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When	Sunday at 2 p.m.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - The FGCU volleyball team (14-3, 4-1 ASUN) will host a pair of conference matches this weekend, highlighted by a potential first-place showdown with Kennesaw State (11-5, 4-0) on Sunday at 2 p.m. Those two teams have split the past two ASUN tournament championships with the Eagles winning a five-set thriller last year. First, however, the Green and Blue will have to match up against Jacksonville (7-11, 3-1) on Friday night at 7 p.m.
 
On Friday, the marketing department will be promoting Cancer Awareness Night with all fans encouraged to wear pink. There will be "together we're stronger than cancer" t-shirts available for $15. On Sunday, fans are encouraged to wear white or beach gear as part of "Beach Bash in The Nest." Fans are encouraged to come early to attend the women's soccer match on Sunday, where senior day recognition will start around 12:30 p.m. Further, fans can attend both events that day for the price of one if you show the ticket stub from the other event.
 
SERIES HISTORY
FGCU has won 15 of 25 all-time matchups against Kennesaw State with victories in the past two, both of which came on the road. They own a 7-3 record at home, and the Owls have taken the past two in Alico Arena. Meanwhile, the Green and Blue are 18-11 all-time against Jacksonville with wins in three straight and seven of the past eight in the series, including wins in nine consecutive sets. FGCU is 9-4 in Alico Arena against the Dolphins.

HIGHEST RPI
Earlier this week, the FGCU volleyball team checked in at No. 44 in the season's first official RPI rankings, which was the highest in program history - just ahead of their 47th-place finish in last year's final rankings.

GREEN AND BLUE NOTES
Cortney VanLiew is on a streak of consistency seen only two other times in program history. The junior outside hitter has recorded 15 consecutive matches with at least 10 or more kills, tying a program-record streak currently also held by Eleonora Kazarian (Sept. 20 - Nov. 7, 2014) and Ana Kokanovic from Oct. 4 - Nov. 15, 2008.
 
VanLiew (Seymour, Ind./Columbus East HS), who is one of just three players in program history to achieve at least 1,000 kills and 500 digs in a career, had a previous career-high streak of 10 last year. The program's all-time kills leader, Amanda Carroll, reached a career-best streak of 13 straight in 2016, while Brooke Youngquist Sweat had 10 straight from Sept. 9 - Oct. 14, 2006.
 
Dana Axner (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman HS), meanwhile, has notched 10 straight matches with double-digit digs, and she's had 10 or more in 16 of 17 overall this year. She already has 303 digs this year, which is just two shy of being a top 20 single-season total in the program's Division I era and slightly ahead of her single-season program record total of 624 last year.
 
The sophomore libero had a season-high 29 digs, along with three aces, in the team's win over Stetson this past Saturday. She had 25 of those digs through the first three sets along while achieving a new conference career-high. It was also the most-ever in a four-set ASUN match and the fifth-most in a regular season conference match of any length in program history.
 
Daniele Serrano not only recorded nine kills on Saturday to move into sixth place on the program's career kills list, but she also tied Olivia Mesner's (62, 2011-14) career solo blocks record on Friday. Both players have the same total, but Serrano (Sanford, Fla./Seminole HS) has recorded her output in 34 fewer sets.
 
The senior middle blocker already owns the career program records for block assists (355) and total blocks (417), and she needs six more blocks to move into third place on the ASUN's all-time career list.
 
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) - 417.0
5. Danielle Neville (Jacksonville, 2002-05) - 408.0
 
Sophomore setter Chelsey Lockey is averaging 11.34 assists per set, which is on track to be the third-best single-season average in program history behind Gigi Meyer (11.55, 2014) and Maggie Rick (11.36, 2017). She has totaled at least 20 assists in every match this year and 32 or more in 15 of 17. On top of that, she already has five double-doubles and three matches with at least 50 assists this year.
 
Other notable top performers recently include: Erin Shomaker (Granville, Ohio/Granville HS), who has three straight matches with at least nine kills and recorded a season-high six digs on Saturday against Stetson; Snowy Burnam (Palm City, Fla./Jensen Beach HS), who had a season-high 17 kills along with nine digs against Stetson in what was her fourth match with at least 10 kills this year; Tori Morris (Virginia Beach, Va./Floyd E. Kellam HS), who has had at least four block assists in three straight and seven matches overall this year; and Carroll (Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia HS), who has had at least six digs in four of the past six matches and ranks among the top 10 in the conference on service aces.
 
Looking Ahead
After this weekend, the Green and Blue will hit the road on Oct. 16 to take on Florida International. The team then returns home Oct. 19 for a conference tilt against NJIT at 7 p.m.
 
ASUN Leaders (Top 10 as of Oct. 9)
Kills - VanLiew (1st, 263)
Kills/Set - VanLiew (1st, 4.61)
Hitting Percentage - Shomaker (8th, .292), VanLiew (9th, .290)
Assists - Lockey (3rd, 658)
Assists/Set - Lockey (1st, 11.34)
Aces - Carroll (8th, 18)
Digs - Axner (2nd, 303)
Digs/Set - Axner (1st, 5.22)
Solo Blocks - Serrano (T-4th, 8), Morris/Shomaker (T-7th, 6)
Block Assists - Morris (T-5th, 47), Serrano (T-7th, 46)
Total Blocks - Serrano (T-4th, 54), Morris (6th, 53)
Blocks/Set - Morris (1st, 1.26), Jones/Serrano (T-6th, 1.00)
Points - VanLiew (2nd, 293.5)
Points/Set - VanLiew (1st, 5.1)

NCAA Individual Leaders (Top 50 as of Oct. 9)
Assists/Set - Lockey, 7th
Assists - Lockey, 12th
Kills/Set - VanLiew, 12th
Points/Set - VanLiew, 13th
Kills - VanLiew, 19th
Points - VanLiew, 19th
Digs/Set - Axner, 20th
Attacks/Set - VanLiew, 22nd
Digs - Axner, 37th

NCAA Team Leaders (Top 50 as of Oct. 9)
Assists/Set - 19th, 12.97
Blocks/Set - 23rd, 2.62
Hitting Percentage - 30th, .262
Kills/Set - 29th, 13.69
Opponent Hitting Percentage - 22nd, .153
Blocks - 33rd, 152.0

ASUN Standings (as of Oct. 9)
1. Kennesaw State - 11-5 (4-0)
2. FGCU - 14-3 (4-1)
    Liberty - 11-6 (4-1)
4. Jacksonville - 7-11 (3-1)
5. Lipscomb - 7-9 (3-2)
6. North Florida - 7-11 (1-3)
7. North Alabama - 3-15 (1-4)
8. Stetson - 3-11 (0-4)
    NJIT - 1-18 (0-4)
 
FGCU CAREER RECORD BOOK (DIVISION I ERA, 2007-PRESENT)
 
Kills
1. 1,426 - Amanda Carroll (.256) - 2015-present
2. 1,132 - Olivia MESNER (.331) - 2011-14
3. 1,053 - Cortney VanLiew (.240) - 2017-present
4. 961 - Jessica BARNES (.194) - 2010-11,13-14
5. 926 - Kaitlin HOLM (.227) - 2011-13
7. 726 - Daniele Serrano (.333) - 2016-present
6. 725 - Jill HOPPER (.203) - 2011-13
8. 693 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (.225) - 2014-15
9. 678 - Ana KOKANOVIC (.281) - 2007-08
10. 649 - Jelena SIMIC (.206) - 2009,11
 
Attack attempts
1. 3,692 - Amanda Carroll (1,426-480-3,692) - 2015-present
2. 2,882 - Cortney VanLiew (1,053-361-2,882) - 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. 1,674 - Daniele Serrano (726-168-1,674) - 2016-present
10. 1,574 - Ana KOKANOVIC (678-236-1,574) - 2007-08
11. 1,563 - Snowy Burnam (551-192-1,563) - 2017-present
12. 1,520 - Giovanna Borgiotti (535-256-1,520) - 2016-present
 
Digs
1. 1,687 - Whitney MASTERS (483 sets) - 2011-14
2. 1,652 - Holly YOUNGQUIST (418 sets) - 2008-11
3. 1,114 - Amanda Carroll (401 sets) - 2015-present
4. 1,084 - Courtney STEPHENS (451 sets) - 2014-17
5. 947 - Gigi MEYER (474 sets) - 2011-14
6. 927 - Dana Axner (178 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. 657 - Cortney VanLiew (283 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. 1,135 - Chelsey Lockey (168 sets) - 2018-present
6. 1,089 - Camil DOMINGUEZ (164 sets) - 2010-11
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. 177 - Dana Axner (171 sets) - 2018-present
 
Solo Blocks
1. 62 - Olivia MESNER (428 sets) - 2011-14
    62 - Daniele Serrano (394 sets) - 2016-present
3. 42 - Amanda Carroll (401 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
      20 - Cortney VanLiew (276 sets) - 2017-present

Block assists
1. 355 - Daniele Serrano (394 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 (401 sets) - 2015-present
9. 153 - Eleonora KAZARIAN (213 sets) - 2014-15
10. 152 - Sharonda PICKERING (168 sets) - 2017-18
 
Total blocks
1. 417 - Daniele Serrano (394 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 (401 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 (394 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. 1,664.5 - Amanda Carroll (1,426k 119a 42-155b) - 2015-present
2. 1,338.0 - Olivia MESNER (1,132k 4a 62-280b) - 2011-14
3. 1,174.0 - Cortney VanLiew (1,053k 58a 20-86b) - 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. 967.5 - Danielle Serrano (726k 2a 62-355b) - 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. 115 - Amanda Carroll - 2015-present
     115 - Daniele Serrano - 2016-present
9. 114 - Olivia MESNER - 2011-14
10. 113 - Holly YOUNGQUIST - 2008-11
 
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) - 1,426
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) - 417.0
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 130-48 (.730) record overall, including a 61-16 (.792) 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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