Tallahassee, Fla, – The second-ranked Florida State Seminoles will travel to Tampa this weekend to compete in the Tampa Invitational March 4-5. Florida State comes into the weekend 5-0 after going undefeated at the Seminole Beach Bash this past weekend.
The Seminoles will face three ranked opponents and two who are currently unranked in Tampa, taking on No. 6 Grand Canyon, No. 11 Stetson, and No. 3 TCU as well as Florida Gulf Coast and the University of Tampa. The Noles continue CCSA conference play with their match against TCU and GCU.
FSU will kick off the weekend on Saturday against Grand Canyon at 12:00 p.m. GCU is coming off a 3-1 opening weekend in Los Angeles, where they defeated No. 14 Long Beach State 3-2, CSUN 5-0, and Concordia (Calif.) 5-0, before dropping a close 3-2 loss to host No. 4 USC. The Noles are 8-0 all-time against GCU with the last meeting coming last year at the March to May Tournament in Gulf Shores, Ala. where FSU won 3-1.
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Tallahassee, Fla. – After a successful season as the volunteer assistant coach, Nick Lucena has been named Florida State Beach Volleyball’s assistant coach. The Florida State alum helped the Seminoles reach the national championship match for the third time in school history and earn their sixth-straight CCSA Conference Championship. In partnership with head coach Brooke Niles and assistant Summer Nash, Lucena led the team to a 33-11 record including 24 ranked wins, 13 of which were against top-10 teams. In the final AVCA poll, the Seminoles earned their highest ranking of the season at the No. 2 spot. Beyond coaching, Lucena has a professional career worth bragging about. Lucena has competed in the Olympics twice, most recently at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo as well as a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Lucena competed with partner Phil Dalhausser in both Olympic runs. In 2016, the pair qualified as third seeds and went undefeated in pool play before being eliminated
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Florida State beach volleyball announced the addition of transfer Paige Kalhkoff from FIU. In her two seasons at FIU Kalhkoff went 49-13. In 2022 she finished the season with a 24-8 record with all of her wins on court one. She earned wins over No. 4 LMU, No. 5 LSU, No. 10 FIU and two wins over No. 19 Stetson. Kalhkoff was named First Team All-Conference USA and an AVCA Second Team All-American. During her first season at FIU, she went 25-5 with a 13-0 record on court four, 7-2 on court three and a 5-1 on court two. She earned ranked wins over No. 3 Florida State, No. 11 Stetson, No. 12 FAU, No. 14 South Carolina and No. 20 Florida Gulf Coast. She was named to the CCSA All-Freshman Team. Kalhkoff will join a Seminole team that finished as national runners-up. Florida State finished the 2022 season with a 33-1 record. The Noles also won their sixth straight CCSA Championship. For more information, visit Facebook (Florida State Beach Volleyball), Twitter (FSU BeachVB)
Tallahassee, Fla. – Madison Fitzpatrick was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team Thursday. The Senior was named the CCSA Scholar-Athlete of the Year earlier this season.
Fitzpatrick is the third Seminole to earn CCSA Scholar-Athlete of the Year, following Molly McBain in 2021 and Macy Jerger in 2017-19.
Fitzpatrick has a 3.977 GPA while pursuing her master’s degree in Media Communication Studies. She was 32-9 this season with 21 wins on court two and 11 wins on court three. She ranks in a tie for 15th at FSU in all-time wins with 90 and ranks third all-time in wins as a pair with Alaina Chacon (58 wins).
Fitzpatrick was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team earlier this month as she went 6-1 at the NCAA Tournament with Chacon. The two helped lead the Seminoles to a national runner-up finish.
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Gulf Shores, Ala. – The Florida State Seminoles concluded their season with a loss to No. 1 USC in the championship match after fighting back through the elimination bracket. The Seminoles earned their spot in the final match after a 3-2 victory over third-seed UCLA.
Alaina Chacon and Madison Fitzpatrick had a stellar weekend, going 6-1 at the tournament. Two of their wins were the only match points for the Seminoles against USC and against an unbeaten pair. The redshirt senior duo earned All-Tournament accolades at the second flight and have left their mark on the FSU program with 58 wins as a pair, placing them at second all-time.
Chacon leaves FSU with 104 career wins, 100 of which were dual wins placing her at second all-time for dual wins. She is also second for wins on court one with 45 and tied for fourth for wins on court two with 36. Fitzpatrick is third all-time for wins on court two with 39 and is tied at seventh for dual match wins with 85.
FSU 3, UCLA 2
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