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Volleyball Falls in Four Sets at TCU
9/15/2023 9:35:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Seminoles.com) – Despite swinging some momentum with a third-set win, Florida State Volleyball was defeated in its first match at the Fight In The Fort on Friday, falling at TCU, 3-1 (22-25, 15-25, 25-22, 20-25), at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.
Freshman outside/libero Kyleene Filimaua led the Seminoles (5-5) with 12 kills against the Horned Frogs (6-4), while junior middle blocker Kiari Robey had 10 kills in 19 attacks with a .421 hitting percentage. Florida State's nation-leading hitting percentage was held in check on Friday as TCU forced the Seminoles to hit .210 in the match.
Filimaua added 18 digs for a double-double in what was a complete performance. Addi Hultquist got the start at the libero position and recorded 12 digs in the match.
Junior middle blocker Skye Ekes was also efficient with six kills in 11 swings and a .455 hitting percentage. Junior middle blocker Khori Louis had nine kills and senior right-side hitter Sydney Conley added seven.
Freshman setter Kenna Phelan led the Seminoles with 24 assists while graduate student Jelli Draskovic had 23.
TCU's Melanie Parra was difficult to stop with 34 kills on 67 total attacks.
The Horned Frogs hit .322 in the match. FSU limited its service errors with five while TCU had eight.
Despite going down 2-0 through two sets, FSU fought back to take the third. TCU built a 20-17 lead on an attack error by the Seminoles, but FSU trimmed its deficit to 21-20 on a kill by Robey. Trailing 22-20, FSU rattled off five consecutive points on kills by Audrey Koenig and Robey, consecutive errors by TCU and a set-ending kill from the right side for Conley.
FSU stayed competitive in the fourth frame but could not withstand TCU's key stretch that went from a 17-16 lead by the Horned Frogs to a 21-16 advantage on a big 4-0 run.
FSU finishes the tournament playing Hawaii on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. ET.
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