TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State volleyball team begins ACC play this week with matches against Notre Dame and No. 2 Louisville at Tully Gym. Friday's match with the Fighting Irish will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be streamed on ACCNX. Sunday's match with the second-ranked Cardinals can be seen nationally on ESPN with first serve at 3 p.m. Admission to all home games is free and doors will open one hour before the match. During Friday's match, there will be a prize giveaway for Family Weekend. Spotlight Noles The Seminoles will be a part of history on Sunday afternoon, as their matchup with No. 2 Louisville will be the second regular season women’s college volleyball game to every appear on ESPN. ESPN broadcasted last week’s matchup with Louisville and Kentucky that drew 302,000 viewers, the most for any regular season volleyball match on the ESPN Networks. This will be the first time that the FSU volleyball program will appear on ESPN. New Blood The Noles have
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State volleyball team (7-2) will be looking for back-to-back victories over the No. 15 Florida Gators Tuesday night at Exatech Arena in Gainesville, Fla. First serve is set for 6 p.m. on ESPNU with Sam Gore (Play-by-Play) and Missy Whittemore (Color) on the call. Nole Notes • Head Coach Chris Poole is in his 15th season as the leader of the Seminoles. • The Noles were picked to finish fifth in the ACC by the coaches. • The Noles got off to its best start through eight games since 2014 with a 7-1 start. • The Noles will look to beat the Gators in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 2013 and 2014 seasons. • Poole will be looking for his 32nd win over an AVCA Top 25 team against the Gators. • The Noles split two matches at the Omaha Invite with a sweep over Nebraska-Omaha and a five-set loss to Creighton. • This is the first time the Noles have played back-to-back ranked nonconference opponents since 2019 . • Audrey Koenig cur
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida State volleyball team (6-1) will hit the road for the second time this season for the Omaha Invite in Omaha, Neb., where they will face Nebraska-Omaha (4-1) on Thursday and Nol. 17 Creighton (5-1) on Friday. Thursday's match will begin at 7:30 p.m. with Friday's match against Creighton beginning at 6 p.m. Both matches will be streamed live omavs.com. This will be the first time in program history that Seminoles have faced either of these teams.
The Noles are off to its best start since 2017 and will look to add to a four-game winning streak. At their home tournament, the Noles impressed with a 4-0 record while dropping just one set. The Noles offense has been impressive so far this season. As a team, the Noles are hitting .318 which leads the ACC and is eighth in the country. Leading that attack is sophomore Audrey Koenig who has a team-high 71 kills this season. Khori Louis is also off to a great start with 62 kills and a .463 hitting percentage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State volleyball team (2-1) is set to play four games this weekend at the Seminole Volleyball Invitational. The Noles will face Florida A&M (0-3) on Wednesday at 6 p.m., James Madison (3-0) on Thursday at 6 p.m., Yale (0-0) on Saturday at noon and Austin Peay (1-2) on Saturday at 5 p.m. All games will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra with Shawn Davison (Play-by-Play), former Seminole coach Cecile Renaud (Color) and Alex DeCapua (Sideline) on the call. The Noles are coming off a 2-1 showing at the Tribute to #10 tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Seminoles defeated Illinois State and Dayton in four sets while dropping the final match of the tournament to Cincinnati in four sets. The Noles will be facing three opponents for the first time this week in James Madison, Yale and Austin Peay. The Noles will meet the Florida A&M Rattlers for the 28th time on Wednesday night. The Noles own a 26-1 advantage with Florida A&M's only win comin
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State volleyball team will begin its 2022 season with the Tribute to #10 tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Noles will face Illinois State at 4 p.m. on Friday, Dayton at noon on Saturday and Cincinnati at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Sunday's match against Cincinnati will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Anthony Mazzini (Play-by-Play) and Melissa Luckey (Color) on the call. The Seminoles are looking to build off a 20-10 2021 campaign, which saw FSU win its first NCAA Tournament game since 2016. From the 2021 team, the Seminoles will return 80 percent of its block total and 76 percent of its kill total. Leading the charge will be two-time AVCA All-American and Preseason All-ACC honoree Emma Clothier. Clothier led the team in kills and in service aces last season while being second on the team in blocks behind returning middle blocker Khori Louis. After having the youngest roster in the country last season, the Noles will return a solid core of sophomores in Lou