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Noles Battle, Fall to Florida in Five Set Thriller
9/12/2023 8:50:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – Despite a dominant first set victory, Florida State Volleyball (5-4) was unable to come away with a win, falling to Florida, 3-2 (25-18, 22-25, 25-23, 17-25, 25-22, 14-16) in five sets on Tuesday night in Tallahassee, Fla.
The Seminoles started strong, opening the first set with four straight points, with the crowd in Tully Gymnasium helping fuel the Noles. An early 8-2 lead for Florida State and a 6-1 run helped the Seminoles take the first set 25-18. Audrey Koenig's five first-set kills led the Noles.
A highly contested second set was brought to within one after a kill by Khori Louis made it 22-21 UF. An error by FSU won the second set for the Gators 25-22.
After a 5-5 start to the third set, the Gators held a 16-15 lead before a pair of errors by the Gators, an ace, and two kills by Louis gave Florida State a 20-17 advantage. A kill by Audrey Koenig gave the Seminoles set point before a kill from Louis clinched the third set for the Noles.
Florida took the fourth set with a score of 25-17.
In the match-deciding set, after a back-and-forth start the Seminoles opened with a slim 10-9 lead. After a successful Florida State challenge tied the set at 14, back-to-back kills by Florida's Sofia Victoria sealed the win for the Gators.
Louis led Florida State with 14 kills and a team-high .571 hitting percentage. Koenig also finished with 14 kills.
UF's Kennedy Martin led all hitters with 25 kills in the match while teammate AC Fitzpatrick provided 22 kills, as the Gators hit .276 in the win.
Multiple Seminoles finished the game with double-digit kills. Kiari Robey and Audrey Rothman contributed 10 kills apiece.
Kyleene Filimaua, Rothman and Jelli Draskovic all added double digit digs for the Seminoles.
FSU travels to Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday at 7 p.m. ET to take on TCU. The match will be televised on ESPN+.
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