Volleyball Faces No. 10 Florida as Part of Three-Match Weekend

Friday, September 11

Gainesville, Fla.

7 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

Florida

9/10/2026 12:01:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Match Notes (PDF)

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic Owls remain on the road this week as they head to Gainesville and Tampa to compete at the Florida Invite on Sept. 11 and 12, before finishing the weekend at the South Florida Invitational on Sept. 13.

The Owls open the week with a top 10 battle against No. 10 Florida on Friday, Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network+, before closing out play in Gainesville on Saturday, Sept. 12 at 2 p.m. ET vs. Troy. FAU closes out the weekend in Tampa on Sunday, Sept. 13, taking on Dayton at 1 p.m. ET in the South Florida Invitational.

Match 6: Florida Atlantic (3-2) at No. 10 Florida (5-1)
Friday, Sept. 11 – 7 p.m. ET
Stephen C. O'Connell Center | Gainesville, Fla.
Television: SEC Network+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

Match 7: Florida Atlantic (3-2) vs. Troy (2-2)
Saturday, Sept. 12 – 2 p.m. ET
Stephen C. O'Connell Center | Gainesville, Fla.
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

Match 8: Florida Atlantic (3-2) vs. Dayton (4-3)
Sunday, Sept. 13 – 1 p.m. ET
The Corral | Tampa, Fla.
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

A LOOK AT THE OWLS

Florida Atlantic enters the weekend at 3-2 overall after dropping a pair of hard-fought contests this past weekend against FGCU and West Virginia.
The Owls' offense is led by Sequoia Layne, Luye Marquez-Moreno, and Olivia Hart. Layne has tallied a team-leading 40 kills, averaging 2.35 kills per set. Marquez-Moreno ranks second for the Owls with 35 kills, averaging 2.06 kills per set, and Hart comes in third on the team with 33 kills and averaging 1.83 kills per set.
Maya Van Heyst powers the Owls' offense leading the team in assists with 132 and dishing out 7.33 assists per set.
Defensively, Marquez-Moreno and Van Heyst lead the Owls' back row, tying for a team-best 44 digs, and averaging 2.59 and 2.44 digs per set, respectively.
At the net, Maggie Allred leads the Owls in blocks with 12 on the season, and Bre Morgan boasts a team-best 1.0 blocks per set.

SCOUTING No. 10 FLORIDA

No. 10 Florida enters Friday's matchup at 5-1 on the season. The Gators are on a three-match winning streak after earning three-straight sweeps over No. 20 Baylor, North Texas, and Miami.
The Gators are led offensively by Kamryn Chaney, Selena Leban, and Alec Rothe. Chaney boasts a team-best 3.68 kills per set, while Leban and Rothe rank second and third, with 54 and 45 kills, averaging 2.84 and 2.25 kills per set, respectively.
Florida runs a 5-1 offense, powered by Taylor Parks, who has dished out 214 assists and averages 10.19 assists per set through six matches this season.
The Gators' back row is led by Lily Hayes, who has recorded 93 digs, averaging 4.43 digs per set.
Rothe leads the Gators' block, recording a team-best 27 blocks, averaging 1.35 blocks per set this season.

SCOUTING TROY

Troy enters Saturday's matchup at 2-2 and is just coming off a four-set loss against South Carolina, 3-1.
The Trojans' offense is led by Kalina Calvillo, Isabella Ruether, Olivia Kwiatkowski, and Ashlynn Axtell. Calvillo boasts a team-best 3.62 kills per set, while Ruether, Kwiatkowski, and Axtell average 2.23, 2.0, and 1.92 kills per set, respectively.
Troy's assists leaders are Madison Marx and Josie Hensley. Marx leads the Trojans with 78 assists, averaging 6.0 assists per set, while Hensley ranks second with 48 assists and averaging 4.0 assists per set.
Defensively, the Trojans are led on the back row by Haley Nash and Kwiatkowski, tallying 3.46 and 2.31 digs per set, while Calvillo leads the team at the net with a team-best 0.67 blocks per set this season.

SCOUTING DAYTON

Dayton enters this weekend at 4-3 and are just coming off a 1-2 weekend at the Tru by Hilton Beavercreek Invitational, defeating WKU in five, 3-2, but dropping a pair of contests against Ball State, 3-0, and Wright State, 3-2.
The Flyers' offense is paced by Sidney Sprada and Kamryn Hunt. Sprada boasts a team-best 3.33 kills per set, while Hunt ranks second on the team, averaging 3.11 kills per set.
The Flyers' assists leaders are Natalie Harrington and Rylee Sloss. Harrington boasts a team-leading 5.30 assists per set, while Sloss follows behind with 4.85 assists per set.
Lily Barry leads the Flyers' back row, averaging 2.67 digs per set, while Sprada ranks second, tallying 2.07 digs per set.
Charlotte Vinson, Addi Gallentine, and Abigail Cresse are Dayton's blocking leaders, recording 20, 18, and 17 blocks, respectively.

SERIES HISTORY

Florida Atlantic trails Florida 0-3 all-time, playing all three contests in Gainesville. The Owls and Gators last faced each other on Sept. 2, 2011, when Florida won a three-set battle in Gainesville, Florida.
FAU leads the all-time series between the Owls and the Troy Trojans, 15-12. Troy leads the series between the Owls and the Trojans 2-1 in neutral site contests. The Owls and Trojans last met on Nov. 10, 2012, which saw the Trojans win a three-set contest in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sunday's contest will make the first meeting between Florida Atlantic and Dayton.

UP NEXT

Following this weekend's matches, the Owls return to Paradise to host their Owls Paradise Classic on Sept. 18-19 at Abessinio Court at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena.

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