DeLand, Fla. – Stetson Volleyball fell in four sets against North Florida concluding the season. Prior to the match, the Hatters honored their seniors and graduates Haruka Sugimoto, Anabelle Standish, Nyah Molina, Elif Yasar, Lauren Della and Leilani Vitale. 
 
The Hatters came out a bit cold to start the first set but started to make a dent in the deficit with a 3-0 run to trail 12-9 which included a kill from Vitale and Selin Kalkan. Stetson ended up dropping the first set 25-14. The second set was a battle at the beginning with the teams tied multiple times. North Florida pulled ahead after the score was 7-7, but the Hatters rallied late. Stetson went on a 4-0 run but fell just short 25-21. 
 
Stetson fell behind early in the third set but rallied with three straight points to tie the set at four with a kill from Kayla Balfour and Vitale. After North Florida scored a point, the Hatters went off for another five straight points with kills from Standish, Vitale, and Balfour. The Ospreys then scored twice but the Hatters answered with another 5-0 run to take a 14-7 lead. Stetson held on to win the set 25-22 and forced a fourth set. 
 
The Hatters fell behind early in the fourth set and dropped the set 25-15 and the match 3-1. 
 
Standish and Balfour tied for the team lead in kills with nine followed closely behind by Vitale and Della with eight. Yasar finished with 36 assists and 14 digs for a double-double in back-to-back games. Sugimoto lead the team in digs with 21 with Della tying Yasar with 14. Vitale lead the team at the net tallying four total blocks.  
 
Stetson finished a season where they had to battle through several injuries ending with a 5-22 overall record and 2-14 record in conference play.