{"id":36240,"date":"2018-06-17T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.duvalsports.com\/?p=36240"},"modified":"2018-06-17T12:40:27","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T16:40:27","slug":"unf-hopes-to-finally-win-national-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duvalsports.com\/?p=36240","title":{"rendered":"UNF hopes to finally win national title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA &#8211; The University of North Florida surf team travels to Dana Point, California this weekend to compete in the National Scholastic Surfing Association championships.<\/p>\n<p>UNF&#8217;s surf team has qualified for the NSSA championships for four consecutive years after winning the East Coast Regional for the fourth consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>Falling short the past three years, the team hopes to finally bring home the elusive first place trophy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duvalsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/UNF-Surfing-4-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duvalsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/UNF-Surfing-4-1-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.duvalsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/UNF-Surfing-4-1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.duvalsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/UNF-Surfing-4-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The west coast typically dominates the competition every year. If an east coast team such as UNF wins the competition, it would be a first.<\/p>\n<p>Only 10 out of about 200 members of the surf team are attending the NSSA championship representing the Ospreys.<\/p>\n<p>They have slowly been chopping away at west coast schools as UNF has finished in second place at the NSSA championship the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Winning the East Coast Regional in New Smyrna Beach Inlet in April has advanced them to the national championships where they will look to make history.<\/p>\n<p>The NSSA championship will take place June 18 in Dana Point, California. Since the team is a club sport, they have to fundraise to travel to competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The Ospreys have a GoFundMe account that will be open until the end of the tournament for anyone that would like to support our local team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA &#8211; The University of North Florida surf team travels to Dana Point, California this weekend to compete in the National Scholastic Surfing Association championships. UNF&#8217;s surf team has qualified for the NSSA championships for four consecutive years after winning the East Coast Regional for the fourth consecutive year. 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