{"id":164329,"date":"2026-02-22T01:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T01:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/164329\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T01:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T01:51:20","slug":"no-17-beach-volleyball-cruises-past-fgcu-jacksonville-at-dolphin-duals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/164329\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 17 Beach Volleyball Cruises Past FGCU, Jacksonville At Dolphin Duals"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0No. 17-ranked North Florida Beach Volleyball defeated a pair of fellow ASUN opponents to close out action at the Dolphins Duals at Jacksonville’s Payne Sand Volleyball Courts at Dolphin Beach on Saturday.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida defeated RV Florida Gulf Coast, 3-2, to open the second day of play, before it swept crosstown rival and host Jacksonville, 5-0. The latest win marks the eighth-straight sweep against Jacksonville.\u00a0
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\nAgainst Florida Gulf Coast, senior pair Presley Murray<\/a> and Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> clinched the match point with a three-set win at the one line, 15-21, 21-16, 15-9. Junior Cameron Humphries<\/a> and redshirt junior Sophia Notaro<\/a> posted a 21-15, 16-21, 15-8 win at two and sophomore Natalie Villalon<\/a> and freshman Ally Bunch<\/a> recorded a two-set win, 21-17, 21-14, at the five line to propel North Florida to the final margin.\u00a0
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\nIn the later match against Jacksonville, North Florida earned its first sweep of the season with two-set wins on all five lines. Humphries and Notaro slotted into the one line for the first time this season and secured a 21-17, 21-16 win. Murray and Murphy added a 21-17, 21-14 win on the two line. Freshman Kamryn McDonald<\/a> partnered with fellow freshman Samantha Crosby<\/a> for a 21-13, 21-17 win at the three line. The win marked the first of McDonald’s career.\u00a0
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\nSenior Madison Espy<\/a> and junior Eden Anderson<\/a> posted a 21-13, 21-19 win at the four line, while Villalon and Bunch turned in a 21-11, 21-15 win at five.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida heads to Tallahassee, Fla. to compete in Florida’s State Seminole Beach Bash on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27-28.\u00a0
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\nNO. 17 NORTH FLORIDA 3, RV FLORIDA GULF COAST 2
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Presley Murray<\/a>\/Mackenzie Murphy<\/a>\u00a0(UNF) def. Alexis Keeter\/Ava Lilliquist (FGCU), 15-21, 21-16, 15-9
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/Sophia Notaro<\/a> (UNF) def. Erin Miller\/Nickel De Olvierra (FGCU), 21-15, 16-21, 15-8
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Andrea Dietz\/Sydney Majick (FGCU) def. Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a>\/Samantha Crosby<\/a> (UNF), 22-20, 21-19
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Elaina Molloway\/Emma Suncrant (FGCU) def. Madison Espy<\/a>\/Eden Anderson<\/a> (UNF), 21-19, 21-16
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Natalie Villalon<\/a>\/Ally Bunch<\/a> (UNF) def. Vanessa Moriarty\/Kristina Gluc (FGCU), 21-17, 21-14
\nEX.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sailor Plasman\/Kylee McGuirk (FGCU) vs. Kamryn McDonald<\/a>\/Alexandra Hennessey<\/a>, 21-18, 14-20 (TRUNCATED)
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\nNO. 17 NORTH FLORIDA 5, JACKSONVILLE 0
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/Sophia Notaro<\/a> (UNF) def. Claire Mrukowski\/Megan Hair (JU), 21-17, 21-16
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Presley Murray<\/a>\/Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> (UNF) def. Jamie Seward\/Hayden Garnett (JU), 21-17, 21-14
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kamryn McDonald<\/a>\/Samantha Crosby<\/a> (UNF) def. Avery Kleithermes\/Morgan Perry (JU), 21-13, 21-17
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Madison Espy<\/a>\/Eden Anderson<\/a> (UNF) def. Katie Martinez\/Bre McDonough (JU), 21-13, 21-19
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Natalie Villalon<\/a>\/Ally Bunch<\/a> (UNF) def. Kye Swink\/Maddie Fielder (JU), 21-11, 21-15
\nEX.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Raven Jordan<\/a>\/Alexandra Hennessey<\/a> def. Caitlin Cabrales\/Kate Taylor (JU), 21-17, 24-22<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0No. 17-ranked North Florida Beach Volleyball defeated a pair of fellow ASUN opponents to close out action…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-164329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}