{"id":168764,"date":"2026-02-25T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/168764\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:56:09","slug":"preview-dolphins-close-regular-season-with-rivalry-week-clashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/168764\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Dolphins Close Regular Season With Rivalry Week Clashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; The 2025-26 season has been a historic one for the Jacksonville Dolphins. Head coach Special Jenning&#8217;s team hit 20 wins for the first time since 2017-18, posting the school&#8217;s best record since that season.<\/p>\n<p>The run doesn&#8217;t stop there, though, as Jacksonville will look to close the regular season out strong with a pair of rivalry battles on tap.<\/p>\n<p>At Stetson<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Dolphins will travel south to face their most-played rival in school history, the Stetson Hatters. Jacksonville took game one this season, downing Stetson 76-70 at Swisher Gymnasium in a hotly contested game.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins have played no team as frequently as they&#8217;ve battled the Hatters, facing off 57 times in program history.<\/p>\n<p>The Hatters are one of the top teams in the ASUN, sitting tied for third in the conference standings with an 11-5 ASUN record. Guards Cameron Thomas and Mary McMillan are two of the best players in the league, with McMillan earning back-to-back Player of the Week awards.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s game holds massive ASUN implications for the Dolphins. With a win, Jacksonville would secure a place in the conference quarterfinals, securing a first-round bye and a trip to Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena on March 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Game Information<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWhen: Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 PM<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWhere: Edmunds Center (DeLand, Fla.)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHow To Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/player\/_\/id\/50533083-e721-40d6-ace4-0622b17904eb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN+<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/gohatters.com\/tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vs. North Florida<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nJacksonville concludes the regular season with a rivalry showdown against the North Florida Ospreys. The Dolphins have done well in recent history against their River City Rivals, winning four of the last five match-ups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The teams were in a dog fight earlier this season, but Jacksonville won out over the Ospreys 58-52 at UNF Arena. Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/aniah-smith\/8585\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8585\" target=\"_blank\">Aniah Smith<\/a> led the way for the Dolphins, leading the team with 16 points in a come-from-behind victory.<\/p>\n<p>North Florida sits in 10th place in the ASUN standings, heading into this week with a 4-12 conference record.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday will also be Senior Day in Swisher Gymnasium. Before the game, Jacksonville will recognize its senior class on their outstanding accomplishments on and off the court for the program.<\/p>\n<p>Game Information<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWhen: 6:30 PM<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWhere: Swisher Gymnasium (Jacksonville, Fla.)&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.judolphins.com\/event-details\/womens-basketball-vs-unf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; The 2025-26 season has been a historic one for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-168764","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\/168764","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=168764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}