{"id":200752,"date":"2026-03-21T21:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200752\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T21:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T21:21:11","slug":"no-17-beach-volleyball-sweeps-saint-leo-in-home-finale-to-close-out-north-florida-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200752\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 17 Beach Volleyball Sweeps Saint Leo In Home Finale To Close Out North Florida Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 North Florida Beach Volleyball closed out its home slate with the final day of action at the North Florida Invite at The Cooper Beach Volleyball Complex on Saturday.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida fell to No. 14 Florida Atlantic, 3-2, and swept Saint Leo, 5-0. The Ospreys concluded their home schedule with a 6-2 record with both losses against ranked opponents.\u00a0
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\nThe Ospreys honored five seniors \u2013 Raven Jordan<\/a>, Presley Murray<\/a>, Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a>, Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> and Madison Espy<\/a> \u2013 prior to the first match.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida earned its fifth sweep of the season in the home finale against Saint Leo. Four of the five lines were won in straight sets. Freshman Samantha Crosby<\/a> and sophomore Natalie Villalon<\/a> posted a 21-15, 21-13 win at the five line, while junior Eden Anderson<\/a> and freshman Ally Bunch<\/a> teamed up for a dominant 21-5, 21-15 win at the four spot. Senior pair Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a> and Madison Espy<\/a> clinched the match with a 21-10, 21-13 win on three. Senior Presley Murray<\/a> and redshirt junior Sophia Notaro<\/a> posted a 21-11, 21-15 win at the one line, and junior Cameron Humphries<\/a> and senior Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> notched the sweep with a three-set win at the two flight, 21-11, 15-21, 15-12.\u00a0
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\nAnderson and Bunch posted a three-set win at the five line, 21-17, 19-21, 17-15, while Humphries and Murphy added a 21-14, 21-12 win at the two line against Florida Atlantic.\u00a0
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\nNorth Florida heads to Austin, Texas to battle four ranked opponents at the Texas Invitational, hosted by Texas, on Friday and Saturday, March 27-28.\u00a0\u00a0
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\nNO. 17 NORTH FLORIDA 2, NO. 14 FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Denisse Morgenstern\/Shantel Starling (FAU) def. Presley Murray<\/a>\/Sophia Notaro<\/a> (UNF), 21-14, 21-15
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> (UNF) def. Ava Koehl\/Olivia Strandberg (FAU), 21-14, 21-12
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mia Scanlon\/Klaire VanDeusen (FAU) def. Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a>\/Madison Espy<\/a> (UNF), 21-18, 21-18
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Reese Edwards\/Kendall Mignerey (FAU) def. Samantha Crosby<\/a>\/Natalie Villalon<\/a> (UNF), 21-15, 21-17
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eden Anderson<\/a>\/Ally Bunch<\/a> (UNF) def. Cameron Knifton\/Allison Spittal (FAU), 21-17, 19-21, 17-15
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\nNO. 17 NORTH FLORIDA 5, SAINT LEO 0
\n1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Presley Murray<\/a>\/Sophia Notaro<\/a> (UNF) def. Madison Moore\/Anna Intagliata (SAINT LEO), 21-11, 21-15
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/Mackenzie Murphy<\/a> (UNF) def. Thalie Brossard\/Emma Laade (SAINT LEO), 21-11, 15-21, 15-12
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a>\/Madison Espy<\/a> (UNF) def. Josie Villarreal\/Caitlyn Kemer (SAINT LEO), 21-10, 21-13
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Eden Anderson<\/a>\/Ally Bunch<\/a> (UNF) def. Erin Johnson\/Paula Perez (SAINT LEO), 21-5, 21-15
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Samantha Crosby<\/a>\/Natalie Villalon<\/a> (UNF) def. Paige Reeves\/Abby VanBuskirk (SAINT LEO), 21-15, 21-13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 North Florida Beach Volleyball closed out its home slate with the final day of action…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-200752","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\/200752","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=200752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}