Volleyball Falls to Virginia in Five Sets

The Florida State volleyball workforce (12-6, 4-3) fell to the Virginia Cavaliers (9-9, 1-6) in 5 units (25-21, 28-30, 25-11, 22-25, 12-15) Friday evening at Memorial Health club in Charlottesville, Va.

The Cavaliers received off to an incredible begin in set one, however the Seminoles rallied again from a 17-8 deficit whereas utilizing a 17-4 run to take the primary set 25-21. Audrey Koenig sealed the set with back-to-back service aces.

A backwards and forwards set two got here right down to the wire, however the Seminoles have been unable to make the most of three set factors, and Virginia took the set 30-28.

The Seminoles responded in an enormous means in set three. The Noles jumped out to a 6-1 lead and by no means appeared again cruising to a 25-11 win to take a 2-1 lead within the match.

The Cavaliers wouldn’t go away and got here out firing within the fourth set to take an 18-10 lead. The Noles rallied again with an 8-2 run to chop the result in two, however Virginia closed out the set to pressure a fifth set.

The 2 groups have been even by means of the primary 12 factors of the match, however Virginia used a 4-1 run to create sufficient separation to go on and win the match-deciding fifth set.

The Noles might be again in motion Sunday in opposition to No. 8 Pitt. First serve is about for 1 p.m., and the match might be streamed on ACCNX.

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