth (age 15 and under).

Season tickets (entry to each home game) are $55 for volleyball and women's soccer and $40 for men's soccer. Group tickets are $7 for groups of 15 or more and will include reserved seats, group recognition, a group activity and choice of FGCU gear or food. Fall Frequent Flyer passes, which includes a total of 30 entries to all three sports, are just $99.

For all inquiries, you can visit FGCUtickets.com, call 239-590-7145 or stop by the ticket office, which is open daily Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and one hour prior to all home events.

COACH BOTSFORD
Matt Botsford is in his sixth season as head coach of the FGCU women's volleyball program in 2019 after being hired on Feb. 10, 2014. In his tenure, Botsford-led teams have compiled a 128-48 (.727) record overall, including a 59-16 (.787) record in ASUN play. Including this past season, 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 four straight seasons and at least 10 wins in conference play five 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 next two, which saw .267 and .256 percentages, are the third and fourth highest in program history. In 2018, he led the program to its first regular season championship since 2012 (fourth overall) and its first-ever ASUN tournament title, NCAA tournament appearance, NCAA tournament win and victory over a ranked team. His first two campaigns resulted in ASUN regular season runner-up finishes, and the following two saw 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. This past season, he led the team to a win over Miami (Fla.) - the program's first-ever road Power-5 win.

#FEEDFGCU
FGCU Athletics sponsors events in November and April to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help raise awareness.

ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 78 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 12 seasons at the Division-I level. Additionally, in just eight seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 36 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Seven FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport – including both men's and women's soccer again in 2018. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.35 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2018 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for twenty consecutive semesters. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 – being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.

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Players Mentioned

#7 Dana Axner: L; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#2 Giovanna Borgiotti: OH; 5' 10"; Senior

#8 Snowy Burnam: OH/S; 5' 11"; Junior

#14 Amanda Carroll: OH; 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior

#10 Chelsey Lockey: S; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#3 Daniele Serrano: MB; 6' 1"; Senior

#12 Cortney VanLiew: OH; 5' 11"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#7 Dana Axner
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: L

#2 Giovanna Borgiotti
: 5' 10"; Senior
: OH

#8 Snowy Burnam
: 5' 11"; Junior
: OH/S

#14 Amanda Carroll
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior
: OH

#10 Chelsey Lockey
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: S

#3 Daniele Serrano
: 6' 1"; Senior
: MB

#12 Cortney VanLiew
: 5' 11"; Junior
: OH