The Matchup
- The Knights head to Gainesville for a Saturday Sunshine State Showdown in the Stephen C. O’Donnell Center at 4:30 p.m.
- This will be the 17th matchup between the Gators as Florida holds the series record at 16-10.
- Florida is ranked sixth in the NCAA with a .302 team hitting percentage.
Scouting Florida
- The Gators enter the matchup 20-5 on the season and are 11-3 in SEC play.
- Head coach Mary Wise is in her 38th season overall and 34th with the Gators, boasting a 984-147 record.
- Kennedy Martin leads the squad with 364 kills and is second in the NCAA averaging 6.16 points per set.
- Elli McKissock is sixth in the SEC averaging 4.16 digs per set.
Kuehl with the kill
- Alexia Kuehl leads the Knights with a .393 hitting percentage and is ranked No. 5 in the Big 12.
- The middle blocker has tallied the third-most kills on the team with 188 to go along with 58 blocks this season.
- A transfer from Colorado, where she spent the last four seasons, decided to move back to Florida for her last year.
Road Warriors
- The Knights started their season with three weekends on the road.
- UCF traveled to Virginia and North Carolina, along with two weekends on the road in Florida.
- It marked the first time since the 2017 season that the Knights played their first three weekends away from The Venue.
Year Two in the Big 12
- The Knights ended their inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference with a 17-12 overall record and 8-10 in conference play.
- With the addition of four new members into the Big 12, the Knights hosted Colorado for the first time since 2003, Utah (1996) and travel to Arizona and Arizona State for the first time in program history.
Milestone Watch
- Chloe Scheer has recorded 1,529 digs in her career at UCF, which ranks fifth in the individual career records.
- The Murrieta, California, native currently has 137 aces, the ninth most in program history.
Knight in Shining Armour
- Headlined by 15 matches with double digits in kills along with a career-high 20 kills against Utah (11/16), Avah Armour leads the Black and Gold with 226 kills.
- Armour came back to action against Cincinnati (10/30) after nursing an injury that caused her to miss three matches.
- The sophomore sprung right back in recording 13 kills and two aces against Cincinnati (10/30).
- Armour recorded her first double-double this season in the season opener against Virginia Tech (8/31).
- The Colorado native’s 18 kills at Stetson rank in the top five in the Big 12 for kills in a three-set match.