{"id":245294,"date":"2026-04-24T21:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245294\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:00:10","slug":"no-17-beach-volleyball-sweeps-jacksonville-in-semifinals-falls-to-no-14-stetson-in-asun-championship-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/245294\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 17 Beach Volleyball Sweeps Jacksonville In Semifinals, Falls To No. 14 Stetson In ASUN Championship Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0No. 17-ranked and No. 2 seed North Florida advanced to the 2026 ASUN Championship Final with a 3-0 sweep over No. 5 seed Jacksonville, before it fell in the Final match to No. 14-ranked and No. 1 seed Stetson, 3-0, at John Hunt Park in Huntsville, Ala.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNorth Florida advanced to its third-straight ASUN Championship Final with the win over Jacksonville. With 21 wins, North Florida recorded 20 or more wins for the seventh-straight season. North Florida was ranked in the top-20 in each AVCA poll this season.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNorth Florida earned the sweep against Jacksonville with wins at the two, three and four line. Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kamryn-mcdonald\/14941\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14941\" target=\"_blank\">Kamryn McDonald<\/a> and redshirt junior <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/sophia-notaro\/14933\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14933\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Notaro<\/a> posted a 21-14, 21-15 win at the four line. Senior pair <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/andrea-da-silva-encinas\/14925\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14925\" target=\"_blank\">Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/madison-espy\/14926\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14926\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Espy<\/a> added a 21-12, 21-16 win at the two line. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/presley-murray\/14932\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14932\" target=\"_blank\">Presley Murray<\/a> and freshman Samanatha Crosby clinched the match with a 21-10, 21-13 win at the three line.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nStetson secured the win in the ASUN Championship Final at the two, four and five line.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNO. 2 SEED NORTH FLORIDA 3, NO. 5 SEED JACKSONVILLE 0<br \/>\n1. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/cameron-humphries\/14928\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14928\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/mackenzie-murphy\/14931\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14931\" target=\"_blank\">Mackenzie Murphy<\/a>\u00a0(UNF) vs. Megan Hair\/Claire Mrukowski (JU), 17-21, 14-7\u00a0<br \/>\n2. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/andrea-da-silva-encinas\/14925\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14925\" target=\"_blank\">Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/madison-espy\/14926\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14926\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Espy<\/a>\u00a0(UNF) def. Meredith Mrukowski\/Jamie Seward (JU), 21-12, 21-16<br \/>\n3. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/presley-murray\/14932\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14932\" target=\"_blank\">Presley Murray<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/samantha-crosby\/14937\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14937\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Crosby<\/a>\u00a0(UNF) def. Avery Kliethermes\/Breanna Mcdonough (JU), 21-10, 21-13<br \/>\n4. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kamryn-mcdonald\/14941\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14941\" target=\"_blank\">Kamryn McDonald<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/sophia-notaro\/14933\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14933\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Notaro<\/a>\u00a0(UNF) def. Morgan Perry\/Kate Taylor (JU), 21-14, 21-15<br \/>\n5. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/eden-anderson\/14923\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14923\" target=\"_blank\">Eden Anderson<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/ally-bunch\/14935\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14935\" target=\"_blank\">Ally Bunch<\/a>\u00a0(UNF) vs. Maddie Fiedler\/Katie Martinez (JU), 21-19\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNO. 2 SEED NORTH FLORIDA 0, NO. 1 SEED STETSON 3<br \/>\n1. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/cameron-humphries\/14928\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14928\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Humphries<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/mackenzie-murphy\/14931\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14931\" target=\"_blank\">Mackenzie Murphy<\/a>\u00a0(UNF) vs. Marta Carro\/Maria Ozaeta (STETSON), 19-21, 20-18<br \/>\n2. \u00a0 \u00a0Emma-Joy Cudmore\/Julia Radelczuk (STETSON) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/andrea-da-silva-encinas\/14925\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14925\" target=\"_blank\">Andrea Da Silva Encinas<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/madison-espy\/14926\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14926\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Espy<\/a>\u00a0(UNF), 21-19, 21-15<br \/>\n3. \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/presley-murray\/14932\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14932\" target=\"_blank\">Presley Murray<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/samantha-crosby\/14937\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14937\" target=\"_blank\">Samantha Crosby<\/a>\u00a0(UNF) vs. Julia Czurylo\/Zoe Flueckiger (STETSON), 21-18<br \/>\n4. \u00a0 \u00a0Katie Camp\/Anniina Muukka (STETSON) def. <a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/kamryn-mcdonald\/14941\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14941\" target=\"_blank\">Kamryn McDonald<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/sophia-notaro\/14933\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14933\" target=\"_blank\">Sophia Notaro<\/a>\u00a0(UNF), 21-17, 21-19<br \/>\n5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Madeline Camp\/Cayla Sutton (STETSON) def.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/eden-anderson\/14923\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14923\" target=\"_blank\">Eden Anderson<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/unfospreys.com\/sports\/womens-beach-volleyball\/roster\/ally-bunch\/14935\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14935\" target=\"_blank\">Ally Bunch<\/a>\u00a0(UNF), 21-19, 21-14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u00a0No. 17-ranked and No. 2 seed North Florida advanced to the 2026 ASUN Championship Final with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-245294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245294","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=245294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}