TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Coming off an emphatic sweep on the road at Miami, the Florida State volleyball team will look to keep that momentum as they head to Atlanta, Ga., to face No. 13 Georgia Tech. First serve is set for 1 p.m. on ACCNX. The two teams played just under three weeks ago inside of Tully Gym. The Seminoles gave the then ranked No. 10 Yellow Jackets all they could handle. The Seminoles took the first two sets, but Georgia Tech rallied to win the final three sets to defeat the Seminoles in five sets. Scouting the Yellow Jackets Georgia Tech is having another great season with a 19-7 record and is ranked No. 13 in the AVCA coaches poll. The Yellow Jackets are coming off a five-set loss to Pitt on Wednesday night. Since defeating the Seminoles in five sets on Nov. 6, the Yellow Jackets have dropped two out of its last three games with its only win coming against Clemson. The Yellow Jackets have one of the top hitters in the country in Julia Bergmann. Bergmann has tallied 500 ki
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State volleyball team begins its final week of the regular season with a key matchup with the Miami Hurricanes on Wednesday in Coral Gables, Fla. First serve is set for 3 p.m. and can be seen live on ACC Network Extra. The two teams met on Oct. 5 inside of Tully Gym in an instant classic. The Noles jumped out to a 2-0 match lead, but the Hurricanes took sets three and four to force a fifth set where the Seminoles were victorious. The win snapped a three-game losing streak to the Hurricanes. Scouting the Hurricanes The Miami Hurricanes have been on a tear in the last month as they are winners of 10 out of its last 11 matches. The Hurricanes have only lost two matches since the loss to the Noles on Oct. 5 in Tallahassee. The Hurricanes are led by junior Angela Grieve. Grieve is fourth in the conference with 3.95 kills per set and 403 total kills. The Hurricanes also have the best setter in the conference with Savannah Vach. Vach leads the ACC with 10.36 a
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Sydney Conley, Audrey Koenig and Emery Dupes were each named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team on Tuesday afternoon. We have a very competitive academic team. While volleyball is an important part of their college experience, they understand that their academic achievements will last a lifetime and are important for their career after volleyball. I'm very proud that these young ladies have been recognized, Head Coach Chris Poole said. Conley, Koenig and Dupes have been key pieces to the Seminoles' 18-9 season and have also been phenomenal in the classroom. Koenig leads the team in kills with 298 and is second on the team in aces with 32. Koenig is the fastest Nole to reach 200 kills since Payton Caffrey in the 2019 season as she reached 200 kills in 18 matches this season. Koenig is majoring in biological science and holds a 4.00 GPA. Koenig was named to the 2021 All-ACC Academic team. Conley has had a great junior year campai
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State volleyball team (18-9, 10-6) showed great resilience in their home finale on Friday night at Tully Gym, pulling out a hard-fought four-set victory (14-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-18) over the North Carolina Tar Heels (15-12, 7-9). The win marks the Seminoles' 12th victory at home, the most since 2015. The Noles held a slight 10-9 advantage early in the first set but the Tar Heels were able to rattle off 11 consecutive points to take a commanding lead. UNC would go on to take the set 25-14, led by Mabrey Shaffmaster's six kills. Florida State shook off its early struggles and went on a five-point run to take a 5-1 lead to begin the second set. North Carolina battled back to tie things up at 11 but the Noles could not be denied. FSU utilized an 8-1 run to claim a 25-18 victory. Emily Ryan and Khori Louis combined for nine of the Noles' 14 kills. Set three saw both teams deadlocked at 13 before a five-point run from the Seminoles gave them a