PENSACOLA, Fla. - Florida Gulf Coast University volleyball opens its final regular-season road trip this weekend, visiting West Florida Friday, Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. ET at PenAir Field House and Queens Sunday, Nov. 8 at noon ET at Curry Arena in Charlotte, N.C. Both matches will stream on ESPN+.
 
Florida Gulf Coast (10-11, 7-4 ASUN) has won two straight after closing its regular-season home slate with two wins last weekend at Alico Arena. The Eagles beat North Florida 3-1 (25-17, 27-25, 20-25, 25-18) on Friday, fighting off three straight set points to take the second set and closing the match on a 16-5 run. On Senior Day Sunday, they swept Jacksonville 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-17), out-hitting the Dolphins .315 to .165 and out-acing them 11-2. Both of this weekend's matches are rematches of home wins in early October. Through 11 ASUN matches, the Eagles are 27-19 in sets, hitting .215, holding opponents to .181 and averaging 1.83 aces and 13.76 digs per set.
 
Senior captain Julija Grubisic Cabo totaled 24 kills, 19 digs and four aces last weekend, opening with a double-double of 14 kills and 10 digs against North Florida and then hitting .500 with 10 kills, three aces and 14.5 points on Senior Day, including the match-winning kill. The Maribor, Slovenia native leads FGCU with 277 points (3.26 per set) and 33 aces, 24 of them in ASUN play, and has seven double-doubles this season. She has 1,075 collegiate kills, including 590 at FGCU. Freshman opposite Maju Hildebrand leads the Eagles with 240 kills (2.82 per set) and has reached double figures in kills in 15 of 21 matches, including 11 kills and four total blocks against North Florida. Sophomore Katie Gielas has reached double figures in kills in six straight matches, totaling 83 in that stretch, and she posted 16 kills on .387 hitting against the Ospreys and a match-high 12 on Senior Day. Junior Camila Soto hit .348 with 11 kills against North Florida, seven of them in the second set, and ended that frame with back-to-back kills.
 
Senior middle blocker Abby Toeniskoetter hit .536 with 16 kills and one error last weekend, adding seven total blocks, and she posted four aces and four total blocks on Senior Day. She leads FGCU with 89 total blocks (1.05 per set) and is hitting .419 in ASUN play. Freshman middle blocker Amany Kuwa has 72 total blocks (0.94 per set) and led the team with five against North Florida. Senior setter Dinara Sabitova leads the team with 531 assists (6.25 per set) and posted a double-double of 23 assists and 14 digs against the Ospreys. Senior setter Eliska Vytiskova handed out 27 assists against North Florida to move past Shanelle Puetz into ninth on FGCU's career assists list, and she now has 870. Senior defensive specialist Anna Marzella, named ASUN Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 2, leads the back row with 285 digs (3.35 per set) and had 32 digs last weekend. Sophomore Shay Heaney handled 22 serve receptions without an error against North Florida.
 
West Florida (Friday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m. ET)
West Florida is 14-5 (6-3 ASUN) in its first season of ASUN play under 23rd-year head coach Melissa Wolter. The Argonauts are 5-1 at home and split their trip to Tennessee and Kentucky last weekend, falling 3-0 (11-25, 15-25, 23-25) at Lipscomb on Oct. 30 before winning 3-1 (25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 25-22) at Bellarmine on Oct. 31. The previous weekend, they won 3-2 at North Florida and fell 3-2 at Jacksonville.
 
Kumara Flanagain leads West Florida with 214.5 points and has 187 kills (2.67 per set) on .286 hitting. She has reached double figures in kills in three straight matches, including 15 kills on .389 hitting with eight total blocks at Bellarmine. Emily Breazeale leads the team with 189 kills (2.59 per set) and has 111 digs, and she had 13 kills at Bellarmine. Talya Sampson has 142 kills, including a season-high 20 against Central Arkansas, and Aniston Cochran is hitting .324 with 108 kills and 59 total blocks. Delaney Hanowell leads the Argonauts with 92 total blocks (1.28 per set) and 14 solo blocks. Three setters share the offense. Karyna Werley has 323 assists (5.05 per set), Gabi Moulton has 237 (5.78 per set) and Lizzy Kwiatkowski has 224 (4.98 per set). Moulton (23) and Kwiatkowski (20) split the setting at Bellarmine. Camryn Brooks leads the back row with 234 digs (3.16 per set), and Madalyn Mire has 204 digs and a team-high 22 aces. As a team, West Florida is hitting .226, with opponents hitting .185, and it averages 15.18 digs and 1.68 aces per set.
 
Friday is the second-ever meeting between the programs and the first in Pensacola. FGCU won the first 3-2 (18-25, 25-23, 25-18, 17-25, 15-11) on Oct. 4 at Alico Arena, out-hitting the Argonauts .176 to .135 and out-killing them 55-48. Grubisic Cabo led all players with 14 kills and 15.5 points, Soto added 12 kills and five total blocks, and Hildebrand had 11 kills. Vytiskova (26 assists, 12 digs) and Sabitova (17 assists, 13 digs) both posted double-doubles, Marzella had a match-high 16 digs and Kuwa recorded eight total blocks. Vytiskova served the first six points of the fifth set as the Eagles built a lead they never gave up.
 
Queens (Sunday, Nov. 8, noon ET)
Queens is 8-16 (4-7 ASUN) under head coach Matt Stolz and has won three of its last five ASUN matches. The Royals also split last weekend's road trip, winning 3-1 (25-21, 29-31, 25-19, 25-12) at Bellarmine on Oct. 30 before falling 3-0 (24-26, 26-28, 22-25) at Lipscomb on Oct. 31.
 
Emma Norris leads Queens with 277 kills (3.04 per set) on .294 hitting and 315.5 points. She has reached double figures in kills 16 times, including a season-high 21 against USC Upstate, and had 15 kills on .367 hitting at Bellarmine. Callie DeSchryver has 255 kills and a team-high 268 digs (2.95 per set) with 10 double-doubles, including 19 kills and 15 digs at Bellarmine. Elizabeth Layson has 241 kills (2.77 per set) and 16 aces. Setter Marlee Cook, who did not play in the first meeting, leads the Royals with 550 assists (6.79 per set), including a season-high 51 against Jacksonville. Layni Tobias leads the team with 64 total blocks and 11 solo blocks, and she had 11 kills on .455 hitting at Bellarmine. Libero Tilley Collins has 264 digs (2.90 per set), Destiny Wiggins has 183 digs and Megan Kelly leads the team with 22 aces. As a team, Queens is hitting .185, with opponents hitting .230, and it averages 15.22 digs and 1.35 aces per set.
 
Florida Gulf Coast leads the all-time series 9-0, has won 27 of 30 sets in the series and is 3-0 in Charlotte. The Eagles swept the Royals 3-0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-19) on Oct. 2 at Alico Arena, out-hitting them .367 to .173 and out-acing them 7-4. Gielas led all players with 14 kills on .400 hitting, Grubisic Cabo had 11 kills on .476 hitting with four aces, Hildebrand added 10 kills on .450 hitting and Toeniskoetter posted a match-high six total blocks. Last season, FGCU won 3-1 in Charlotte on Oct. 31, 2025, with 71 kills that tied the program record at the time.
 
Florida Gulf Coast closes the regular season at Stetson Saturday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. before the ASUN Tournament, Nov. 19-22 in Fort Myers.
 
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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