Updated: 8/29/18 Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati
TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN
VOLLEYBALL 20 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • FIVE SWEET 16 APPEARANCES • TWO ELITE EIGHTS • ONE FINAL FOUR FOUR ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS • 17 AVCA ALL-AMERICAN HONOREES • 40 AVCA ALL-REGION HONOREES • 38 ALL-ACC HONOREES
2018 SEASON COLORADO STATE TOURNAMENT Overall Record ...... 0-2 Aug. 31- Sept. 2 • Fort Collins, Colo. • Moby Arena Home Record ...... 0-0 Away Record ...... 0-1 TCU HORNED FROGS Neutral Record ...... 0-1 ACC Record ...... 0-0 Overall: 4-0 Head Coach: Jill Kramer All-time Series Record: FSU leads 2-0 2018 SCHEDULE Friday, August 31 • 3:00 pm MT AUGUST FSU/OPP RANK 24 at Minnesota 1 RV / 4 L, 0-3^ 25 vs Wisconsin 1 RV / 9 L, 1-3^ COLORADO STATE RAMS 31 vs TCU 2 - / - 5:00 pm Overall: 2-1 Head Coach: Tom Hilbert SEPTEMBER All-time Series Record: CSU leads 2-0 1 at Colorado State 2 - / 25 9:30 pm! Sat., Sept. 1 • 7:30 pm MT • MW Network 2 vs Cincinnati 2 - / - 12:00 pm 7 Virginia Commonwealth 3 - / - 6:00 pm+ 8 Southern Miss 3 - / - 11:30 am CINCINNATI BEARCATS 8 Florida A&M 3 - / - 7:00 pm Overall: 2-1 12 Florida - / - 6:00 pm+ Head Coach: Molly Alvey 16 at Auburn - / - 12:00 pm~ All-time Series Record: FSU leads 18-2 21 at Duke * - / - 6:30 pm+ Sunday, September 2 • 10:00 am MT 23 at Wake Forest * - / - 1:00 pm+ 28 at Virginia * - / - 7:00 pm+ Ò 30 at Pitt * - / - 1:00 pm+ »» 2018 marks the 50th season of volleyball at Florida State, and the 11th season under head coach Chris Poole. OCTOBER » The Seminoles will face TCU and Colorado State this weekend, two teams they saw 5 NC State * - / - 6:30 pm+ » last season at the Home2 Suites by Hilton Tallahassee Seminole Invitational. FSU 7 UNC * - / - 1:00 pm# went 2-1 at the tournament, with its only loss coming to CSU. 12 at Boston College * - / - 7:30 pm+ 14 at Syracuse * - / - 1:00 pm+ »» The team will see three AVCA Top-25 programs in their non-conference schedule this 19 Georgia Tech * - / - 6:30 pm+ season. Including this year, Poole and the Seminoles have faced 34 ranked oppo- 21 Clemson * - / - 1:00 pm+ nents in the preseason since his arrival in 2008. 24 at Miami * - / - 6:30 pm+ 28 Virginia Tech * - / - 1:00 pm+ »» Florida State has defeated an AVCA Top-25 team without being ranked five times under Coach Poole -- a 3-0 sweep over No. 8 Illinois in 2009, a 3-1 victory over No. 23 NOVEMBER Tulsa in 2011 and a 3-0 win over Miami in the same year. FSU went to the Elite Eight in 2 at Notre Dame * - / - 7:00 pm+ 2009 and the Final Four in 2011. 4 at Louisville * - / - 1:00 pm+ » The Seminoles will have 24 games broadcast on either a digital or linear channel, 11 Notre Dame * - / - 1:00 pm+ » including one match on ESPN2, one on Big Ten Network, one on BTN Plus, one on 16 Pitt * - / - 6:30 pm+ Mountain West network, one on SEC Network, and 19 on ACC Network Extra. 21 at UNC * - / - 2:00 pm+ 23 at NC State * - / - 2:00 pm+ »» FSU holds a 1,111-508 all-time record.
* Conference Opponent 1 Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Minneapolis, Minn.) MEDIA INFORMATION 2 Colorado State Tournament (Fort Collins, Colo.) 3 Home2 Suites Tallahassee Seminole Invitational (Tallahassee, Fla.) Volleyball SID...... Kelsey Bibik Phone ...... 850.644.5656 ^ Big Ten Network ! Mountain West Network Cell...... 850.228.7630 ~ SEC Network Fax ...... 850.644.3820 + ACC Network Extra E-mail ...... [email protected] # ESPNU Website ...... Seminoles.com Mailing Address...... 403 Stadium Dr., Tallahassee, Fla. 32306
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati 2018 QUICK FACTS Location ...... Tallahassee, Fla. Enrollment ...... 41,473 Symbol...... Seminoles School Colors ...... Garnet & Gold Conference Affiliation ...... Atlantic Coast President ...... John Thrasher Vice President / Director of Athletics ...... Stan Wilcox Senior Associate Athletics Director (Senior Women’s Administrator) ...... Vanessa Fuchs
Head Coach...... Chris Poole Alma Mater...... Arkansas Tech ‘83 Career Record...... 805-302 Overall Record at Florida State...... 255-71 ACC Record at Florida State...... 176-42 Associate Head Coach...... Jeff Hulsmeyer Alma Mater...... Kentucky ‘88 Assistant Head Coach...... Jordana Price Director of Volleyball Operations...... Hailey Luke Volleyball Office Phone...... 850.644.3003
Home Venue...... Tully Gymnasium Home Court ...... Lucy McDaniel Court Tully Gym Capacity ...... 1,250
First Year of Volleyball ...... 1968 All-Time Record
2017 Overall Record...... 18-11 2017 ACC Record...... 12-8 2017 ACC Finish...... T-5th Returning Letterwinners / Lost...... 7 / 5 Returning Starters / Lost...... 4 / 5
Twitter ...... FSU_Volleyball Facebook ...... facebook.com/FSUVolleyball Instagram ...... fsuvolleyball Website ...... www.seminoles.com SEMINOLES BY LOCATION
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati 2018 FLORIDA STATE VOLLEYBALL ROSTER
ALPHABETICAL NUMERICAL No. Name No. Name Pos. Ht. Class Hometown / High School (Last School) / Club Team 10 Christina Ambrose 1 Taylor Roberts L 5-4 Fr. Sneads, Fla. / Sneads High School 4 Mariah Brim 2 Alyssa Collins L 5-5 Fr. Fort Myers, Fla. / Bishop Verot High School 6 Brianne Burkert 3 Morgan Chacon OH 5-11 Fr. Crown Point, Ind. / Crown Point High School 15 Payton Caffrey 4 Mariah Brim RS 6-6 RFr Overland, Kan. / Aquinas High School 3 Morgan Chacon 5 Annie Tietjens S 5-8 RJr. St. Louis, Mo. / Ursuline Academy (Spring Hill College) 2 Alyssa Collins 6 Brianne Burkert S 6-1 Sr. Richardson, Texas / J.J. Pearce / Texas Advantage Volleyball 17 Adrian Ell 7 Lily Tessier S 6-3 Fr. Fort Myers, Fla. / Evangelical Christian High School 8 Tiana Jackson 8 Tiana Jackson MB 6-2 So. O’Fallon, Mo. / Fort Zumwalt North High School 13 Taryn Knuth 9 Madison Sullivan L 5-7 Jr. Jacksonville, Fla. / Duncan U. Fletcher / Jacksonville Juniors 11 Ashley Murray 10 Christina Ambrose OH 6-3 RSr. Winter Park, Fla. / Winter Park HS / Orlando Volleyball Academy 19 Danielle Pennington 11 Ashley Murray MB 6-2 RSr. Los Angeles, Calif. / Bishop Montgomery (Long Beach State) 1 Taylor Roberts 13 Taryn Knuth MB 6-3 So. Johnston, Iowa / Johnston High School 9 Madison Sullivan 15 Payton Caffrey OH 6-0 Jr. Chuluota, Fla. / Winter Springs High School (West Virginia) 7 Lily Tessier 17 Adrian Ell S 6-2 RFr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Archbishop McNicholas / NKYVC 15 Annie Tietjens 19 Danielle Pennington OH 6-0 Jr. Bettendorf, Iowa / Bettendorf HS / Eastern Iowa Extreme 20 Kelsey Wicinski 20 Kelsey Wicinski L 5-10 Sr. Geneva, Ill. / Geneva High School (Maryland) / Club Fusion 47 Deja Williams 47 Deja Williams MB 6-2 So. Suwanee, Ga. / Peachtree Ridge High School
SEMINOLES BY CLASS FRESHMEN ...... Mariah Brim, Morgan Chacon, Alyssa Collins, Adrian Ell, Taylor Roberts, Lily Tessier SOPHOMORES ...... Tiana Jackson, Taryn Knuth, Deja Williams JUNIORS...... Payton Caffrey, Madison Sullivan, Annie Tietjens SENIORS ...... Christina Ambrose, Brianne Burkert, Ashley Murray, Kelsey Wicinski
SEMINOLES BY POSITION OUTSIDE HITTERS ...... Christina Ambrose, Payton Caffrey, Morgan Chacon SETTERS ...... Brianne Burkert, Adrian Ell, Lily Tessier, Annie Tietjens RIGHT SIDE HITTER ...... Mariah Brim MIDDLE BLOCKERS ...... Tiana Jackson, Taryn Knuth, Ashley Murray, Deja Williams LIBEROS / DS ...... Alyssa Collins, Madison Sullivan, Taylor Roberts, Kelsey Wicinski
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Brianne Burkert: Burr-CURT Morgan Chacon: Sha-CONE Tiana Jackson: TEE-ah-nuh Taryn Knuth: TAIR-enn Kin-NOOT Lily Tessier: TEH-see-err Annie Tietjens: TEE-eh-jenns Kelsey Wicinski: Wih-SIN-skee Jeff Hulsmeyer: HUHLS-my-err Chuluota, Fla.: Choo-LEE-oh-ta
COACHING STAFF Head Coach...... Chris Poole Associate Head Coach ...... Jeff Hulsmeyer Assistant Coach...... Jordana Price Volunteer Assistant Coach ...... Mallory Mangun Director of Operations...... Hailey Luke Athletic Trainer...... Julia Giampaolo Strength and Conditioning Coach...... Natosha Gottlieb
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati
FSU’S 2018 RECORD WHEN... AVCA TOP 25 COACHES POLL Playing at home ...... 0-0 WEEK #1 POLL • AUGUST 27, 2018 Playing on the road ...... 0-1 No. School (1st Place Votes) Pts. 2018 Rec. Prev. Playing at a neutral site ...... 0-1 1 Stanford (57) 1591 1-0 1 Non-conference matches...... 0-2 2 Texas (7) 1530 2-0 3 ACC matches...... 0-0 3 Minnesota * 1429 2-0 4 In three-set matches...... 0-1 4 Florida * 1376 1-1 7 In four-set matches...... 0-1 5 Nebraska 1264 1-1 2 In five-set matches...... 0-0 6 Penn State 1258 3-0 6 When winning the first set...... 0-1 7 Southern California 1231 3-0 10 When losing the first set...... 0-1 8 Wisconsin * 1183 2-0 9 When winning the second set...... 0-0 9 BYU 1141 2-0 8 When losing the second set...... 0-2 10 UCLA 984 2-0 11 11 Illinois 946 3-0 12 When winning the third set...... 0-0 12 Baylor 854 3-0 16 When losing the third set...... 0-2 13 Washington 838 2-0 17 When winning the fourth set...... 0-0 14 Pittsburgh * 639 3-0 20 When losing the fourth set...... 0-1 15 Creighton 633 1-2 13 When winning the fifth set...... 0-0 16 Kentucky 609 0-3 5 When losing the fifth set...... 0-0 17 Northern Iowa 472 2-1 NR Hitting .300 +...... 0-0 18 Oregon 432 0-2 18 Hitting .200-.299...... 0-0 19 San Diego 405 0-2 14 Out-hitting a team...... 0-0 20 Purdue 341 3-0 23 Out-hit by a team...... 0-2 21 Colorado 295 2-1 15 Playing a ranked team...... 0-2 22 Utah 194 2-1 19 In August...... 0-2 23 Michigan 180 2-0 NR In September...... 0-0 24 Cal Poly 163 2-1 24 25 Colorado State * 140 1-1 25 In October...... 0-0 In November...... 0-0 Others receiving votes: Marquette 131; Iowa State 129; Louisville* In December...... 0-0 75; Wichita State 74; Washington State 68; Michigan State 41; Wyoming 36; Alabama 33; Oregon State 19; Ohio State 13; Arizona 10; Tennessee 5 TEAM STATISTICS * 2018 Opponent Stat Value Nat’l Rank ACC Rank Digs/set...... 19.57...... 13...... 2 2018 PRESEASON ACC POLL Attacks/set...... 39.43...... 31...... 2 Assists/set...... 13.14...... 45...... 3 1. Pitt (196 points) (14 first-place votes) 2. Louisville (180) (1 first-place vote) Blocks/set...... 2.43...... 81...... 7 3. Florida State (171) Kills/set...... 13.29...... 89...... 6 4. Notre Dame (137) 5. Duke (134) 6. North Carolina (121) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS 7. Miami (117) 8. NC State (117) Stat Name Value National ACC 9. Syracuse (110) Attacks/set.... Christina Ambrose...... 12.00...... 33...... 4 10. Georgia Tech (68) Attacks/set.... Payton Caffrey...... 11.86...... 43...... 5 11. Virginia Tech (55) Digs/set...... Kelsey Wicinski...... 5.00...... 59...... 2 12. Clemson (54) Kills/set...... Christina Ambrose...... 4.00...... 80...... 3 13. Wake Forest (51) Kills/set...... Payton Caffrey...... 4.00...... 80...... 3 14. Virginia (37) Points/set...... Payton Caffrey...... 4.50...... 84...... 3 15. Boston College (27)
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati
MATCH #3: TCU NOLES vs FROGS SCOUTING THE HORNED FROGS Overall...... 2-0 Home Record ...... 2-0 »» TCU opened the 2018 season hosting the Cowtown Classic, where they Away Record ...... 0-0 sweept UAB, Green Bay and SIUE, and then turned around to defeat North Neutral Record ...... 0-0 Dakota in four sets at home on Sunday. Date Season FSU / Opp. Opponent Result Scores Aug. 25 2007 - / - vs. TCU ! W, 3-1 30-25, 23-30, 30-16, 30-27 »» Freshman Élan McCall earned the Big 12 Rookie of the Week honor after her Sept. 3 2017 15 / - vs. TCU W, 3-1 25-16, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21 performance in opening weekend, tallying 59 total kills and a team-best 4.54 kills per set. FSU VS. TCU »» The two teams have met twice in the series, with Florida State defeating TCU both times in Tallahassee.
»» The last time they met, No. 15 FSU earned a four-set win over an unranked TCU team in the Home2 Suites by Hilton Tallahassee Seminole Invitational.
MATCH #4: NO. 25 COLORADO STATE NOLES vs RAMS SCOUTING THE RAMS Overall ...... 0-2 Home Record ...... 0-2 »» Colorado State dropped their home opener against No. 12 Illinois last Away Record ...... 0-0 weekend, losing in five sets on Aug. 24 in front of a record-setting crowd. . Neutral Record ...... 0-0 The Rams turned around to sweep UNC Wilmington the next day, and most Date Season FSU / Opp. Opponent Result Scores recently swept Northern Colorado on Tuesday (8/28). Dec. 4 1988 - / - vs. Colorado State ^ L, 1-3 3-15, 5-15, 15-9, 7-15 Sept. 2 2017 15 / - vs. Colorado State L, 0-3 21-25, 23-25, 15-25 »» Junior Paulina Hougaard-Jensen’s .471 hitting percentage in 2017 was the highest of any returning player in the country for the 2018 season. FSU VS. CSU »» The two teams have only met twice in the series, with CSU taking both matches in Tallahassee.
»» The last time they met, Colorado State handed FSU its only loss in the Home2 Suites by Hilton Tallahassee Seminole Invitation at the beginning of the 2017 season.
»» Florida State has never faced a ranked CSU team.
MATCH #5: CINCINNATI NOLES vs BEARCATS SCOUTING THE BEARCATS Overall ...... 18-2 Home Record ...... 5-1 »» Cincinnati opened the season at the Miami Best Western Sycamore Inn Away Record ...... 5-0 Invitational in Oxford, Ohio last weekend, defeating UC Santa Barbara in five Neutral Record ...... 8-1 sets and sweeping Saint Louis before falling to the hosting Redhawks. Last 10 Meetings FSU VS. UC Date Season FSU / Opp. Opponent Result Scores Oct. 24 1987 - / - at Cincinnati ? W, 3-2 15-12, 15-10, 7-15, 7-15, 15-8 »» The two teams have met 20 time, with eight of FSU’s 18 wins in the series Nov. 22 1987 - / - vs. Cincinnati $ W, 3-1 15-4, 15-12, 6-15, 15-11 coming in neutral territory. Oct. 28 1988 - / - vs. Cincinnati ? W, 3-2 12-15, 15-13, 13-15, 15-13, 15-4 Nov. 20 1988 - / - at Cincinnati # W, 3-1 10-15, 15-10, 15-7, 15-9 Oct. 14 1989 - / - at Cincinnati ? W, 3-1 15-8, 15-4, 8-15, 15-11 » » The last time the two met, Florida State took down Cincinnati in four sets Nov. 19 1989 - / - vs. Cincinnati $ W, 3-0 15-12, 15-4, 15-7 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Gainesville, Fla. FSU went on to Nov. 2 1990 - / - at Cincinnati ? W, 3-2 15-8, 14-16, 15-4, 15-17, 15-9 defeat the hosting Gators to advance to the Sweet 16. Dec. 3 2011 21 / - vs. Cincinnati ^ W, 3-2 25-23, 16-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-13 Aug. 25 2012 12 / - vs. Cincinnati ! W, 3-0 25-20, 25-17, 25-14 »» FSU has not lost to UC since 1982, and has won the last 15 matches against Dec. 2 2016 16 / - vs. Cincinnati ^ W, 3-1 20-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-23 the Bearcats.
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati
SEASON AT A GLANCE AWARDS & ACCOLADES FSU PICKED THIRD IN ACC: Florida State was tabbed to finish third in the conference this season TARYN KNUTH after finishing in a tie for fifth in 2017. The Seminoles placed two on the All-ACC Team, sophomore »»Preseason All-ACC Team middle blocker Taryn Knuth and junior outside hitter Payton Caffrey. PAYTON CAFFREY TOP-10 OPENING WEEKEND: The Seminoles took on No. 4 Minnesota and No. 9 Wisconsin in open- »»Preseason All-ACC Team ing weekend at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. FSU fell to both teams at the Target Center on Friday and Sunday, but took the first set from the Badgers. Four Seminoles recorded a double-double over the weekend, including redshirt freshman Adrian Ell in her first career appearance, new- comer Payton Caffrey, and returning starters Brianne Burkert and Christina Ambrose.
WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS
Date AVCA Poll Preseason (Aug 8) ...... RV Week #1 (Aug. 27)...... NR
RECORDS AGAINST ‘18 OPPONENTS
Team FSU W-L Last Meeting Auburn ...... 17-1 ...... FSU 3-2 (9/16/17) Boston College ...... 21-1 ...... FSU 3-0 (11/12/17) Cincinnati ...... 18-2 ...... FSU 3-1 (12/2/16) Clemson ...... 35-20 ...... FSU 3-0 (11/22/17) Colorado State ...... 0-2 ...... CSU 3-2 (8/29/17) Duke ...... 19-37 ...... FSU 3-1(10/15/17) Florida ...... 30-40 ...... UF 3-0 (9/19/17) Florida A&M ...... 25-1 ...... FSU 3-0 (9/9/16) Georgia Tech ...... 21-30 ...... FSU 3-0 (11/24/17) Louisville ...... 13-7 ...... UL 3-0 (10/22/17) Miami ...... 30-22-1 ...... UM 3-0 (11/1/17) Minnesota ...... 6-11 ...... UMN 3-0 (8/24/18) North Carolina ...... 40-24 ...... FSU 3-0 (10/27/17) NC State ...... 46-7 ...... NCST 3-2 (10/29/17) Notre Dame ...... 8-4 ...... ND 3-1 (10/20/17) Pitt ...... 5-6 ...... UP 3-0 (11/5/17) Southern Miss ...... 15-0 ...... FSU 3-0 (9/1/00) Syracuse ...... 7-0 ...... FSU 3-1 (11/10/17) TCU ...... 2-0 ...... FSU 3-1 (9/3/17) Virginia ...... 39-14 ...... FSU 3-1 (11/19/17) VCU ...... 1-0 ...... FSU 3-1 (9/1/00) Wake Forest ...... 33-7 ...... FSU 3-1 (10/13/17) Wisconsin ...... 0-2 ...... UW 3-1 (8/25/18)
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati PROBABLE STARTERS / TV REFERENCE CHART 6 // BRIANNE BURKERT SENIOR • 6’1” • SETTER • RICHARDSON, TEXAS • PUBLIC RELATIONS »»As a six-rotation player for the Seminoles, Burkert has proved herself as a threat both offensively and defensively. »»Recorded two kill-assist-dig triple-doubles in 2017, the first in FSU history to record the stat multiple times. »»Her 2,309 career assists places 6th in FSU’s rally scoring history. »»President of FSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) for the 2018-19 academic year; Director of Outreach for FSU’s Mental Health Council.
10 // CHRISTINA AMBROSE REDSHIRT SENIOR • 6’3” • OUTSIDE HITTER • WINTER PARK, FLA. • HOSPITALITY »»Entering her fourth season with FSU, Ambrose has been a consistent force as an outside hitter and has been developing her skills in the back row this offseason. »»The only Seminole to earn double-digit kills in both opening weekend matches against No. 4 Minnesota and No. 9 Wisconsin; earned her first career double-double against the Badgers (16 kills, 14 digs).
11 // ASHLEY MURRAY REDSHIRT SENIOR • 6’2” • MIDDLE BLOCKER • LOS ANGELES, CALIF. • INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS »»Murray comes to FSU from Long Beach State for her redshirt senior season in 2018 after sitting out in 2017 with a medical redshirt. »»With the 49ers, she earned First Team All-Big West honors in 2016 and was named the Big West Freshman of the Year in 2014, when she led the Beach with 1.21 blocks per set, which ranked fourth in the conference. »»Her father is Lamond Murray, a former basketball star at Cal who played in the NBA for 12 seasons, her mother is Carmen Murray, founder and CEO of Title 9 Productions, and her godfather is famous recording artist Drake.
13 // TARYN KNUTH SOPHOMORE • 6’3” • MIDDLE BLOCKER • JOHNSTON, IOWA • HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT »»Preseason All-ACC selection. »»ACC Freshman of the Year, AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-ACC in 2017. »»Led the conference and ranked 11th nationally in blocks per set in 2017 (1.49); ranked third in the ACC and 17th nationally with 162 total blocks. »»Her 1.49 career blocks/set currently ranks first in FSU’s rally scoring era and third all-time.
15 // PAYTON CAFFREY JUNIOR • 6’0” • OUTSIDE HITTER • CHULUOTA, FLA • EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY »»Preseason All-ACC selection. »»Led the team in kills (19), total attacks (53), aces (2), digs (20), and total points (22) in FSU’s match against No. 9 Wisconsin on Aug. 25. She led the match overall in kills, attacks, digs and points. »»Caffrey comes to FSU from West Virginia, where she was a First Team All-Big 12 selection in 2017 and the AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year in 2016.
47 // DEJA WILLIAMS SOPHOMORE • 6’0” • MIDDLE BLOCKER • SUWANEE, GA. • BUSINESS FINANCE
»»Tallied four total blocks in the Seminoles’ opening weekend, and added on three kills on 19 total attacks. »»One of three returning sophomore middle blockers this season, a group of young players who filled in the open position last season.
L 20 // KELSEY WICINSKI SENIOR • 5’10” • LIBERO • GENEVA, ILLINOIS • SOCIAL SCIENCE »»After playing for two years at Maryland, Wicisnki sat out for half of her junior season before transfering to FSU for her senior year. »»In 2017, she tallied 20+ digs in six matches and was named to the Liberty Invitational and Maryland Challenge All-Tournament teams. »»Led the team and ranked third in the Big Ten with 4.22 digs per set in 2016 »»Brings Big Ten experience to FSU, and has helped the team prepare for opening weekend at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
FIRST OFF THE BENCH: #5 Annie Tietjens (R-Jr • S • St. Louis, Mo. • Psychology) »»Recorded 2 assists and 2 digs against No. 9 Wisconsin; ranked second on the team last season with 225 assists and 3.21 assists per set. #8 Tiana Jackson (So. • MB • O’Fallon, Mo. • Communications) »»Saw one of the most efficient offensive performances on the team in 2017 with a .449 hitting percentage (38 kills on 69 total attacks). #17 Adrian Ell (R-Fr. • S • Cincinnati, Ohio • Sports Management) »»Recorded a double-double in her collegiate debut with 17 assists and 11 digs against No. 4 Minnesota.
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS 1 • TAYLOR ROBERTS 13 • TARYN KNUTH Season Stat Career Season Stat Career 2 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 2 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18) 8 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Kills...... 16 (vs. WSU, 12/1/17) 18 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Total Attacks...... 33 (vs. WSU, 12/1/17) 5 • ANNIE TIETJENS 2 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Solo Blocks...... 3 (vs. Boston College, 11/12/17) Season Stat Career 4 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Assist. Blocks...... 12 (vs. Clemson, 11/23/17) -...... Kills...... 5 (2x, last vs. Claflin, 9/23/16) 6 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Total Blocks...... 13 (vs. Clemson, 11/23/17) -...... Total Attacks...... 9 (at Miss. College, 9/1/16) -...... Aces...... 2 (vs. TCU, 9/3/17) 2 (vs. Wisconsin 8/25/18)...... Assists...... 44 (vs. Loyola Univ. La., 9/26/16) 2 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/24/18)...... Digs...... 7 (at Notre Dame, 10/1/17) -...... Aces...... 5 (at Tuskegee, 10/6/16) 2 (vs. Wisconsin 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 15 (at UWAVB, 10/22/16) 15 • PAYTON CAFFREY Season Stat Career 6 • BRIANNE BURKERT 19 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Kills...... 29 (vs. Iowa State, 9/30/16) Season Stat Career 53 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Total Attacks...... 74 (vs. Indiana State, 9/2/16) -...... Kills...... 12 (at ND, 10/1/17) 1 (2x. last vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Assists...... 6 (vs. TCU, 9/28/16) -...... Total Attacks...... 33 (at Duke, 10/15/17) 2 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Aces...... 6 (2x, last vs. Harvard, 9/8/17) 28 (vs. Wisconsin 8/25/18)...... Assists...... 56 (vs. ISU, 8/26/17) 20 (2x, last vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 20 (2x, last vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18) 1 (vs. Wisconsin 8/25/18)...... Aces...... 3 (3x, last vs. UVA, 9/22/17) -...... Solo Blocks...... 1 (6x, last vs. Syracuse, 12/4/17) 11 (vs. Wisconsin 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 20 (2x, last at Duke, 10/15/17) 2 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Assist. Blocks...... 5 (vs. Texas Tech, 11/11/17) -...... Solo Blocks...... 1 (3x, last vs. WSU, 12/1/17) 2 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Total Blocks...... 5 (3x, last vs. Texas Tech, 11/11/17) -...... Assist. Blocks...... 5 (at Clemson, 11/22/17) -...... Total Blocks...... 5 (at Clemson, 11/22/17) 17 • ADRIAN ELL Season Stat Career 8 • TIANA JACKSON 1 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Kills...... 1 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18) Season Stat Career 3 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Total Attacks...... 3 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18) 3 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Kills...... 10 (at Virginia Tech, 11/17/17) 17 (at Minnesota, 8/25/18)...... Assists...... 17 (at Minnesota, 8/25/18) 7 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Total Attacks.....16 (at Virginia Tech, 11/17/17) 11 (at Minnesota, 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 17 (at Minnesota, 8/25/18) -...... Solo Blocks...... 2 (vs. Boston College, 11/12/17) 2 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Assist. Blocks.....7 (at Virginia Tech, 11/17/17) 20 • KELSEY WICINSKI 2 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Total Blocks...... 7 (at Virginia Tech, 11/17/17) Season Stat Career -...... Kills...... 2 (at Navy, 9/12/15) 9 • MADISON SULLIVAN 4 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Assists...... 10 (vs. Princeton, 9/9/16) Season Stat Career -...... Aces...... 6 (vs. Illinois, 10/2/16) 3 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 15 (vs. UCSB, 8/26/17) 19 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 28 (vs. Oklahoma, 9/16/16) -...... Assists...... 3 (vs. UCSB, 8/26/17) -...... Aces...... 2 (at Syracuse, 11/13/16) 47 • DEJA WILLIAMS Season Stat Career 10 • CHRISTINA AMBROSE 2 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/24/18)...... Kills...... 6 (vs. UNC Asheville, 9/1/17) Season Stat Career 10 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/24/18)...... Total Attacks...... 16 (vs. UNC Asheville, 9/1/17) 16 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Kills...... 16 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18) -...... Solo Blocks...... 2 (2x, last vs. NC State, 10/29/17) 46 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Total Attacks...... 16 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18) 2 (2x, last vs. UW, 8/25/18)...... Assist. Blocks...... 6 (2x, last vs. Pitt, 10/6/17) 1 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Assists...... 2 (2x, last vs. Miami, 10/4/17) 2 (2x, last vs. UW, 8/25/18)...... Total Blocks...... 8 (vs. Pittsburgh, 10/6/17) 1 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Aces...... 1 (5x, last vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18) 14 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 14 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18) -...... Solo Blocks...... 2 (vs. Virginia Tech, 10/14/17) 4 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Assist. Blocks...... 6 (3x, last vs. Pitt, 10/16/16) 4 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Total Blocks...... 7 (2x, last vs. Pitt, 10/16/16)
11 • ASHLEY MURRAY Season Stat Career 8 (2x, last vs. Wisc., 8/25/18)...... Kills...... 17 (vs. Hawaii, 10/8/16) 19 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Total Attacks...... 39 (vs. Hawaii, 10/8/16) 1 (at Minnesota, 8/24/18)...... Assists...... 3 (vs. UCSB, 10/23/15) 5 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Digs...... 8 (2x, last vs. UCLA, 9/16/16) 5 (vs. Wisconsin, 8/25/18)...... Total Blocks..... 11 (vs. San Francisco, 9/6/14)
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati CAREER STATISTICS
1 • TAYLOR ROBERTS Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2018 6 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.50 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 Career 6 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.50 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
5 • ANNIE TIETJENS Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2016 (Spring Hill) 79 52 0.66 9 112 .384 752 9.52 25 19 142 1.80 0 1 8 9 0.11 1 16 2017 70 3 0.04 1 10 .200 225 3.21 3 15 113 1.61 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 10 2018 2 0 0.00 0 0 .000 2 1.00 0 0 2 1.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 Career 151 55 0.36 10 122 .369 979 6.48 28 34 257 1.70 0 1 8 9 0.06 1 26
6 • BRIANNE BURKERT Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2015 121 3 0.02 3 17 .000 611 5.05 27 28 203 1.68 1 0 2 2 0.02 1 22 2016 125 56 0.45 21 134 .261 771 6.17 21 24 254 2.03 0 0 10 10 0.08 1 19 2017 109 136 1.25 72 423 .151 927 8.50 13 9 306 2.81 2 3 46 49 0.45 11 17 2018 7 0 0.00 0 2 .000 50 7.14 1 1 19 2.71 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 Career 362 195 0.54 96 576 .172 2359 6.52 62 34 782 2.16 3 3 58 161 0.17 14 59
8 • TIANA JACKSON Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2017 31 38 1.23 7 69 .449 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.10 0 4 22 26 0.84 2 0 2018 7 4 0.57 2 13 .154 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.14 0 0 2 2 0.29 2 0 Career 38 42 1.11 9 82 .402 0 0.00 0 0 4 0.18 0 4 24 28 0.72 4 0
9 • MADISON SULLIVAN Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2016 54 1 0.02 0 4 .250 3 0.06 6 3 93 1.72 6 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2017 52 1 0.02 0 3 .333 14 0.27 2 11 62 1.19 11 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2018 5 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 0 0 4 0.80 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 Career 111 2 0.02 0 7 .286 17 0.16 8 14 159 1.43 19 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
10 • CHRISTINA AMBROSE Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2015 18 21 1.17 9 60 .200 0 0.00 0 1 10 0.56 4 0 2 2 0.11 1 0 2016 95 223 2.35 90 624 .213 4 0.04 4 8 96 1.01 29 7 57 64 0.67 5 1 2017 97 220 2.27 84 714 .190 6 0.06 0 2 56 0.58 1 3 48 51 0.53 7 1 2018 7 28 4.00 16 84 .143 1 0.14 1 1 22 3.14 4 0 4 4 0.57 1 0 Career 217 492 2.27 199 1482 .198 11 0.02 5 12 184 0.85 38 10 111 121 0.56 14 2
11 • ASHLEY MURRAY Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2014 (LBSU) 90 169 1.88 47 357 .342 3 0.03 4 - 29 0.32 - 14 95 109 1.21 - - 2015 (LBSU) 101 270 2.67 87 573 .319 11 0.11 0 - 24 0.24 - 7 64 71 0.71 - - 2016 (LBSU) 117 289 2.47 96 668 .289 8 0.07 10 - 68 0.58 - 12 85 97 0.83 - - 2018 7 16 2.29 9 34 .206 1 0.14 0 2 5 0.71 0 1 7 8 1.14 0 0 Career 315 744 2.36 239 1632 .309 23 0.07 14 2 126 0.40 - 34 252 285 0.90 - -
13 • TARYN KNUTH Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2017 109 224 2.06 63 505 .319 15 0.14 15 19 73 0.67 1 22 140 162 1.49 20 3 2018 7 13 1.86 3 34 .294 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.43 0 3 6 9 1.29 0 0 Career 116 224 1.93 66 539 .293 15 0.13 15 19 76 0.66 1 25 146 171 1.47 20 3
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15 • PAYTON CAFFREY Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2016 (WVU) 116 515 4.44 243 1389 .196 35 0.30 30 66 260 2.24 36 4 43 47 0.41 7 0 2017 (WVU) 124 449 3.62 194 1129 .226 22 0.18 57 70 309 2.49 40 5 47 52 0.42 6 0 2018 7 28 4.00 12 83 .193 2 0.29 2 3 28 4.00 7 0 3 3 0.43 1 0 Career 247 992 4.02 449 2601 .209 59 0.24 89 139 597 2.42 83 9 93 102 0.41 14 0
17 • ADRIAN ELL Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2018 7 1 0.14 2 5 -.200 31 4.43 0 1 13 1.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 Career 7 1 0.14 2 5 -.200 31 4.43 0 1 13 1.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0
19 • DANIELLE PENNINGTON Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2018 1 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 Career 1 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
20 • KELSEY WICINSKI Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2015 (Maryland) 122 4 0.03 2 15 .133 68 0.56 30 - 358 2.93 - 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2016 (Maryland) 114 1 0.01 5 12 -.333 117 1.03 27 - 481 4.22 - 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2017 (Maryland) 63 1 0.01 0 3 .333 75 1.19 8 - 301 4.78 - 0 0 0 0.00 - - 2018 7 0 0.00 0 2 .000 5 0.71 0 1 35 5.00 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 Career 306 6 0.02 7 32 -.031 265 0.87 65 1 1175 3.84 2 0 0 0 0.00 - -
47 • DEJA WILLIAMS Season SP K K/S E TA PCT. A A/S ACE SE DIG D/S RE BS BA TOT B/S BE BHE 2017 88 71 0.81 33 193 .197 3 0.03 0 0 21 0.24 0 9 82 91 1.03 9 0 2018 7 3 0.43 3 19 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4 4 0.57 0 0 Career 95 74 0.78 36 212 .179 3 0.03 0 0 21 0.24 0 9 86 95 1.00 9 0
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL NOTES
50 YEARS OF WOMEN’S INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS: Florida State cel- Following one of the most successful freshman seasons the program has ebrates the 50th year of women’s intercollegiate athletics in the 2018- ever seen, TARYN KNUTH returns this season to lead the Seminoles in the 19 season. Volleyball was the first varsity women’s sport at FSU, as the middle. At the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Knuth led the team in attack percent- program started in 1968. The Seminoles will celebrate the milestone with age against No. 9 Wisconsin (.312) and had the second-best percentage a series of celebrations and reunions, and will promote the campaign on among both teams. Last season she led the conference and was ranked social media using #GarnetandGolden. 11th nationally in blocks per set with 1.49. Knuth earned Preseason All-ACC honors for the 2018-19 season. DOMINANT DECADE: FSU is one of only 12 programs in the country to make the last nine NCAA Tournaments (along with Colorado State, Florida, Ha- Redshirt senior transfer ASHLEY MURRAY comes to FSU from Long Beach waii*, Iowa State, Kentucky, Nebraska*, Penn State*, Stanford*, Texas*, State for the 2018 season. Murray’s father is Lamond Murray Sr., a former USC* and Washington*). The Seminoles have also been ranked in the AVCA professional basketball player, and her mother is Carmen Murray, a music Top 15 at some point for the last nine seasons, all under Coach Poole. producer and founder and CEO of Title 9 Productions. She is the goddaugh- *National Champions ter to popular recording artist Drake. WARRIOR ON: The team’s motto and theme for the 2018 season is Warrior On, a nod to the personal mantra of sophomore Taryn Knuth’s mother, who gifted tokens with the phrase to every member of the team prior to the season. The team has discussed what the phrase means to each of them individually, and it is a mindset that is kept as a reminder to push through whatever challenges and obstacles they may face throughout the season.
Four different players earned a double-double in the team’s opening week- end at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, including returners BRIANNE BURKERT and CHRISTINA AMBROSE, and newcomers PAYTON CAFFREY and ADRIAN ELL. Ell recorded the stat in her first ever collegiate match.
PAYTON CAFFREY made her first appearance as a Seminole in the Big Ten/ ACC Challenge on August 24-25, leading the team in five different statisti- cal categories in Saturday night’s match against No. 9 Wisconsin with 19 kills, 53 attacks, 2 aces, 20 digs and 22 total points earned.
Returning for her redshirt freshman season, ADRIAN ELL will support the offense as a setter this year. In her first appearance as a Seminole, Ell recorded a double-double with 17 assists and 11 digs against No. 4 Min- nesota. Ell battled Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in high school, which forced her to sit out her junior year. She returned to her club team at the end of the 2016 season to help them capture the USAV 17 National Championship.
Last season, BRIANNE BURKERT became the first Seminole since Cassie McLaughlin (2003) to earn a triple double, and the first to earn multiple in a season or career since Vicki Zinkil earned two in 1993. She is also the first to ever record multiple kill-assist-dig triple-doubles. ALL-TIME TRIPLE-DOUBLES No. Player Season Opponent Stat Line 1 Julie Todd 1986 Florida 20 K - 17 D - 10 TB 2 Julie Todd 1986 Jacksonville 22 K - 10 D - 13 TB 3 Julie Todd 1986 Pittsburgh 21 K - 11 D - 13 TB 4 Julie Todd 1986 North Carolina 25 K - 14 D - 15 TB 5 Deanne Kaleta 1987 Georgia 12 K - 20 D - 10 TB 6 Deanne Kaleta 1987 Florida 11 K - 32 D - 11 TB 7 Julie Todd 1987 Long Beach State 19 K - 15 D - 12 TB 8 Deanne Kaleta 1988 William & Mary 13 K - 16 D - 10 TB 9 Gabrielle Reece 1990 Memphis State 10 K - 10 D - 11 TB 10 Jen McCall 1990 George Washington 12 K - 52 A - 12 D 11 Vicki Zinkil 1993 Maryland 12 K - 10 D - 10 TB 12 Vicki Zinkil 1993 North Carolina 11 K - 17 D - 10 TB 13 Fiona Bolten 1997 Clemson 10 K - 65 A - 20 D 14 Cassie McLaughlin 2003 Arkansas State 18 K - 10 D - 10 TB 15 Brianne Burkert 2017 Notre Dame 12 K - 32 A - 20 D 16 Brianne Burkert 2017 NC State 10 D - 46 A - 10 D
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati 2018 INDIVIDUAL MATCH-BY-MATCH LEADERS
Date Opp. Kills Attacks Aces Assists Digs Total Blocks Aug. 24 Minnesota Ambrose-12 Ambrose-38 N/A Burkert-22 Wicinski-16 Murray/Knuth-3 Aug. 25 Wisconsin Caffrey-19 Caffrey-53 Caffrey-2 Burkert-28 Caffrey-20 Knuth-6 Aug. 31 TCU Sept. 1 Colorado State Sept. 2 Cincinnati Sept. 7 VCU Sept. 8 Southern Miss Sept. 8 Florida A&M Sept. 12 Florida Sept. 16 Auburn Sept. 21 Duke Sept. 23 Wake Forest Sept. 28 Virginia Sept. 30 Pittsburgh Oct. 5 NC State Oct. 7 North Carolina Oct. 12 Boston College Oct. 14 Syracuse Oct. 19 Georgia Tech Oct. 21 Clemson Oct. 24 Miami Oct. 28 Virginia Tech Nov. 2 Notre Dame Nov. 4 Louisville Nov. 11 Notre Dame Nov. 16 Pittsburgh Nov. 21 North Carolina Nov. 23 NC State
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RECORDS TO WATCH 2018 DOUBLE-DOUBLE TRACKER CAREER STATISTICAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME) Christina Ambrose 1 Career Assists • 16 kills, 14 digs (vs. Wisconsin, Aug. 24, 2018) No. Player Season Total Brianne Burkert 30 Career t6...... Duygu Duzceler...... 2009-12...... 2915 t6...... Sarah Wickstrom...... 2011-14...... 2915 • 28 assists, 11 digs (vs. Wisconsin, Aug. 25, 2018) 8...... Jennifer McCall...... 1990-93...... 2888 9...... Hailey Luke...... 2013-16...... 2580 Payton Caffrey 27 Career 10...... Brianne Burkert...... 2015-pres...... 2359 • 19 kills, 20 digs (vs. Wisconsin, Aug. 25 2018) 11...... Maureen McCarthy...... 1994-96...... 2297 Adrian Ell 1 Career Assists Per Set • 17 assists, 11 digs (at Minnesota, Aug. 24, 2018) No. Player Season Sets A A/Set 10...... Jennifer McCall...... 1990-93...... 404...... 2888...... 7.15 11...... Jessica Skower...... 2003-06...... 432...... 2991...... 6.92 T-12...... Brandi Cumin ...... 1990-91...... 134...... 874...... 6.52 T-12...... Brianne Burkert...... 2015-pres...... 362...... 2359...... 6.52 14...... Jennifer Marraffino...... 1987-90...... 169...... 1054...... 6.24
CAREER STATISTICAL LEADERS (RALLY)
Assists No. Player Season Total 4...... Duygu Duzceler...... 2009-12...... 2915 5...... Sarah Wickstrom...... 2011-14...... 2915 6...... Hailey Luke...... 2013-16...... 2580 7...... Brianne Burkert...... 2015-pres...... 2359 8...... Zrinka Tomic...... 2005-06...... 1583
Assists Per Set (min. 100 sets) No. Player Season Sets A...... A/Set 1...... Jennifer Anderson...... 2001-03...... 360...... 4027...... 11.19 2...... Zrinka Tomic...... 2005-06...... 166...... 1583...... 9.54 3...... Nikki Baker...... 2006-09...... 335...... 2949...... 8.80 4...... Jessica Skower...... 2003-06...... 432...... 2991...... 6.92 5...... Brianne Burkert...... 2015-pres...... 362...... 2359...... 6.52 6...... Sarah Wickstrom...... 2011-14...... 489...... 2915...... 5.96
Digs No. Player Season Total 10...... Sarah Griffin...... 2003-06...... 816 11...... Fatma Yildirim...... 2009-12...... 798 12...... Brianne Burkert...... 2015-pres...... 782 13...... Visnja Djurdjevic...... 2010-11...... 778 14...... Kristen Rust...... 2002-05...... 762
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati 2018 TEAM MATCH-BY-MATCH COMPARISON
Florida State Match Results (as of Aug 26, 2018) All matches
Date Opponent Score Score-by-set Overall Conf Time Att. Aug 25 vs #9 Wisconsin L 1-3 25-23,24-26,23-25,22-25 0-1 0-0 2:21 Aug 24 vs #4 Minnesota L 0-3 17-25,21-25,21-25 0-2 0-0 1:29
Team Record W-L-T Attend Dates Total Avg. Overall: 0-2 Total: 2 0 0 Conference: 0-0 Home: 0 0 0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0 0 0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 2 0 0 Neutral: 0-2 3 sets: 0-1 4 sets: 0-1 5 sets: 0-0
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati 2018 TEAM OVERALL STATISTICS
Florida State Combined Team Statistics (as of Aug 26, 2018) All matches
RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2 CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-2
Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 10 Christina Ambrose 7 28 4.00 16 84 . 1 4 3 1 0.14 1 1 0.14 4 22 3.14 0 4 4 0.57 1 0 - 15 Payton Caffrey 7 28 4.00 12 83 . 1 9 3 2 0.29 2 3 0.29 7 28 4.00 0 3 3 0.43 1 0 - 11 Ashley Murray 7 16 2.29 9 34 . 2 0 6 1 0.14 0 2 0.00 0 5 0.71 1 7 8 1.14 0 0 - 13 Taryn Knuth 7 13 1.86 3 34 . 2 9 4 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 3 0.43 3 6 9 1.29 0 0 - 8 Tiana Jackson 7 4 0.57 2 13 . 1 5 4 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.14 0 2 2 0.29 2 0 - 47 Deja Williams 7 3 0.43 3 19 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 2 0.29 0 4 4 0.57 0 0 - 17 Adrian Ell 7 1 0.14 2 5 - . 2 0 0 31 4.43 0 1 0.00 0 13 1.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 19 Danielle Pennington 1 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 20 Kelsey Wicinski 7 0 0.00 0 2 . 0 0 0 5 0.71 0 1 0.00 2 35 5.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 9 Madison Sullivan 5 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 4 0.80 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 6 Brianne Burkert 7 0 0.00 0 2 . 0 0 0 50 7.14 1 1 0.14 0 19 2.71 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 - 5 Annie Tietjens 2 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 1.00 0 0 0.00 0 2 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 1 Taylor Roberts 6 0 0.00 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 3 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - #TM ------0 ------FLORIDA STATE 7 93 13.29 47 276 . 1 6 7 92 13.14 4 9 0.57 16 137 19.57 4 26 17.0 2.43 5 1 - Opponents 7 101 14.43 39 295 . 2 1 0 92 13.14 16 17 2.29 4 124 17.71 3 32 19.0 2.71 0 0 -
Team Statistics FS OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK Aug 25 vs #9 Wisconsin L 1-3 25-23,24-26,23-25,22-25 0 K i l l s 93 101 Aug 24 vs #4 Minnesota L 0-3 17-25,21-25,21-25 0 E r r o r s 4 7 3 9 Total Attacks 276 295 Record in 3-set matches: 0-1 K i l l s / S e t 13.3 14.4 Record in 4-set matches: 0-1 SET Record in 5-set matches: 0-0 A s s i s t s 9 2 9 2 A s s i s t s / S e t 13.1 13.1 SERVE A c e s 4 16 E r r o r s 9 1 7 A c e s / S e t 0.6 2.3 SERVE RECEPTIONS E r r o r s 16 4 E r r o r s / S e t 2.3 0.6 DEFENSE D i g s 137 124 D i g s / S e t 19.6 17.7 BLOCKING Block Solo 4 3 Block Assist 26 32 Total Blocks 17.0 19.0 B l o c k s / S e t 2.4 2.7 Block Errors 5 0 Ball handling errors 1 0 ATTENDANCE T o t a l 0 0 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 0/0 Neutral site #/Avg 2/0 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 0 -
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati BOX SCORES
Volleyball Box Score Volleyball Box Score 2018 Minnesota Volleyball 2018 Minnesota Volleyball Florida State vs #4 Minnesota (Aug 24, 2018 at Minneapolis, MN) Florida State vs #9 Wisconsin (Aug 25, 2018 at Minneapolis, MN)
ATTACK SET SERVE RECEIVE BLOCK ATTACK SET SERVE RECEIVE BLOCK ## Florida State S K E TA Pct Ast TA Pct SA SE TA Pct 0 RE Pct Dig BS BA BE BHE Points ## Florida State S K E TA Pct Ast TA Pct SA SE TA Pct 0 RE Pct Dig BS BA BE BHE Points 6 Burkert, Brianne 3001 . 0 0 0 22 27 . 8 1 5 00 91000 00 . 0 0 0 8000 0 0.0 6 Burkert, Brianne 4001 . 0 0 0 28 36 . 7 7 8 1 1 21 . 9 5 2 00 . 0 0 0 11 0 0 1 1 1.0 10 Ambrose, Christina 3 12 7 38 . 1 3 2 0 8 . 0 0 0 0 0 6 1000 9 2 . 8 1 8 8 0 0 1 0 12.0 10 Ambrose, Christina 4 16 9 46 . 1 5 2 1 16 . 0 6 2 1 1 10 . 9 0 0 19 2 . 9 0 5 14 0 4 0 0 19.0 11 Murray, Ashley 3 8 3 15 . 3 3 3111000 0 2 10 . 8 0 0 00 . 0 0 0 0030 0 9.5 11 Murray, Ashley 4 8 6 19 . 1 0 501 . 0 0 0 0 0 14 1000 00 . 0 0 0 5140 0 11.0 13 Knuth, Taryn 3 8 3 18 . 2 7 8 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 10.0 13 Knuth, Taryn 4 5 0 16 . 3 1 2 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 9.0 15 Caffrey, Payton 3 9 3 30 . 2 0 0 1 26 . 0 3 8 0 0 12 1000 35 4 . 8 9 7 8011 0 9.5 15 Caffrey, Payton 4 19 9 53 . 1 8 9 1 31 . 0 3 2 2 3 24 . 8 7 5 40 3 . 9 3 0 20 0 2 0 0 22.0 47 Williams, Deja 3 1 0 9 . 1 1 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 47 Williams, Deja 4 2 3 10 - . 1 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3.0 1 Roberts, Taylor 3000 . 0 0 002 . 0 0 0 00 11000 501000 1000 0 0.0 1 Roberts, Taylor 3000 . 0 0 005 . 0 0 0 00 21000 51 . 8 3 3 2000 0 0.0 8 Jackson, Tiana 3 3 2 7 . 1 4 3 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4.0 5 Tietjens, Annie 2 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 3 . 6 6 7 0 0 1 1000 0 0 . 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 9 Sullivan, Madison 3000 . 0 0 001 . 0 0 0 00 21000 32 . 6 0 0 1000 0 0.0 8 Jackson, Tiana 4106 . 1 6 702 . 0 0 0 00 0 . 0 0 0 201000 0002 0 1.0 17 Ell, Adrian 3 1 1 3 . 0 0 0 17 25 . 6 8 0 0 1 8 . 8 7 5 0 0 . 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 1.0 9 Sullivan, Madison 2 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 3 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 1000 2 0 1000 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 19 Pennington, Danielle 1000 . 0 0 000 . 0 0 0 00 11000 00 . 0 0 0 0000 0 0.0 17 Ell, Adrian 4012 - . 5 0 0 14 15 . 9 3 3 0 0 12 1000 00 . 0 0 0 2000 0 0.0 20 Wicinski, Kelsey 3 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 16 . 0 6 2 0 0 11 1000 9 0 1000 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 20 Wicinski, Kelsey 4 0 0 2 . 0 0 0 4 21 . 1 9 0 0 1 10 . 9 0 0 10 2 . 8 3 3 19 0 0 0 0 0.0 Totals 3 42 19 121 . 1 9 0 42 107 . 3 9 3 0 3 60 . 9 5 0 61 8 . 8 8 4 55 1 10 2 0 48.0 Totals 4 51 28 155 . 1 4 8 50 133 . 3 7 6 4 6 95 . 9 3 7 78 8 . 9 0 7 82 3 16 3 1 66.0
Team Attack By Set TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Team Attack By Set TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct 1 12 8 36 . 1 1 1 1 4 - 2 5 56% SET SCORES 1 2 3 Team Records: 1 14 5 29 . 3 1 0 1 3 - 2 3 56% SET SCORES 1 2 3 4 Team Records: 2 15 4 40 . 2 7 5 1 6 - 2 4 66% Florida State (0) 17 21 21 0-1 2 10 11 41 - . 0 2 4 1 6 - 2 6 61% Florida State (1) 25 24 23 22 0-2 3 15 7 45 . 1 7 8 1 2 - 2 5 47% Minnesota (3) 25 25 25 1-0 3 16 6 46 . 2 1 7 1 3 - 2 4 54% Wisconsin (3) 23 26 25 25 2-0 4 2 - 7 4 56% 4 11 6 39 . 1 2 8 1 3 - 2 5 51% 5 5 - 9 8 56%
ATTACK SET SERVE RECEIVE BLOCK ATTACK SET SERVE RECEIVE BLOCK ## Minnesota S K E TA Pct Ast TA Pct SA SE TA Pct 0 RE Pct Dig BS BA BE BHE Points ## Wisconsin S K E TA Pct Ast TA Pct SA SE TA Pct 0 RE Pct Dig BS BA BE BHE Points 1 Martin, Jasmyn 3 11 1 26 . 3 8 502 . 0 0 0 00 0 . 0 0 0 301000 2000 0 11.0 2 Hilley, Sydney 4 4 2 13 . 1 5 4 45 55 . 8 1 8 4 0 24 1000 00 . 0 0 0 14 0 2 0 0 9.0 10 Samedy, Stephanie 3 14 3 41 . 2 6 8 2 6 . 3 3 3 0 1 13 . 9 2 3 0 0 . 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 0 15.5 11 Williams, Tionna 4 6 5 15 . 0 6 7 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 8.5 12 Morgan, Taylor 3 8 1 16 . 4 3 800 . 0 0 0 00 0 . 0 0 0 00 . 0 0 0 1130 0 10.5 16 Rettke, Dana 4 8 5 34 . 0 8 801 . 0 0 0 0 1 13 . 9 2 3 00 . 0 0 0 2060 0 11.0 13 Seliger-Swenson, S. 3 1 0 3 . 3 3 3 35 43 . 8 1 4 5 0 21 1000 0 0 . 0 0 0 13 1 1 0 0 7.5 19 Dodge, M.E. 4 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 1 21 . 0 4 8 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 16 1 . 9 4 1 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 20 Rollins, Adanna 3012 - . 5 0 0 0 13 . 0 0 0 01 8 . 8 7 5 18 0 1000 6000 0 0.0 21 Loberg, Grace 4 13 10 50 . 0 6 0 1 18 . 0 5 6 2 3 12 . 7 5 0 22 0 1000 15 0 3 0 0 16.5 21 Pittman, Regan 3 8 1 19 . 3 6 8 2 3 . 6 6 7 0 1 6 . 8 3 3 2 0 1000 2 0 3 0 0 9.5 23 Haggerty, Molly 4 10 1 30 . 3 0 0 2 18 . 1 1 1 0 3 12 . 7 5 0 21 1 . 9 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 10.0 2 Barnes, Lauren 3000 . 0 0 0 0 11 . 0 0 0 1 2 14 . 8 5 7 13 0 1000 7000 0 1.0 8 Dodd, Sarah 1000 . 0 0 000 . 0 0 0 01 1 . 0 0 0 00 . 0 0 0 0000 0 0.0 7 McGraw, CC 3 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 3 20 . 1 5 0 2 0 12 1000 15 0 1000 13 0 0 0 0 2.0 14 Duello, Madison 4 15 4 29 . 3 7 9 0 1 . 0 0 0 1 3 16 . 8 1 2 1 0 1000 1 0 5 0 0 18.5 19 Hart, Alexis 3 3 5 16 - . 1 2 508 . 0 0 0 00 0 . 0 0 0 601000 5020 0 4.0 17 Clark, Tiffany 4000 . 0 0 0 1 28 . 0 3 6 1 1 20 . 9 5 0 25 1 . 9 6 2 14 0 0 0 0 1.0 Totals 3 45 12 123 . 2 6 8 42 106 . 3 9 6 8 5 74 . 9 3 2 57 0 1000 56 2 12 0 0 61.0 18 Hart, Danielle 1 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 1 . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.5 Totals 4 56 27 172 . 1 6 9 50 142 . 3 5 2 8 12 98 . 8 7 8 85 4 . 9 5 5 68 1 20 0 0 75.0 Team Attack By Set TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct Team Attack By Set TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 1 15 2 36 . 3 6 1 1 4 - 1 7 82% Site: Minneapolis, MN (Target Center) Set K E TA Pct Sideout Pct 2 18 5 46 . 2 8 3 1 7 - 2 2 77% Date: Aug 24, 2018 Attend: Time: 1:29 1 13 5 31 . 2 5 8 1 3 - 2 5 51% Site: Minneapolis, MN (Target Center) 3 12 5 41 . 1 7 1 1 2 - 2 1 57% Referees: Paul Albright, Mary Blalock 2 13 7 41 . 1 4 6 1 6 - 2 4 66% Date: Aug 25, 2018 Attend: Time: 2:21 4 3 - 6 0 71% Line judges: Jeff Krause, Matt Larsen 3 15 7 48 . 1 6 7 1 4 - 2 4 58% Referees: Paul Albright, Mary Blalock B1G/ACC Challenge Match #2 4 15 8 52 . 1 3 5 1 3 - 2 2 59% Line judges: Jeff Krause, Matt Larsen 5 6 - 9 5 58% B1G/ACC Challenge Match #3 1 2 3 Total Tie scores 5 6 1 12 1 2 3 4 Total Lead change 1 0 0 1 Tie scores 8 12 5 5 30 Lead change 4422 12
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati HEAD COACH chris poole E l e v e n t h S e a s o n • A r k a n s a s T e c h (‘83) Entering his eleventh year at Florida State, head coach Chris Poole has established the Seminoles as fixture in the American Volleyball Coaches As- sociation (AVCA) Top-25 and among the elite programs in the nation, as he has rejuvenated a program that has proven itself as a national contender year in and year out. In his tenure, Poole has led the Seminoles to nine consecutive NCAA Tour- nament appearances, making FSU one of only 12 programs in the nation to accomplish the feat. The team has been ranked in the AVCA Top-15 at some point over the last nine seasons, and has defeated 26 AVCA Top-25 programs since his arrival. Since the beginning of the 2009 season, when Poole began overseeing the scheduling process, the Seminoles have gone head-to-head with 16 dif- ferent non-conference opponents that were ranked in the top 25 of the AVCA polls in the regular season. Since his arrival at FSU, the Seminoles have seen 45 contests against Top-25 teams. By facing those upper echelon programs, Poole has established Florida State’s schedule as one of the most difficult in the nation for the last seven years. Poole has led the Seminoles to three ACC Championships and four confer- ence runner-up finishes. FSU has now made two NCAA Tournament Second Round appearances, and has made it to the Sweet Sixteen three times, as well as one visit to the Elite Eight and one Final Four finish. For his squad’s multiple successes, Poole garnered ACC Coach of the Year and AVCA Division I East Region Coach of the Year honors in both 2009 and 2011. Poole enters the 2018 campaign ranked as the fifth winningest active Division I coach in the Poole has coached 15 different All-Americans, with 21 honors since 2009. 5 NCAA with 805 career victories. Brianna Barry became the first Seminole to ever be named the ACC’s Player of the Year and she also garnered AVCA Division I Second-Team All-American honors. Ashley Neff became the second to earn the ACC Player of the Year Consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in recognition, while Taryn Knuth became Poole’s first ACC Freshman of the Year his tenure, making FSU one of only 12 programs and AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year in 2017. 9 to make the last nine tournaments. A native of Heber Springs in north-central Arkansas, Poole is a 1983 gradu- ate of Arkansas Tech and earned a master’s degree from there in 1989. He is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association and has served on AVCA All-American Honors, including two Second 15 Team and one Third Team recognition. the AVCA’s All-American, All-South Region and All-South Region Ranking com- mittees and is also an AVCA Top 25 voter. Poole and his wife, Toni, a former Arkansas State track and field standout, have two children, son Joshua, a Florida State graduate, and daughter Taylor. Contests with AVCA Top-25 teams since he 45 started overseeing scheduling in 2009. AVCA TOP-25 WINS UNDER COACH POOLE Date Season FSU / Opp. Rank Opponent Site Result Score Date Season FSU / Opp. Rank Opponent Site Result Score Sept. 4 2009 - / 8 vs. Illinois Las Cruces, NM W 3-0 Nov. 1 2013 20 / 12 vs. North Carolina Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-2 Dec. 11 2009 12 / 13 vs. Kentucky Minneapolis, MN W 3-2 Nov. 24 2013 19 / 13 vs. Duke Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-0 Sept. 10 2010 17 / 16 at Kentucky Lexington, KY W 3-2 Dec. 6 2013 16 / 6 vs Florida Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-2 Aug. 27 2011 - / 23 vs. Tulsa Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-1 Aug. 29 2014 13 / 7 at Nebraska Lincoln, NE W 3-1 Sept. 9 2011 24 / 23 at Dayton Dayton, OH W 3-1 Sept. 3 2014 8 / 11 vs. Florida Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-2 Sept. 14 2011 - / 20 vs. Miami Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-0 Sept. 19 2014 6 / 21 at Texas A&M College Station, TX W 3-1 Dec. 9 2011 21 / 8 vs. Purdue Minneapolis, MN W 3-1 Sept. 20 2014 6 / 21 at Texas A&M College Station, TX W 3-0 Dec. 10 2011 21 / 14 vs. Iowa State Minneapolis, MN W 3-2 Sept. 26 2014 6 / 12 vs. North Carolina Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-0 Aug. 24 2012 12 / 15 at Tennessee Knoxville, TN W 3-0 Sept. 1 2016 16/14 vs. Texas A&M San Juan, Puerto Rico W 3-2 Aug. 25 2012 12 / 10 vs. Iowa State Knoxville, TN W 3-2 Dec. 3 2016 16/11 at Florida Gainesville, Fla. W 3-2 Sept. 15 2012 11 / 21 vs. Ohio State Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-1 Oct. 24 2012 12 / 11 vs. Florida Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-0 Nov. 23 2012 12 / 23 vs. Miami Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-1 Aug. 30 2013 18 / 17 vs. Kentucky Long Beach, CA W 3-0 Sept. 7 2013 15 / 16 vs. Western Kentucky Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-1 Sept. 13 2013 16 / 7 vs. Michigan College Station, TX W 3-2
Seminoles.com Matches 3-5 // TCU, Colorado State, Cincinnati PHOTO ROSTER
1 2 3 4 5 Taylor Roberts Alyssa Collins Morgan Chacon Mariah Brim Annie Tietjens FR • L • 5-4 FR • L • 5-5 FR • OH • 5-11 R-FR • RS • 6-6 JR • S • 5-8 Sneads, Fla. Fort Myers, Fla. Crown Point, Ind. Kansas City, Mo. St. Louis, Mo.
6 7 8 9 10 Brianne Burkert Lily Tessier Tiana Jackson Madison Sullivan Christina Ambrose SR • S • 6-1 FR • S • 6-3 SO • MB • 6-2 JR • L • 5-7 R-SR • OH • 6-3 Richardson, Texas Fort Myers, Fla. O'Fallon, Mo. Jacksonville, Fla. Winter Park, Fla.
11 13 15 17 Ashley Murray Taryn Knuth Payton Caffrey Adrian Ell R-SR • MB • 6-2 SO • MB • 6-3 JR • OH • 6-0 R-FR • S • 6-2 Los Angeles, Calif. Johnston, Iowa Chuluota. Fla. Cincinnati, Ohio
19 20 47 Danielle Pennington Kelsey Wicinksi Deja Williams JR • OH • 6-0 SR • L • 5-10 SO • MB • 6-2 Bettendorf, Iowa Geneva, Ill. Suwannee, Ga.
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