MATCH STATS
- #16 Florida State def. TCU (RV) 3-1, (25-16, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21)
- Florida State moves to 5-1; TCU falls to 4-2
- Tallahassee, Florida
- Attendance: 397
- Box Score
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State Seminoles defeated the TCU Horned Frogs in a four set battle on Sunday afternoon in the Home2Suites by Hilton Tallahassee Seminole Invitational (25-16, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21).
Both teams looked strong in the match, but the Seminoles’ defense was able to put up better numbers on the match for the victory. The Horned Frogs dug 58 balls with 5 blocks, while Florida State scooped up 70 and added 9 blocks.
Set 1 and 2 were offensively controlled by Milica Kubura until she left the match with a leg injury in the second set. The Seminoles adjusted to playing without her in sets two and three, and the defense picked up in response. The Seminoles played more smoothly in set 4, as they had to in order to keep up with the level at which TCU was competing.
Natasha Calkins paced the Seminoles with 17 kills and a .350 clip, while Kubura and Christina Ambrose added 12 a piece. Dehoog hit an impressive .632 on the match with zero errors. Junior outside hitters Ashleigh Martin and Lexi Maclean led the offense for the Horned Frogs. Martin contributed 15 kills with a .429 hitting percentage and Maclean, added 13 kills.
Defensively, the four set match had a total of 128 digs. Leading the back row for TCU with 24 digs was freshman libero, Dani Dennison. Cecilie Woie, senior libero for the Seminoles, led Florida State in digs with 20.
This marks the second time the Seminoles and Horned Frogs have met. The first was in 2007 where Florida State defeated TCU by the same score, 3-1.
PRESS RELEASES
Courtesy of Florida State Athletics
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The No. 15 Florida State volleyball team took down the TCU Horned Frogs on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 3rd) in the final match of the Home2 Suites by Hilton Tallahassee Seminole Invitational. The Seminoles went 2-1 in its home tournament, taking down UNC Asheville and TCU to earn second place in the tournament.
In the first set, the Seminoles’ offense came out swinging, hitting .519 through the set with 15 kills on 27 attacks and only one error. Both of the first two sets were dominated offensively by senior outside hitter Milica Kubura, who tallied six kills in each set.
As TCU’s offense began to click in the second set, it was a strong defensive effort from Florida State that helped the Seminoles win the set. With 28 digs – shared by eight different players – and three blocks in the set, the Seminoles held the Horned Frogs to a .151 hitting percentage.
When Kubura left the match with an injury, the FSU offense was able to keep up the momentum with a hitting percentage of .293 in the third set, and a strong defensive presence helped to keep the set close. TCU was able to get a lead on Florida State, fighting back defensively and outhitting the Seminoles to take the set.
The Seminoles finished it off by putting pressure on the net in the fourth set, hitting .393 with three team blocks. While the Horned Frogs were able to hold the Seminoles at match point for multiple points toward the end, Florida State was able to win 25-21 and take the match 3-1.
Quoting head coach Chris Poole
“I was really proud of this team today. Yesterday was extremely disappointing for all of us and the girls knew they did not perform well. It would have been easy to let down today as well, but the girls came out and played great the first set to get us started.
“When Mili had to leave the match in the second set we could have completely folded as a team. Instead we saw some great performances from them, and really everyone contributed to the win.”
Quoting junior defensive specialist Logan Holanchock
On what the team did to prepare for each match…
“In our first game against UNC Asheville we were really focusing on our own game, we knew that if we played well we would be successful. But we knew the next two teams were going to be a challenge, so when we watched film against Colorado State we tried to focus on their play as well as our own. We had to make sure we were able to be in position because of how strong their outsides are. After the loss we tried to focus on what went wrong, because if you don’t learn from a loss then it was pointless. I think we came back and did really well.”
Quoting junior outside hitter Christina Ambrose
On how tournaments like this help prepare the team for a tough ACC schedule…
“These games are nice because they’re good practice heading into ACC play. It’s nice to see what we have to work on and what we need to get better at, as well as what we’re good at. It gives us a good idea of what we need to do when we go back to practice to work on those things.”
Up Next for the Seminoles
Florida State volleyball will now look forward to its next opponent, the Tennessee Volunteers. FSU will host the FSU-FAMU Classic on Sept. 8th and 9th, taking on Tennessee at Tully Gym on Friday, Sept. 8th and hosting the Arizona Wildcats at the Al Lawson Center on FAMU’s campus.
All regular season home matches for Florida State are free to the public, and all FSU home matches at Tully Gym will be streamed live through ACC Network Extra.
Notes
- Florida State’s season record improves to 5-1.
- Florida State’s record over TCU improves to 2-0.
- The only other time Florida State played TCU prior to this match was in 2007, when the Seminoles beat the Horned Frogs by the same score of 3-1 at home.
- Junior setter Brianne Burkert recorded her 18th career double-double against the Horned Frogs with 44 assists and 14 digs.
- Burkert has recorded a double-double in four of FSU’s five matches so far this season.
- Senior outside hitter Milica Kubura earned a season high .632 hitting percentage. She tallied 12 kills on 19 total attacks with no errors.
- Kubura left the match in the second set with a leg injury.
- FSU is now 2-0 in matches when outhitting its opponent.
Courtesy of TCU Athletics
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A tough battled went down on Sunday afternoon as the TCU volleyball team went up against No. 15 Florida State with the Seminoles ultimately coming out on top, 3-1 (25-16, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21), in the final match of the Home2 Suites Tallahassee Seminole Invitational inside Tully Gymnasium in Tallahassee, Fla.
A slow start hampered the Horned Frogs (4-2) as the Seminoles (5-1) hit .519 in the opening set to take the 1-0 lead in the match. A back-and-forth battled ensued in the second set and a late run by TCU put the team ahead 22-20. Florida State buckled down and rattled off five straight points to steal the set, 25-23 and go up 2-0 in the match.
The Frogs rebounded by taking the third set as the team put down 17 kills and a .342 hitting percentage to grab the set and force the fourth. The teams fought and traded points in the fourth set with the scored tied on nine occasions and the lead changed five times. Florida State gained the upper hand with a late 5-0 run as they went on to take the final set 25-21.
Ashleigh Martin led the team for the third straight match with 15 kills, while Lexi MacLeanput down 13 kills and Allye Beth Deaton was good for 11 kills. Dani Dennison anchored the back row with 24 digs with Berklie Baker good for eight digs and three service aces.
Stat of the Match
4 – The number of TCU players who recorded season-highs in the match. Ashleigh Martinput down a season-high 15 kills while Lexi MacLean tied her season-high at 13 kills. Berklie Baker served up a season-high three service aces and Dani Dennison picked up a season-high 24 digs.
Quotes of the Match
TCU Director of Volleyball Jill Kramer
Opening Statement
“This was a hard-fought match on both sides of the net. I really liked the way our team fought when we were down two sets. We hadn’t been in that situation before and there was still a lot of fight in them. It just comes down to us doing some things more consistently. On our side as a coaching staff, this is probably the most detailed scout we have given them and we started planning out some new things that none of them have done before. We had worked on it in practice a little bit, but we changed up some things we did defensively. We will learn those because we are going to have to do those at some point during match play. We are going to learn from those things and get better. It was really promising though and I saw a lot of really promising things in this match.”
Notes
-TCU falls to 4-2 on the season with the loss to Florida State on Sunday
-With the win by the Seminoles, Florida State moves to 2-0 all-time against TCU
-Ashleigh Martin led the team for the third-straight match with a season-high 15 kills against Florida State
-Martin reached double-digit kills for the third straight match and 15th time in her career on Sunday
-Allye Beth Deaton reached double-digit kills for the second time this season while MacLean totaled 10+ kills for the third time as a Horned Frog
-Kaylee Smith led the team in assists for the third time this season with 25 in the match, while Lamprini Konstantinidou was good for 23 assists
-TCU totaled 5.0 blocks in the match with Sarah Swanson leading the way with 3.0
-Dani Dennison got the libero start again and picked up a career-high 24 digs in the match
-Dennison continued her streak of consecutive double-digit dig matches with six and collected 20+ digs for the third time this season
Up Next
TCU will return to the friendly confines of The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center as they host Fight at the Fort from Sept. 8-9. The Frogs will welcome Duke on Friday at 6 p.m., with the match to air live on FOX Sports Southwest Plus and will then take on Lehigh and Utah Valley on Saturday at 1:30 p.m., and 7 p.m., respectively.
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