{"id":417352,"date":"2026-10-03T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T02:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417352\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T02:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T02:00:09","slug":"volleyball-takes-opening-set-but-jacksonville-prevails-over-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417352\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball takes opening set, but Jacksonville prevails over Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/UNF_Primary-White (1) (1).png\" alt=\"University of North Florida\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p> University of North Florida<\/p>\n<p>10\/3\/2026 | 3 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 03 (Sat) \/ 3 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/UNF_Primary-White (1) (1).png\" alt=\"University of North Florida\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0University of North Florida&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    LOUISVILLE, Ky. \u2014\u00a0The Bellarmine University volleyball secured the opening set, but Jacksonville took the next three in capturing a 3-1 win Friday in Atlantic Sun Conference play in Knights Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins (7-8, 1-1 ASUN) won by scores of 18-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-15. Abbie Tuyo and Claire Mrukowski had 10 kills apiece. Three different players registered at least 12 assists and three accumulated three blocks for Jacksonville, which hit at a .267 clip.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.bellarmine.edu\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/mady-yaden\/10216\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10216\" target=\"_blank\">Mady Yaden<\/a> amassed a match-high 12 kills for Bellarmine (7-6, 1-1). Sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.bellarmine.edu\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/mya-white\/10214\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10214\" target=\"_blank\">Mya White<\/a> added 11 and senior <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.bellarmine.edu\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/natalie-bland\/10205\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10205\" target=\"_blank\">Natalie Bland<\/a> was just shy of a double-double with nine and 16 digs. Freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.bellarmine.edu\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/maddie-carnes\/10218\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10218\" target=\"_blank\">Maddie Carnes<\/a> distributed a match-high 35 assists, junior <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.bellarmine.edu\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/payton-parsons\/10210\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10210\" target=\"_blank\">Payton Parsons<\/a> collected a match-best 18 digs, freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.bellarmine.edu\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/abbie-lyttle\/10220\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10220\" target=\"_blank\">Abbie Lyttle<\/a> smacked four service aces and sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/athletics.bellarmine.edu\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/mary-herman\/10208\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10208\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Herman<\/a> notched three blocks.<\/p>\n<p>In the first set, consecutive service aces from Lyttle helped push Bellarmine to a 13-10 lead. A 4-1 run punctuated by a Yaden kill extended the advantage to 20-14 and kills from Bland and Herman sealed the set.<\/p>\n<p>Bellarmine led 21-20 in the second set, but Jacksonville scored the next five points. The Dolphins then closed the third set strong \u2014 the Knights were within one when JU closed the frame by winning six of seven points.<\/p>\n<p>A 6-0 run in the fourth set boosted Jacksonville&#8217;s lead to 10-3, and the Dolphins remained in control from there.<\/p>\n<p>Bellarmine will host North Florida in an ASUN contest at 3 p.m. (ET) Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>For more coverage of Bellarmine athletics, follow us on X, Instagram and Facebook (@BUKnights).<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: University of North Florida 10\/3\/2026 | 3 PM &#13; Oct. 03 (Sat) \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-417352","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\/417352","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=417352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}