DELAND, Fla. - Florida Gulf Coast University volleyball closes the regular season at Stetson Saturday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. at Insight Credit Union Arena inside the Edmunds Center. The match will stream on ESPN+.
 
Florida Gulf Coast (12-11, 9-4 ASUN) has won four straight matches and has already clinched a spot in the 2026 ASUN Volleyball Championship. FGCU sits second in the ASUN standings, and a win Saturday would lock up second place. The Eagles swept West Florida 3-0 (28-26, 25-9, 25-9) last Friday in Pensacola. On Sunday, they won the first two sets 25-12 and 25-14 at Queens before closing out a 3-2 win (25-12, 25-14, 12-25, 19-25, 15-11) by hitting .600 in the fifth set, with 12 kills and no errors on 20 swings. Through 13 ASUN matches, the Eagles are hitting .229, holding opponents to .174 and averaging 1.76 aces per set, and they have out-dug their league opponents 734-608.
 
Senior captain Julija Grubisic Cabo recorded her 600th kill at FGCU at Queens and is two kills shy of 1,100 in her collegiate career, with 1,098 across UMBC, Florida SouthWestern State and FGCU. She totaled 23 kills, three aces and 13 digs last weekend, including 15 kills and 18.5 points at Queens, where she served the final five points of the second set and ended it with back-to-back aces. She leads FGCU with 305 points (3.28 per set) and 36 aces, 27 of them in ASUN play, and has 254 kills (2.73 per set) and 209 digs (2.25 per set). Freshman opposite Maju Hildebrand was named ASUN Freshman of the Week for the third time this season on Monday after hitting .511 with 25 kills and one error on 47 swings. Her career-best .536 hitting (16-1-28) at Queens topped the .474 she posted two days earlier at West Florida. She leads the Eagles with 265 kills (2.85 per set) and has reached double figures in kills in 16 of 23 matches. Sophomore Katie Gielas has 105 kills in her last eight matches, including 15 at Queens, and has 195 kills (2.71 per set) and 24 aces this season. Junior Camila Soto has 122 kills and is hitting .225 in conference play.
 
Senior middle blocker Abby Toeniskoetter hit .400 with 11 kills and eight total blocks last weekend, with four blocks in each match. She leads FGCU with 97 total blocks (1.04 per set) and 12 solo blocks, and she is hitting .417 in ASUN play. Freshman middle blocker Amany Kuwa had 10 kills and six total blocks over the weekend and has 78 total blocks (0.92 per set) and 10 solo blocks. Senior setter Dinara Sabitova leads the team with 577 assists (6.20 per set) and posted her ninth double-double of the season with 28 assists and 10 digs at Queens. Senior setter Eliska Vytiskova had 39 assists and 17 digs over the weekend and ranks ninth on FGCU's career assists list with 909. Senior defensive specialist Anna Marzella, the ASUN Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 2, leads the back row with 311 digs (3.34 per set). She has at least 13 in each of the last three. Sophomore Shay Heaney handled 31 serve receptions without an error last weekend.
 
Stetson (Saturday, Nov. 14, 6 p.m.) 
Stetson is 5-19 (1-12 ASUN) under head coach Yang Deng. The Hatters dropped road matches last weekend at Queens (19-25, 23-25, 16-25) and West Florida (22-25, 19-25, 18-25). Stetson earned its first ASUN win 3-2 (25-22, 25-17, 23-25, 23-25, 15-10) at home against Jacksonville on Oct. 30, when Zuzanna Bury posted 24 kills and 16 digs, and it pushed North Florida to five sets two days later. Saturday is Stetson's first home match since Nov. 1, and the Hatters are 2-5 at home this season.
 
Freshman Andrea Diaz Dominguez leads Stetson with 175 kills (2.06 per set), 205.5 points (2.42 per set) and 20 aces, and she ranks second with 229 digs (2.69 per set). She has four double-doubles this season and had 13 kills at Queens. Sophomore Karsu Bayraktar has 152 kills (2.20 per set) and 103 digs, including 18 kills at North Florida on Oct. 16 and 14 against the Ospreys on Nov. 1. Senior Kayla Balfour leads the team with 87 total blocks (1.05 per set) and 24 solo blocks while hitting .268, and she had 14 kills and six total blocks against Jacksonville. Freshman Sofia Torcello has 120 kills and 66 total blocks, including 10 kills and seven total blocks against North Florida, and Soraya Teston has 86 kills and 34 total blocks, including five at West Florida. Sophomore Vanessa Shevchenko leads the Hatters with 440 assists (5.37 per set), including 44 at Jacksonville on Oct. 17, and Maia Pou has 235 (3.85 per set). Libero Jannelize Perez leads the back row with 270 digs (3.33 per set) and has 15 aces, and senior Vitoria Stedile has 219 digs (3.08 per set). As a team, Stetson is hitting .165, with opponents hitting .248, and it averages 2.11 blocks and 1.09 aces per set.
 
Florida Gulf Coast leads the all-time series 38-2 and has won 28 straight meetings dating to 2013. The Eagles opened ASUN play with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-18) sweep of the Hatters on Sept. 26 at Alico Arena, out-hitting them .342 to .090 and serving 13 aces. Grubisic Cabo served eight aces, tied for the third-most in a match in program history, Gielas led all players with nine kills on .389 hitting, and Toeniskoetter hit .636 with eight kills and four total blocks. On their last trip to DeLand, the Eagles won 3-1 (23-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23) on Nov. 12, 2025, setting a program record with 72 kills, and Toeniskoetter matched her career high with 21 kills.
 
Florida Gulf Coast returns home to host the 2026 ASUN Volleyball Championship Nov. 19-22 at Alico Arena, the fourth straight year and 10th time overall the Eagles have hosted the league's postseason event.
 
2026 ASUN VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TICKETS
Tickets are on sale for the 2026 ASUN Volleyball Championship, set for Nov. 19-22 at Alico Arena. FGCU is hosting the league tournament for the fourth straight year and the 10th time overall, with the top six ASUN teams playing in Fort Myers for the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Single-session tickets start at $14, and all-tournament passes start at $30.
 
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