Beach Volleyball Secures Sixth ASUN Championship Title

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – No. 2 seed North Florida beach volleyball clinched the 2025 Atlantic Sun Championship title with a 3-0 sweep over No. 1 Stetson at John Hunt Park on Saturday. 
 
It marked the sixth ASUN Championship title in program history and the second-straight for North Florida. With the win, North Florida earned its second berth and automatic qualification for the 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship. 
 
The tandem of senior Mariana Feliciano Sanchez and junior Madison Espy was named 2025 ASUN Pair of the Tournament. Redshirt sophomore Sophia Notaro and senior Andrea Da Silva joined Feliciano and Espy on the 2025 ASUN All-Tournament Team. 
 
For the second-straight season, North Florida and Stetson battled in the ASUN Championship Final as the top two seeds. North Florida earned the sweep with wins at the three, four and five lines. Da Silva and Notaro posted a 21-13, 21-16 win at the five line. Senior Hayden Wooldridge and sophomore Eden Anderson responded to a first-set loss to come back and take four, 14-21, 21-14, 15-12. With the top two courts in back-and-forth battles, Espy and Feliciano Sanchez shut the door on a late comeback attempt from the top-seeded Stetson with a 21-16, 21-18 win at three. 
 
North Florida opened up Championship Day with a 3-2 win over No. 3 FGCU. Da Silva and Notaro secured a 25-23, 23-21 win at the five line before FGCU responded at four. Espy and Feliciano Sanchez added a 23-21, 21-18 win at three to command a 2-1 lead. FGCU tied the dual at 2-2 with a win at the two line. The top tandem of Humphries and Pierce claimed a three-set thriller at the one line, 25-23, 19-21, 15-13. 
 
North Florida awaits the results of the NCAA Selection Show on Sunday, April 27 at 1 p.m. ET to determine who it will face in the 2025 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship on Friday-Sunday, May 2-4, in Gulf Shores, Ala. 
 
No. 2 seed North Florida 3, No. 1 seed Stetson 0
1.   Cameron Humphries/Taylor Pierce (UNF) v. Marta Carro/Julia Radelczuk (STET), 23-21, 16-16
2.   Katie Camp/Maria Ozaeta (STET) v. Presley Murray/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF), 21-14, 22-22
3.   Madison Espy/Mariana Feliciano Sanchez (UNF) def. Youna Coens/Caroline De Oliveria (STET), 21-16, 21-18
4.   Eden Anderson/Hayden Wooldridge (UNF) def. Grace Goudy/Vanessa Hurnikova (STET), 14-21, 21-14, 15-12
5.   Sophia Notaro/Andrea Da Silva (UNF) def. Madeline Camp/Julia Czurylo (STET), 21-13, 21-16

No. 2 seed North Florida 3, No. 3 seed Florida Gulf Coast 2

1.   Cameron Humphries/Taylor Pierce (UNF) def. Nicole De Oliveira/Kaitlyn Luebbers (FGCU), 25-23, 19-21, 15-13

2.   Alexis Keeter/Ava Lilliquist (FGCU) def. Presley Murray/Mackenzie Murphy (UNF), 21-18, 14-21, 15-13

3.   Madison Espy/Mariana Feliciano Sanchez (UNF) def. Jacqueline Carpenter/Emma Soncrant (FGCU), 23-21, 21-18

4.   Andrea Dietz/Mia Thompson (FGCU) def. Eden Anderson/Hayden Wooldridge (UNF), 21-13, 21-11

5.   Sophia Notaro/Andrea Da Silva (UNF) def. Sydney Majick/Erin Miller (FGCU), 25-23, 23-21