CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a five-set thriller, the Queens University of Charlotte women's volleyball team suffered a setback to North Florida inside the Levine Center, falling by a score of 3-2 (17-25, 25-19, 18-25, 27-25, 6-15). With the defeat, the Royals fall to 4-19 on the season and 1-10 in conference play while the Ospreys improve to 13-12 overall and 6-5 in conference play.
In the match, Jesse George recorded her 1,000th career dig as she joined Kendall Buish in the 1,000 club this season — two Royals who accrued 1,000 of any statistic for their career in the 2023 season.
TURNING POINT
After dominating in the first set and starting strong in the second, North Florida struggled a bit in the middle of the second set and allowed the Royals to grab momentum and take control near the finale. After holding the lead for most of the set, the Royals had a serve with the score tied at 18. With that serve, miscommunication by the Ospreys caused an ace by Kayla McDuffie which gave the Royals a 19-18 lead and caused North Florida to call a timeout. Despite the timeout, Queens held momentum to a second set win 25-19 by out-scoring the Ospreys 8-1 to finish the set. In the fourth frame, the Royals battled back-and-forth with the Ospreys before going on a 3-1 run late to finish with a 27-25 set victory to send the match into a fifth set.
KEY STATS AND NOTES
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In only her second match of the season, Kelise Twyner set a season high with 11 digs.
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Kendall Buish recorded her 12th double-double of the season and fifth of conference play with 20 digs and 41 assists. Buish also recorded multiple aces (two or more) for the fourth time this season.
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Kayla McDuffie recorded multiple aces (two or more) for the third time on the season.
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Tilley Collins tied a season-high with 19 digs.
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The Royals had their most service aces of conference play and was the fourth match of the regular season where the team accrued double-digit aces (10).
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Jordyn Johnson recorded her eighth double-double of the season with 16 kills and 10 digs.
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This was only the fourth match of the regular season and third of conference play that went a full five sets for the Royals. Queens has a 1-3 record when they take their opponent to five sets.
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With six digs in the match, Jesse George recorded her 1,000th career dig and upped her season total to 298.
UP NEXT
The Royals stay home to finish a two-match home weekend as they take on Jacksonville on Saturday, October 28th at 6:00 PM. The Royals are 1-1 all time against the Dolphins as they defeated Jacksonville in five sets at home last season before falling in three sets in Jacksonville earlier this season.
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