TALLAHASSEE, FL – With a great start and a phenomenal finish, the Florida State volleyball team (11-5, 3-2) defeated rival Miami (9-6, 2-3) in five sets (26-24, 25-22, 20-25, 24-26, 15-10) at home in Tully Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The Seminoles snapped a three-game losing streak to the Hurricanes that dated back to 2020.
Florida State got off to a hot start scoring the first seven points of the match. The Noles would continue to dominate to take a 21-12 lead, but Miami stormed back. The Seminoles responded and Audrey Koenig sealed the deal to put the Seminoles on top 26-24.
Down 21-16 in set two, the Seminoles took nine out of the last 10 points to stun the Hurricanes. Emma Clothier had back-to-back ace serves to give the Noles a 2-0 match lead.
Miami did not go down lightly as they took sets three and four setting up an exciting fifth set in this rivalry match.
Miami jumped out to a 7-4 lead in set five, but the Noles stormed back with a 4-0 run of its own. The Nole
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State volleyball team will continue their ACC season with two key matchups at home this week. The Seminoles will face rival Miami on Wednesday night at 8 p.m. on the ACC Network before taking on Duke Friday night at 6:30 p.m. on ACC Network Extra. Admission to all home matches is free and the doors to Tully Gym will open one hour before first serve.
With ACC play full underway, the Seminoles sit at 2-2 and tied for sixth in the conference standings. The NCAA released the first RPI of the season, and the Seminoles came in at 42. A couple of wins this weekend would help the Seminoles both on the conference and national stage. Miami comes into the match tied with the Seminoles for sixth in the ACC standings and ranked 46th in the RPI. Duke is ranked 60th in the RPI. Against the Hurricanes, the Noles will be looking to get a monkey off their back as Miami holds a three-match winning streak against the Seminoles. FSU has dominated Duke in recent history t
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - It was all but easy, but the Florida State volleyball team (10-5, 2-2) used a dominating fifth set to defeat North Carolina (9-6, 1-3) 3-2 (25-17, 25-27, 25-22, 24-26, 15-5) Sunday afternoon at Carmichal Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C. The Noles have now won three-straight matches against the Tar Heels dating back to the 2021 spring season. I am so proud of our players today. We've been struggling with injuries, and it has caused some chaos. I was so proud of the players who came off the bench today and made a great impact. We were a completely different team then we were on Friday, but it's a good win and we will keep working, Head Coach Chris Poole said. The Noles dominated set one with a 25-17 victory. The Noles hit .500 in the set and pulled away after the Tar Heels took an early lead. The Tar Heels jumped out all over the Seminoles taking a 20-12 lead, but the Seminoles then went on a 9-1 run behind the serving of Emma Clothier to tied the set at 21. The
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State volleyball team (9-4, 1-1) continues ACC play with two road matches this weekend against NC State (7-6, 1-1) and North Carolina (9-4, 1-1). Friday's match against the Wolfpack will begin at 7 p.m. with Sunday's match slated to start at 1 p.m. Both matches can be seen live on ACCNX.
Series History
The Noles have dominated the all-time series against NC State with a 50-7 record against the Wolfpack. The Noles have lost to NC State just twice in the last 37 meetings. Against the Tar Heels, the Noles hold a 45-25 record against UNC but are just 10-17 in Chapel Hill compared to the Noles' 30-7 record against the Tar Heels when the match is played in Tallahassee.
New Blood
The Noles have added three new key pieces to the 2022 squad. Freshman Audrey Rothman, senior Andjelija Draskovic and graduate student Emily Ryan have all had immediate impacts for the Noles.
The 2021 USA Today Girls Volleyball Player of the Year has been as
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