NC State Tripped Up by Noles

Friday, October 1

Tallahassee, Fla.

6:30 PM

NC State

7-7,1-2ACC

Florida State

9-3,2-1ACC

NC State

Florida St.

10/1/2021 9:26:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – NC State was unable to find a consistent rhythm to stop hot-handed Florida State and dropped a 3-1 (16-25, 26-24, 12-25, 21-25) decision in Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball action inside of Tully Gymnasium on Friday night.

The Wolfpack (7-7, 1-2 ACC) fought back to tie the score at one after two sets but the Seminoles (9-3, 2-1) used their early momentum and crowd support to hold off the Pack from grabbing another set.

Graduate student Melissa Evans led the way offensively with a game-best 18 kills, only recording six errors for a .324 hitting percentage to go along with four digs. Junior Kristen McDaniel nearly recorded a double-double with 27 assists and nine digs.

Senior Jade Parchment also played around a double-double as she recorded nine kills and nine digs. Graduate student Kaylee Frazier led the defense with 10 digs while sophomore Riley Shaak posted a team-high three blocks.

In the third set of the match, Parchment recorded her eighth kill of the game to allow her to eclipse 1,000 career kills and become the 12th player in program history to reach that threshold.

Set One (NC State 16, Florida State 25)
The first set was a battle early as neither team could gain more than a three-point lead before the 10th point. Leading 12-10, FSU reeled off a 4-0 run before going on an 8-1 run at 18-13 to create enough momentum to grab set one.

Set Two (NC State 26, Florida State 24)
Similar to the first set, the second set was a hard-fought affair as there were nine ties and seven lead changes. What looked as if NC State was going to run away with the set after diminishing the crowd noise off a service ace from McDaniel to take a 23-22 lead, the Seminoles quickly regained all energy getting back-to-back kills for set point. Parchment answered with a kill before Evans racked up her 10th kill of the set to force set point for the Pack. Shaak and junior Taylor Rowland brought it home with a solid block to even the score at 1-all.

Set Three (NC State 12, Florida State 25)
The third set was all Florida State's as the Seminoles jumped out to a quick 7-1 lead and never looked back. The Pack was unable to slow down FSU as it hit .667 in the set with 13 kills and only one error. NC State recorded more attacks but were only successful nine times while committing seven errors.

Set Four (NC State 21, Florida State 25)
The fourth set was close early on as the Pack stuck with FSU for the first half of the set but the Seminoles reeled off multiple mini runs to hold off all opportunities of forcing a fifth set. The Pack showed a lot of grit as the team recorded 13 kills in the set but FSU tallied 17 to walk away victorious.

Up Next
NC State continues its Florida road trip with a Sunday contest against Miami. First serve is slated for 1 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.