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No. 20 Seminoles Earn Gutsy Sweep Over UC Santa Barbara
8/31/2024 6:28:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
TALLAHASSEE - The No. 20 Florida State Seminoles (2-0) continue its dominance of the Seminole Invitational as they defeated the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (0-2) after a sweep (25-17, 31-29, 25-22) on Saturday afternoon in the teams' first meeting since 2017.Â
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The Noles fought well in the first set of the day against the Gauchos. The offensive power was showing its true strength through the first half, creating a scoring gap between the two teams before the Gauchos minimized their errors, drawing closer to the Seminoles. The Seminoles closed off this set with an 8-1 scoring run thanks to some timely serving to win the first set 25-17. FSU outhit the Gauchos .318 to .091 in the first set with Kyleene Filimaua leading the way with three kills
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The second set was back-and-forth throughout the entire set, but the Gauchos found a little separation taking a 21-19 lead. The Seminoles fought off six set points and finally prevailed as back-to-back kills by Filimaua gave the Noles its first set point of the set and Khori Louis smashed a perfect set to send Tully Gym into a frenzy to give the Noles a 31-29 win to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the match.Â
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It was another close set in set three with the Gauchos once again taking a 21-19 lead, but FSU dominated late scoring six out of the final seven points capped off by a kill from Maddie Snider to end the match.Â
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The offensive attacks were led by Taylor Head with an impressive 15 kills, with Khori Louis following close behind with 13 kills. The Seminoles destroyed the serving game, having a total of 10 serving aces between the three sets. The Noles finished with a .324 hitting percentage, while holding the Gauchos to a .237 percentage.
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The Seminoles will conclude the Seminole Invitational tomorrow against the No. 25 Georgia Bulldogs at 3 p.m. on the ACC Network.
For updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on X (FSU_Volleyball), Instagram (fsuvolleyball) and Facebook (Florida State Seminoles Volleyball).Â
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The Noles fought well in the first set of the day against the Gauchos. The offensive power was showing its true strength through the first half, creating a scoring gap between the two teams before the Gauchos minimized their errors, drawing closer to the Seminoles. The Seminoles closed off this set with an 8-1 scoring run thanks to some timely serving to win the first set 25-17. FSU outhit the Gauchos .318 to .091 in the first set with Kyleene Filimaua leading the way with three kills
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The second set was back-and-forth throughout the entire set, but the Gauchos found a little separation taking a 21-19 lead. The Seminoles fought off six set points and finally prevailed as back-to-back kills by Filimaua gave the Noles its first set point of the set and Khori Louis smashed a perfect set to send Tully Gym into a frenzy to give the Noles a 31-29 win to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the match.Â
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It was another close set in set three with the Gauchos once again taking a 21-19 lead, but FSU dominated late scoring six out of the final seven points capped off by a kill from Maddie Snider to end the match.Â
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The offensive attacks were led by Taylor Head with an impressive 15 kills, with Khori Louis following close behind with 13 kills. The Seminoles destroyed the serving game, having a total of 10 serving aces between the three sets. The Noles finished with a .324 hitting percentage, while holding the Gauchos to a .237 percentage.
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The Seminoles will conclude the Seminole Invitational tomorrow against the No. 25 Georgia Bulldogs at 3 p.m. on the ACC Network.
For updates and exclusive content, follow the Seminoles on X (FSU_Volleyball), Instagram (fsuvolleyball) and Facebook (Florida State Seminoles Volleyball).Â
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Team Stats
UCSB
FSU
Kills
36
51
Errors
13
18
Attempts
97
102
Hitting %
.237
.324
Points
46.0
66.0
Assists
35
48
Aces
2
10
Blocks
8
5
Game Leaders
Kills
15
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
11
Aces
4
Blocks
0
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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