Volleyball Comes Up Short Against Florida State on Senior Day

Friday, November 23

Raleigh, N.C.

2 P.M.

NC State

15-13, 9-9ACC

(RV) Florida State

19-9, 15-3ACC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Florida State	19	25	30	25	3
NC State	25	19	28	19	1

Photo by: Chris Baird

Volleyball Comes Up Short Against Florida State on Senior Day

11/23/2018 6:03:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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NC State ends the season by winning five of its last six matches

RALEIGH, N.C. – Facing one of the toughest teams in the ACC, the NC State volleyball team saw its five-match win streak come to a close against the Florida State Seminoles, 3-1 (25-19, 19-25, 28-30, 19-25), on Senior Day Friday afternoon inside Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum.

The Wolfpack opened the contest strong with a 25-19 win to take a 1-0 lead in the match, but the Seminoles, which are second place in the conference and receiving votes for the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top-25 Poll, answered by winning the next three sets.

NC State finishes the season with a 15-13 overall record and a 9-9 mark in ACC play, while Florida State moves to 19-9 and 15-3 in conference action. The Wolfpack's six seniors Kassie Kasper, Sarah Konchan, Makenzie Kuchmaner, Keira Moore, Kylie Pickrell and Teni Sopitan were honored following the match.

The senior class is the winningest ACC class in program history with 42 wins and helped lead NC State to its first NCAA Tournament victory a season ago.

Match Rewind
- A service error from Florida State started the match and NC State never trailed en route to earning a 25-19 first-set victory, although the score was tied three times.
- The Wolfpack grabbed a 15-9 lead heading into the media timeout after a block solo from Sopitan and a kill from Moore.
- After FSU rallied to trim the NC State lead to three at 21-18, a kill from Pickrell ignited a 3-0 run as the Wolfpack went on to win the frame.
- NC State logged a .405 team attacking percentage in the first set, while limiting Florida State to a .290 clip.
- After Florida State responded with a strong second set to knot the match at one, an all-out battle ensued in the third set.

- NC State rallied from a 24-22 deficit to level the score and take a 25-24 advantage, fighting off a pair of set points for FSU in the process.
- The teams traded points for the next few rallies, before consecutive kills from Christina Ambrose gave the Seminoles a 30-28 win.
- Florida State turned in its best offensive set of the day in the fourth, as they tallied a .462 attacking percentage and limited NC State to a .188 clip.
- Following a kill from Melissa Evans and a service ace from Kaylee Frazier to cut the deficit to 21-19, the 'Noles answered with a 4-0 run to close out the set and the match.

Top Performers
- Freshman Jade Parchment led all players in the contest with 19 kills and she also added seven digs. Sopitan put down 17 kills, while Evans added 10.
- At setter, Pickrell dished out a match-high 54 assists to go along with six digs and four kills.
- Defensively, senior libero Kuchmaner became just the third player in program history to surpass 500 digs in a single season, as she ended the match with 22.