Volleyball Sweeps Florida State

Sunday, October 22

Tallahassee, FL

1:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

14-6, 8-2

Florida State

11-7, 5-5

Louisville

FSU

October 22, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score UL at FSU Box Score

Cards win 27-25, 25-21, 25-20

By: Nancy Worley

Senior Maggie DeJong had 10 kills and seven blocks to lead the University of Louisville to a 27-25, 25-21, 25-20 sweep of Florida State in ACC volleyball action Sunday afternoon in Tallahassee.

UofL (14-6, 8-2 ) hit .188 with seven aces and ten blocks. The Cards had 11 kills from Melanie McHenry who added two aces and three blocks. Setter Wilma Rivera had four kills, 33 assists, seven digs and two blocks. The Seminoles (11-7, 5-5) hit .092 with a pair of aces and eight blocks. The Noles were led by Milica Kubura's nine kills.

The Cardinals had a late wakeup call in the first set falling behind 6-1. A 5-0 run helped bring them back at 6-5 but the Noles managed to gain breathing room when they took a 14-10 lead and then spread it to 17-12 while the Cards struggled with negative hitting percentage. UofL took its first lead at 22-21 when FSU was called for an overlap. A Jasmine Bennett slide for a kill gave the Cards its first set point but FSU answered and the teams traded points until kills by Melanie McHenry and Tess Clark gave the Cards the 27-25 win. UofL improved to .214 hitting and had three aces. FSU faded to .114 hitting but had three blocks.

In the second set, UofL popped out to a 12-8 lead with a 4-0 run started by an Amanda Green kill. FSU countered with a 5-0 run to go up 15-12. UofL regained the lead at 17-16 on a Melanie McHenry ace. UofL's hitting had heated up to .273 and the Cards used it to get to set point at 24-19 on a kill by Tess Clark. FSU scored twice but an ace by Molly Sauer ended the comeback for the 25-21, giving the Cards a 2-0 set lead going into the break.

In the third set, FSU came out an ran out to a 5-1 lead after the break. The Seminoles took advantage of Cardinal errors to increase their lead to 12-8 on a hitting error by DeJong. The Cards dug in and put together a 7-3 run that featured two kills by both Melanie McHenry and Tess Clark to tie at 15. FSU battled by to a 18-16 lead but were outscored 7-4 down the stretch. In that stretch, Wilma Rivera had a kill on a free ball, a block with Maggie DeJong and another kill by DeJong.

UofL will have just two days of rest before heading to South Bend for a midweek tilt with Notre Dame on Wednesday at 7 p.m.