{"id":199701,"date":"2026-03-20T21:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199701\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:44:07","slug":"no-17-beach-volleyball-splits-matches-against-ranked-opponents-to-open-north-florida-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/199701\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 17 Beach Volleyball Splits Matches Against Ranked Opponents To Open North Florida Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla \u2013 North Florida Beach Volleyball split a pair of ranked matches on the opening day of the North Florida Invite on Friday.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida defeated No. 14 Florida Atlantic, 4-1, and fell in a back-and-forth match to No. 15 Stetson, 3-2.\u00a0
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\nAgainst No. 14 Florida Atlantic, the first flight built a 2-0 lead for North Florida with wins at the four and five lines. Junior Eden Anderson<\/a> and freshman Ally Bunch<\/a> earned a 21-18, 21-12 win at the five line, and freshman Samantha Crosby<\/a> and sophomore Natalie Villalon<\/a> posted a 21-15, 21-17 win at four spot. Senior pair Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a> and Madison Espy<\/a> clinched the match with a 21-15, 21-11 win at the three line. Junior Cameron Humphries<\/a> and senior Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> added a 21-19, 21-19 win at the two position.\u00a0
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\nThe win over Florida Atlantic marked the second ranked win of the season for North Florida.\u00a0
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\nHumphries and Murphy added a 21-14, 21-18 win at the two line, and Da Silva Encinas and Espy added a 21-15, 21-19 win at the three line against No. 15 Stetson.\u00a0
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\nNO. 17 NORTH FLORIDA 4, NO. 14 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 1
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Denisse Morgenstern\/Shantel Starling (FAU) def. Presley Murray<\/a>\/Sophie Notaro (UNF), 21-16, 21-15
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> (UNF) def. Ava Koehl\/Olivia Strandberg (FAU), 21-19, 21-19
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a>\/Madison Espy<\/a> (UNF) def. Mia Scanlon\/Klaire VanDeusen (FAU), 21-15, 21-11
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Samantha Crosby<\/a>\/Natalie Villalon<\/a> (UNF) def. Reese Edwards\/Kendall Mignerey (FAU), 21-15, 21-17
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eden Anderson<\/a>\/Ally Bunch<\/a> (UNF) def. Cameron Knifton\/Allison Spittal (FAU), 21-18, 21-12
\nEX.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alexandra Hennessey<\/a>\/Kamryn McDonald<\/a> (UNF) def. Maddie Sides\/Katz Stoughton (FAU), 21-8, 21-16
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\nNO. 17 NORTH FLORIDA 2, NO. 15 STETSON 3
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marta Carro\/Maria Ozaeta (STETSON) def. Presley Murray<\/a>\/Sophia Notaro<\/a> (UNF), 21-19, 21-12
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> (UNF) def. Julia Radelczuk\/EJ Cudmore (STETSON), 21-14, 21-18
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a>\/Madison Espy<\/a> (UNF) def. Lucie Nosalkov\/Zoe Flueckiger (STETSON), 21-15, 21-19
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Katie Camp\/Anniina Muuka (STETSON) def. Samantha Crosby<\/a>\/Natalie Villalon<\/a> (UNF), 17-21, 21-17, 15-13
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Madeline Camp\/Cayla Sutton (STETSON) def. Eden Anderson<\/a>\/Ally Bunch<\/a> (UNF), 21-10, 21-18
\nEX.\u00a0Alexandra Hennessey<\/a>\/Kamryn McDonald<\/a> (NORTH FLORIDA) def. Scotlyn Edwards\/Claire Simmonds (STETSON), 21-17, 21-7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla \u2013 North Florida Beach Volleyball split a pair of ranked matches on the opening day of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-199701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199701","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=199701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}