TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – The Florida State Volleyball Team (19-9) has been selected to its 23rd NCAA Tournament, playing its NCAA First and Second Rounds at 10th-seeded Nebraska’s first and second-round site in Lincoln, Neb.
The Seminoles match up with Kansas State (15-12) in the NCAA First Round on Friday, Dec. 3, at 5:30 p.m. ET. Nationally-seeded Nebraska hosts Campbell on Friday as well, with the winner of the two matches playing on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 8:30 p.m. ET.
We’re off to Lincoln, Nebraska! The #Noles return to the #NCAAVB Tournament taking on Kansas State in the first round of 10th-seeded Nebraska’s first and second-round site. #URStrong pic.twitter.com/crzqpebb12— FSU Volleyball (@FSU Volleyball) November 29, 2021
The Seminoles and Wildcats last met on Sept. 10, 2010, in a 3-2 win by FSU at the Lady Wildcat Tournament in Lexington, Ky.
The Seminoles finished fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference, which emerged as arguably the best vo
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – The Florida State (19-9, 11-7) volleyball team fell at home in three sets (22-25, 14-25, 11-25) to No. 14 Georgia Tech (23-5, 14-4) on Friday night in what was the last match of the regular season.
Junior middle blocker Emma Clothier was the bright spot offensively for the Noles with a team-high eight kills, three blocks and a .333 attacking percentage. Freshman libero Emery Dupes led the team with 11 digs.
Morgan Chacon added six kills, while Audrey Koenig chipped in with five. Despite the loss, FSU was already assured fifth place in the ACC after Notre Dame fell to top-ranked Louisville, 3-1.
Florida State compiled a 19-9 overall record in a season where it fielded its youngest team since 1999, getting several breakthrough performances throughout the year from young talents like Skye Ekes, Koenig, Dupes, Khori Louis, Ava Pitchford and Sydney Conley. Veterans such as Chacon, Lily Tessier, Caroline Golden, Emma Clothier and Lauryn Burrows
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – The Florida State Volleyball team lost just its second home match of the season on Friday in what was a thrilling five-setter vs. Miami, falling to the Hurricanes, 3-2 (25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 22-25, 12-15), in front of a packed crowd at Tully Gym.
The Seminoles (19-7, 11-5) held the edge most of the fifth set, leading 12-8 before Miami (22-4, 13-3) rattled off the final seven points to win the match.
Friday’s rivalry matchup featured several entertaining long rallies between two of the top digging teams in the ACC. Redshirt junior setter Lily Tessier had the tall task of engineering FSU’s offense against a good Miami defense and did a solid job with 51 assists as well as a team-best 22 digs, her 10th double-double of the season.
Redshirt junior outside hitter Morgan Chacon also had a double-double with 18 digs and 14 kills while adding three service aces. Freshman outside hitter Audrey Koenig had a team-best 17 kills, including several i
BOX SCORE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – The three-headed freshmen attack of Audrey Koenig, Skye Ekes and Khori Louis was too much for Clemson volleyball on Friday night as Florida State earned a 3-1 road win over the Tigers at Jervey Gym. FSU and its youngest team among Power 5 programs improves to 5-3 in true road matches this season. Koenig recorded a match-high 16 kills and hit .405 for the Seminoles (17-5, 10-3), whom reach the double-digit mark in conference wins this season. Ekes was equally as impressive on the attack, totaling 15 kills and a .414 hitting percentage. Tallahassee native Louis had 15 kills, a .462 hitting percentage, four blocks and three digs. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Florida State Volleyball (@fsuvolleyball) “This team continues to fight through adversity and find ways to win,” FSU Head Coach Chris Poole said. “We've got players out with injuries and players not at 100 percent playing because of our limited roster size. How
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – The Florida State Volleyball team begins the critical month of November with a road trip this weekend, taking on Clemson on Friday at 7 p.m. and No. 14 Georgia Tech on Sunday at 3 p.m.
Friday’s match vs. the Tigers (11-12, 3-9) will be streamed on ACC Network Extra, while Sunday’s match vs. the Yellow Jackets (19-3, 10-2) airs on the ACC’s regional sports networks, which includes Bally Sports South and Bally Sports Sun.
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The Seminoles (16-5, 9-3) are currently ranked 15th in the latest NCAA RPI and stand at fifth in the latest ACC standings. The ACC has eight teams rated in the Top 50 of the RPI, including Pitt (1), Louisville (3), Georgia Tech (7), Miami (13), FSU (15), North Carolina (