Haley Yount<\/a> was strong in her first weekend of action, leading the team in blocks en route to winning ASUN Defensive Player of the Week.<\/p>\nCoastal Carolina | Friday, Sept. 4 at 7 PM
\nRecord: 1-1
\nHead Coach: Steve Loeswick (4th Season)
\nPlayers to Watch: MB Anna Rita, OH Anzley Rinard<\/p>\n
The Chanticleers are a consistently strong program in the Sun Belt, making the NCAA Tournament in 2023 and posting an 18-11 last season. Middle blocker Anna Rita brings All-Conference bonafides to a front line filled with talented hitters.<\/p>\n
Coastal split its first two matches of the season, falling to Duke before beating future JU opponent Queens in five sets. This is JU’s first match against the Chanticleers since 2014 when the Dolphins fell 3-0.<\/p>\n
UConn | Saturday, Sept. 5 at 2:30 PM
\nRecord: 0-3
\nHead Coach: Ellen Herman-Kimball (7th Season)
\nPlayers to Watch: OPP Helena Einarsdottir, S Isabella Sohl<\/p>\n
Despite a slow start to this campaign, the Huskies are one of the toughest opponents in the Dolphin Volleyball Classic coming off a 19-9 season in the Big East last year. UConn brings a balanced attack, with three different players averaging at least two kills per set in the first weekend of matches.<\/p>\n
This is a particularly notable matchup for Jacksonville assistant coach Robbie Belden. Belden is a UConn alum who started his coaching career with the Huskies as a volunteer assistant.<\/p>\n
Florida A&M | Sunday, Sept. 6 at 2:30 PM
\nRecord: 1-2
\nHead Coach: Gokhan Yilmaz (9th Season)
\nPlayer to Watch: S Bengisu Kazazlar, OH Sydney Whitfield<\/p>\n
The Rattlers are returning to Jacksonville for the second-straight season and third time in the last four years. JU and Florida A&M have faced off three seasons in a row, with the Dolphins playing in Tallahassee two years ago.<\/p>\n
Florida A&M has been a consistent power in the SWAC, winning the league each of the last two seasons. Setter Bengisu Kazazlar was a star in the Dolphin Volleyball Classic last year, earning All-Tournament team honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Story Links
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Volleyball season is in full bloom in Northeast Florida. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-390237","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\/390237","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=390237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}