Seminoles Head to Statesboro for First Time to Face Georgia Southern

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida State volleyball team (5-3) will face Georgia Southern in Statesboro for the first time in program history on Saturday afternoon at Hanner Fieldhouse. First serve is set for 2 p.m. on ESPN+.

Seminoles Travel to Statesboro to Take On Georgia Southern

After a couple of big wins at Tully Gym last week, the Seminoles will head to Statesboro to take on Georgia Southern.
Georgia Southern has gotten off to a great start and is 9-1 this season. The Eagles and Noles have shared a couple of common opponents. The Eagles took down North Florida in four sets and UIC in five sets. The Eagles lone loss came at Georgia in five sets.

Series History

FSU and Georgia Southern have not met since 2013 in the NCAA Tournament.
FSU leads the all-time series 5-0 and has never dropped a set to the Eagles.
This will be the first meeting in Statesboro between these two teams.

Last Time Out

The Noles had a great start to their home slate this past weekend as they defeated Auburn and Georgia State each in four sets.
FSU's win over Auburn was its best win of the year as they rallied back after being swept by the Tigers just two days earlier. Iane Henke led the way with 19 kills while Kyleene Filimaua added 16 kills. Nenu Kpea tallied 11 kills and led the team with six blocks. After Auburn blocked the Seminoles 17 times on Friday night, the Noles rallied back and were blocked just two times while the Noles tallied 11 blocks on Sunday.
The Noles came back on Monday for their fourth match in six days and defeated Georgia State in four sets. Freshman Nenu Kpea was on fire for the Noles as she led the way with 13 kills while hitting .565 and eight blocks. Iane Henke added 12 kills for the Noles as well.

Henke Leading Noles in Senior Season

Iane Henke was looking to take a big step in her second year with the Garnet and Gold and looks to have done so after the first few weeks.
Henke leads the team with 121 kills and is averaging 4.03 kills per set.
In the four matches against North Florida, USF, South Carolina and Oklahoma, Henke tallied 15 or more kills in all four of those matches while hitting over .300 in all those matches. Henke is the first FSU player since Norisha Campbell in 2001 to accomplish that feat.
Henke also recorded 15 or more kills in six consecutive matches from Aug. 30-Sept. 14 which is the longest streak since Payton Caffrey had six consecutive matches with 15 or more kills in 2018.
Against UIC, Henke had seven service aces which was tied for the fourth-most in FSU history. Henke joined Audrey Koenig as the only two FSU players to record seven or more aces in the past 20 seasons.
Henke's seven aces are tied for the most in a three-set match of any player in the country this season.
Against Oklahoma, Henke tallied 18 kills which was a career best with Florida State.
Henke was the 2022 Division II AVCA National Freshman of the Year at Cal State LA.

Filimaua Off to Great Start in 2025

Filimaua is FSU's most experienced and productive returner as she enters as a two-year starter in her junior season.
Filimaua had the best match of her career against South Florida on September 5. Filimaua had a career high 22 kills on 54 attempts.
Filimaua has recorded 99 kills along with 59 digs and a team-leading 15 service aces.
Flimaua has recorded double digit kills in five out of her last seven matches.
In 2024, Filimaua did a little bit of everything as she recorded 173 kills, 66 assists, 27 aces, 267 digs and 23 blocks. Filimaua filled in at libero during the middle of the season last year but will return to her main position as an outside hitter in 2025.

Kpea Impressing In Her Freshman Season

Nenu Kpea has had a great start to her career in the Garnet and Gold and has taken her play to the next level the past few matches
Kpea has played in all 30 sets for FSU and leads the team with 40 blocks and 1.33 blocks per set.
Kpea has recorded 64 kills, and she has recorded double digit kills in back-to-back matches
Against UNF on August 30, Kpea had a game-high eight blocks against the Ospreys.

Ewing's Perfect Match

Delaney Ewing made a splash in her first match with the Garnet and Gold.
Against UIC, Ewing had seven kills on seven swings in the Noles' sweep over the Flames.
Ewing has recorded 31 kills and 27 blocks in 27 sets.
Ewing comes from the University of San Francisco where she recorded 155 kills and 83 blocks in her freshman season.

Noles Bring On Former Sun Belt Libero of the Year in Mio Yamamoto

The Noles made a big splash in the transfer portal in picking up 2023 Sun Belt Libero of the Year Mio Yamamoto from Louisiana.
Yamamoto was a two-time All-Sun Belt First Team selection in her two seasons in Lafayette.
Yamamoto ranked in the top 25 in the country in digs per set and recorded 13 matches with 20 or more digs in 2024.
Yamamoto has the most career digs of anyone on FSU's roster.
Yamamoto leads the team with 97 digs and has also added 12 aces.

Nicholson and Stevenson Leading FSU's Offense

FSU brought in a couple of transfers from the portal to lead the offense for the 2025 season.
Lily Nicholson comes from TCU where she played in 112 out of the 113 sets for the Horned Frogs last season.
Nicholson became just the eighth player in TCU history to record 1,000 assists with her 1,108 assists in her sophomore campaign.
She averaged 9.89 assists per set which ranked fifth in the Big 12 and 60th nationally.
She helped the Horned Frogs record a .252 hitting percentage over the course of the season which was tied for the second-best mark in school history.
Nicholson leads the Seminoles with 142 assists.
Stevenson comes from Montana State where she started two seasons for the Bobcats.
Stevenson recorded over 1,000 assists in 2023 and added 664 assists in 2024.
Stevenson tallied 68 service aces in her two seasons in Bozeman.
Stevenson has recorded 132 assists in eight matches.

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Seminoles Head to Statesboro for First Time to Face Georgia Southern

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Delaney Ewing

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Audrey Koenig

Nenu Kpea

Lily Nicholson

Mio Yamamoto

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Seminoles Head to Statesboro for First Time to Face Georgia Southern

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Players Mentioned

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Kyleene Filimaua

Iane Henke

Audrey Koenig

Nenu Kpea

Lily Nicholson

Mio Yamamoto

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