Florida State Falls to California in Five Sets; Filimaua Reaches 1,000 Career Kills

Friday, November 6

8 p.m.

Florida State

13-11,7-6ACC

California

17-7,7-6ACC

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
California	22	20	25	25	15	3
Florida St.	25	25	22	18	8	2

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11/6/2026 11:34:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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TALLAHASSEE – The Florida State volleyball team (13-11, 7-6 ACC) fell to California (17-7, 7-6 ACC) 3-2 on Friday evening inside Tully Gymnasium.

Senior outside hitter Kyleene Filimaua recorded her 1,000th career kill during the match, becoming the eighth Seminole in program history to record 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. Filimaua also became one of just 13 active NCAA Division I players to reach the milestone and one of only three active Power Four players to accomplish the feat.

Filimaua led the Seminoles with a match-high 23 kills on a .232 hitting percentage and added 13 digs for her 10th double-double of the season. She recorded 23 or more kills for the second consecutive match and now has four matches this season with at least 20 kills and 10 digs.

Junior opposite hitter Bailey Higgins tied her career high with 14 kills and added 10 digs and three blocks, recording her third career double-double.

Middle blockers Nenu Kpea and Delaney Ewing finished with eight and six kills, respectively. Ewing led the team with a .322 hitting percentage and added two blocks.

Junior setter Emma Lilo recorded a match-high and season-high 46 assists to go along with a team-high 17 digs for her ninth double-double of the season.

Florida State found itself trailing early in the first set and called a timeout down 11-6. The Seminoles responded with a 9-2 run to take their first lead of the set and carried a 15-13 advantage into the media timeout. Florida State held the lead the rest of the way, taking the opening set 25-22.

The Seminoles again used a timeout to spark a scoring run in the second set. Trailing 9-4, FSU responded with an 11-3 run to take a 15-12 lead into the media timeout. After California tied the set at 18-18, Florida State used another timeout and closed the set on a 7-2 run to take a 2-0 match lead with a 25-20 victory.

Florida State jumped out to an early 11-8 lead in the third set before Cal put together a 3-0 run. The Seminoles held a 15-13 advantage at the media timeout, but Cal later took an 18-16 lead. FSU battled back to tie the set at 19-19. The teams remained tied at 22-22 before California scored the final three points to take the set 25-22.

FSU opened the fourth set with a 4-1 lead. The set remained within a point until California took an 11-9 advantage and extended its lead to 15-10 at the media timeout. Florida State cut the deficit to three at 17-14, but the Golden Bears closed the set 25-18 to even the match at two sets apiece.

In the deciding fifth set, California built an early nine-point lead. Florida State responded with a 5-0 run to force a timeout but still trailed 12-7. California closed out the set 15-8 to earn the 3-2 match victory.

Florida State remains at home to host No. 23 Stanford on Sunday for its Military Appreciation match. First serve is set for 1 p.m. inside Tully Gymnasium. The match will be broadcast live on ACCNX, with live stats available at Seminoles.com.

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