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BEACH VOLLEYBALL HOME2 SUITES HILTON-TALLAHASSEE STATE CAPITOL INVITATIONAL 2019 SEASON Feburary 23-24 • Tallahassee, Fla. • Seminole Beach Volleyball Courts Overall Record ...... 0-0 Home Record ...... 0-0 #18 Away Record ...... 0-0 Neutral Record ...... 0-0 0-0 Overall CCSA Record ...... 0-0 HEAD COACH: Wayne Holly (third season) ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD: FSU leads 10-0 2019 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY #6 23 vs. Tulane*1 3 / 18 8:15 AM CAL POLY MUSTANGS 1 23 vs. Cal Poly 3 / 6 1:30 PM 0-1 Overall 23 vs. LSU*1 3 / 7 5:00 PM HEAD COACH: Todd Rogers (sixth season) FSU leads 1-0 24 vs. South Carolina* 1 3 / 9 3:15 PM ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD: 24 vs. Tampa 1 3 / - 5:00 PM #7 MARCH LSU TIGERS 1 UAB* 2 - / - 8:00 AM 0-0 Overall 1 LSU* 2 - / - 12:00 PM HEAD COACH: Russell Brock (third season) ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD: FSU leads 8-0 2 South Carolina*2 - / - 12:00 PM 2 at FAU*2 - / - 4:00 PM 7 at USC - / - 1:00 PM #9 7 Long Beach State - / - 7:00 PM 9 Pepperdine3 - / - 2:30 PM 0-0 Overall HEAD COACH: Moritz Moritz (sixth season) 9 Hawaii3 - / - 5:30 PM ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD: FSU leads 12-0 10 at UCLA3 - / - 3:00 PM 10 USC3 - / - 6:00 PM 22 vs. Arizona4 - / - 10:30 AM TAMPA SPARTANS 22 vs. Austin Peay4 - / - 1:30 PM 0-0 Overall 23 vs. Stetson4 - / - 11:00 AM HEAD COACH: Jeff Lamm (second season) 29 Grand Canyon5 - / - 7:30 AM ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD: First meeting 29 Tulane*5 - / - 11:30 AM 30 UCLA5 - / - 11:00 AM »» Florida State will open the season at home for the first time this year. Of the five 30 at FIU*5 - / - 1:00 PM teams the Seminoles are hosting, four are ranked, three are ranked in the Top-10, and three are top conference opponents. APRIL »» It marks the second time in program history the Seminoles will see four ranked 5 vs. FAU*6 - / - 10:30 AM teams in a weekend in Tallahassee (last: April 2017). 5 vs. FIU*6 - / - 1:30 PM »» The Seminoles have never lost their first game of the season, and under head

6 vs. Georgia State*6 - / - 11:00 AM coach Brooke Niles, have never seen worse than a 4-0 start. 12 UAB*7 - / - 9:00 AM » Florida State is undefeated against all of the teams it will host this weekend (first 12 TAMU-Corpus Christi7 - / - 1:30 PM » meeting with Tampa). The Seminoles hold a 134-10 flight record against the four 13 at TCU*7 - / - 12:00 PM teams they have played before. 19-21 CCSA Tournament TBA »» FSU holds a 159-34 (.823) all-time record. MAY 3-5 NCAA Championship TBA MEDIA INFORMATION Beach Volleyball SID...... Kelsey Bibik * Conference Opponent 1 Home2 Suites Hilton-Tallahassee State Capitol Invite (Tallahassee, Fla.) Phone ...... 850.644.5656 2 Beach Burrow Bash (Boca Raton, Fla.) Cell...... 850.228.7630 3 East Meets West Invitational (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) Fax ...... 850.644.3820 4 Seminole Beach Battle (Tallahassee, Fla.) 5 Surf-N-Turf Invitational E-mail ...... [email protected] 6 FSU Beach Bash (Tallahassee, Fla.) Website ...... Seminoles.com 7 TCU Tournament (Fort Worth, ) Mailing Address...... 403 Stadium Dr., Tallahassee, Fla. 32306

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QUICK FACTS 2019 ROSTER

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION No. Name Height Year Hometown / High School / Last School Location...... Tallahassee, FL 1 Macy Jerger 6-1 Sr. Fort Myers, Fla. / Fort Myers Symbol...... Seminoles Colors...... Garnet and Gold 3 Sara Putt 5-11 R-Jr. Jupiter, Fla. / Jupiter / Stetson Enrollment...... 40,830 President...... John Thrasher 4 Devan Hultquist 5-6 R-Jr. Tallahassee, Fla. / Chiles Interim Athletic Director...... David Coburn Sr. Assoc. AD (Senior Woman’s Admin.)...... Vanessa Fuchs 5 Payton Rund 6-1 Gr. Albany, Ore. / West Albany / Saint Mary’s Conference...... Coastal Collegiate Association National Affiliation (Division)...... Division I 10 Ali Eager 5-11 Sr. Southlake, Texas / Liberty Christian BEACH VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION 12 Jenna Johnson 5-10 Fr. Stuart, Fla. / Jensen Beach Head Coach...... Brooke Niles (Fourth Season) Alma Mater...... UC Santa Barbara (2003) 13 Lexi McKeown 5-11 Fr. Laguna Beach, Calif. / Laguna Beach Record at Florida State...... 94-19 Career Coaching Record...... 94-19 14 Marielle Diaz 5-6 So. Boca Raton, Fla. / Calvary Christian Acad. Assistant Coach...... Angela Rock (First Season) Volunteer Coach...... Jon Justice (First Season) 15 Alaina Chacon 5-9 So. Crown Point, Ind. / Crown Point Beach VB Office Phone Number...... 850.644.3003 Home Courts/Capacity...... Seminole Beach Volleyball Courts/150 20 Brooke Kuhlman 5-10 Sr. Naples, Fla. / Barron Collier 2018 Overall Record...... 33-7 21 Molly McBain 5-9 Jr. Toronto, Ont. / Malvern Collegiate Inst. 2018 NCAA Championships (Gulf Shores, Ala.)...... 3-1 - 2nd Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 13/5 22 Kiora Sanchez 6-1 Fr. Valencia, Calif. / Valencia Newcomers...... 9 All-Time School Record (Yrs/Pct.)...... 159-34 (6/.823) 23 Cassie Anderson 5-10 Fr. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. / Palm Beach Gardens All-Time NCAA Record (Yrs/Pct.)...... 94-19 (3/.832) 24 Nikki Esposito 5-10 Sr. Deerfield Beach, Fla. / Pompano Beach SID INFORMATION Beach Volleyball SID ...... Kelsey Bibik 25 Kate Privett 5-8 Fr. Grapevine, Texas / Carroll Senior Phone Number ...... 850.644.5656 Fax Number ...... 850.644.3820 31 Ashley Robert 5-5 So. McKinney, Texas / McKinney Cell Phone ...... 850.288.7630 Email Address ...... [email protected] 30 Morgan Kuchar 5-9 Fr. Roswell, Ga. / Blessed Trinity Catholic Mailing Address ...... Florida State University ...... 403 Stadium Drive West, Room D0107 32 Morgan Chacon 5-11 Fr. Crown Point, Ind. / Crown Point ...... Tallahassee, FL 32306 Athletic Website ...... www.seminoles.com 33 Madison Fitzpatrick 5-9 So. Tallahassee, Fla. / Lincoln Beach Volleyball Twitter ...... @FSU_BeachVB Facebook Address ...... Facebook.com/FSUBeachVB 35 Payton Caffrey 6-0 Jr. Chuluota, Fla. / Winter Springs / WVU Instagram ...... FSUBeachVolleyball Conference Website...... www.theccsa.com 41 Avery Poppinga 5-11 So. Austin, Texas / St. Stephen’s Episcopal Conference Twitter...... @CCSA_Beach 42 Bailey Reardon 5-11 So. Milton, Ga. / Milton

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Brooke Niles (4th Season)...... UC Santa Barbara (2003) Overall/FSU Record...... 94-18 Assistant Coach: Angela Rock (1st Season)...... San Diego State (1986) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jon Justice (1st Season)...... Florida State (2020) Director of Operations: Shawn Matthews (2nd Season)...... Abilene Christian University (2004)

PRONUNCIATIONS #10 Ali Eager E-grr #15 Alaina Chacon Uh-LAY-nuh Shah-CONE #20 Brooke Kuhlman COAL-muhn

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KEY STORYLINES AVCA TOP 20 COACHES POLL TOP-RANKED COACHING STAFF PRESEASON POLL • FEBRUARY 11, 2019 No. School 2018 Rec. Prev Rk »» Head Coach Brooke Niles brought on Olympian, professional beach player, and her former coach 1 UCLA (27)* 40-4 1 on the pro tour, Angela Rock, as the assistant 2 Southern California* 27-14 5 coach for 2019. 3 Florida State (1) 33-7 2 4 Pepperdine (2)* 25-5 4 WHOOP BANDS 5 Hawai’i* 37-5 3 6 Cal Poly* 27-7 10 »» The FSU beach volleyball team is the only collegiate beach team in the country to use 7 LSU* 27-14 6 WHOOP fitness bands to track performance and 8 Long Beach State* 26-8 7 improve recovery time. 9 South Carolina* 24-9 8 10 Florida International* 23-12 9 AN ELITE PROGRAM 11 Stanford 17-13 13 12 California 24-8 12 »» FSU is just one of three programs in the country to have won three straight conference titles 13 Georgia State* 24-12 11 (along with Pepperdine and Hawaii). 14 Arizona* 20-12 14 15 Loyola Marymount 22-14 15 »» Florida State is just one of two beach volleyball 16 Grand Canyon* 13-16 18 programs (along with Pepperdine) to have 17 Stetson* 30-8 16 played in every AVCA and NCAA Championship 18 Tulane* 23-14 17 tournament. 19 TCU* 10-22 NR »» Since 2012, FSU has been recognized with 13 20 Florida Atlantic* 18-15 20 AVCA Beach All-America honors from 10 different players. Others receiving votes: Saint Mary’s, Washington, Arizona State, UAB*, Houston Baptist, Florida Gulf Coast, Coastal Carolina, Cal State- Northridge, College of Charleston, Southern Miss, Nebraska, New Mexico.

FSU’S 2019 RECORD... DiG MAGAZINE COLLEGIATE BEACH POLL At home ...... 0-0 PRESEASON POLL • JANUARY 15, 2019 On the road ...... 0-0 No. School (1st Place Votes) 2018 Rec. Prev Rk 1 UCLA (15)* 40-4 1 At a neutral site ...... 0-0 2 USC* 27-14 4 In non-conference matches (regular season) ...... 0-0 3 Pepperdine* 25-5 5 In CCSA matches (regular season) ...... 0-0 4 Florida State 33-7 2 5 Cal Poly* 27-7 8 Against ranked teams...... 0-0 6 Hawaii* 37-5 3 Against Top-10 teams...... 0-0 7 LSU* 27-14 6 When winning at No. 1 ...... 0-0 8 Long Beach State* 26-8 7 9 South Carolina* 24-9 9 When losing at No. 1 ...... 0-0 10 Stanford 17-13 13 When winning at No. 2 ...... 0-0 11 California 24-8 11 When losing at No. 2 ...... 0-0 12 Florida International* 23-10 10 13 Arizona 20-12 14 When winning at No. 3 ...... 0-0 14 Georgia State* 24-12 12 When losing at No. 3 ...... 0-0 15 Stetson* 30-8 18 When winning at No. 4 ...... 0-0 16 Loyola Marymount 22-14 17 17 Tulane* 23-14 15 When losing at No. 4 ...... 0-0 18 Grand Canyon* 13-16 19 When winning at No. 5 ...... 0-0 19 Florida Atlantic* 18-15 16 When losing at No. 5 ...... 0-0 20 TCU* 10-22 NR In February...... 0-0 Others receiving votes: St. Mary’s, Arizona State, Utah, Wash- In March...... 0-0 ington, Nebraska In April...... 0-0 * 2019 Opponent In May...... 0-0

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MATCH #1: NO. 18 TULANE NOLES vs. GREEN WAVE

»» The Seminoles are undefeated against Tulane. TULANE 10-0 Home 3-0 • Away 1-0 • Neutral 6-0 »» Florida State has not surrendered a single team point in any 3/5/12 - A ...... W, 5-0 match against the Green Wave in program history. 3/13/12 - H ...... W, 5-0 3/13/12 - H ...... W, 5-0 »» This marks only the fourth meeting between the two teams in 4/6/13 - N (at Atlanta, Ga.)...... W, 5-0 Tallahassee, while the Seminoles have not visited the Green 4/11/14 - N (at Siesta Key, Fla.)...... W, 5-0 Wave since 2012. 3/20/15 - N (at Columbia, S.C.)...... W, 5-0 4/16/16 - H...... W, 5-0 3/31/17 - N (, Fla.)...... W, 5-0 4/21/17 - N (Emerson, Ga.)...... W, 5-0 3/31/18 - N (Miami, Fla)...... W, 5-0

MATCH #2: NO. 6 CAL POLY NOLES vs. MUSTANGS » » Cal Poly becomes just the second team from California to visit CAL POLY 1-0 Tallahassee since the Seminoles built their home courts in Home 0-0 • Away 0-0 • Neutral 1-0 2012. The first was Pepperdine in 2017 -- FSU went 1-1 against 3/11/17 - N (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)...... W, 5-0 the Waves, picking up their first and only win against them in program history.

»» The Mustangs come to Tallahassee with a 0-1 record this season after losing 5-0 to UCLA in Los Angeles on Thursday, Feb. 21.

MATCH #3: NO. 7 LSU NOLES vs. TIGERS

»» The last time FSU and LSU met, the Seminoles took down the LSU 8-0 Tigers to win their third straight CCSA Championship. Home 2-0 • Away 2-0 • Neutral 4-0 3/29/14 - H ...... W, 5-0 »» This will mark the third meeting between the two teams in 4/7/15 - H ...... W, 4-1 Tallahassee, and the first since 2015. 4/2/16 - A...... W, 5-0 4/22/16 - N (at Emerson, Ga. - CCSA)...... W, 3-2 »» LSU’s Kristen Nuss was recently named the CCSA Preseason 3/4/17 - N (DeLand, Fla.)...... W, 4-1 Player of the Year. 4/15/18 - A ...... W, 3-2 4/21/18 - N (at Emerson, Ga. - CCSA)...... W, 4-1 4/22/18 - N (at Emerson, Ga. - CCSA)...... W, 3-0

MATCH #4: NO. 9 SOUTH CAROLINA NOLES vs. GAMECOCKS

»» The Seminoles are undefeated against the Gamecocks all-time, SOUTH CAROLINA 12-0 but FSU has never surrendered a single point to South Carolina Home 2-0 • Away 2-0 • Neutral 8-0 when playing in Tallahassee. 3/29/14 - H ...... W, 5-0 4/5/14 - N (at Mt. Pleasant, S.C.)...... W, 5-0 »» At 12 matches, the Seminoles have seen the Gamecocks more 3/21/15 - A ...... W, 4-1 than any other conference program. The only other teams FSU 3/4/16 - N (at Tempe, Ariz.)...... W, 5-0 has faced 12 times are UCLA and Southern California. 4/22/16 - N (at Emerson, Ga. - CCSA)...... W, 5-0 4/24/16 - N (at Emerson, Ga. - CCSA)...... W, 5-0 3/26/17 - A...... W, 4-1 »» Florida State will see the Gamecocks again next weekend in 4/8/17 - H...... W, 5-0 Boca Raton, Fla. for FAU’s Beach Burrow Bash. 4/22/17 - N (Emerson, Ga. - CCSA)...... W, 3-2 5/6/17 - N (Gulf Shores, Ala. - NCAA)...... W, 3-0 2/23/18 - N ...... W, 4-1

MATCH #5: TAMPA NOLES vs. SPARTANS »» Sunday’s match will mark the first meeting between the two FIRST MEETING teams.

»» The Spartans went 14-10 in 2018 -- their inaugural season.

Seminoles.com 4 Matches 1-5 // home2 suites hilton tallahassee=state capitol invitational SEMINOLE STORYLINES 50 YEARS OF WOMEN’S INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS INDOOR PLAYERS OUTSIDE Florida State is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Women’s New to the sand this year are Payton Caffrey and Morgan Intercollegiate Athletics throughout the 2018-19 season. In- Chacon, two of FSU’s newest indoor volleyball players in the door volleyball was the first women’s intercollegiate at 2018 fall season. Caffrey, a transfer from West Virginia, was FSU, taking the floor in 1968, while beach volleyball became named the ACC Player of the Year, AVCA East Region Player of Florida State’s newest varsity sport in 2012. More informa- the Year and an AVCA All-American Honorable Mention in her tion on events and reunions will be posted on www.seminoles. first season. An outside hitter from Indiana, Chacon spent a com/50th. majority of the fall season with an injury, but helped the Semi- noles pick up two three-set wins over Florida A&M and TCU. SEMINOLES IN SEASON OPENERS All-Time FSU Beach and Indoor Players: Christina Ambrose, Sarah Burr- Florida State has never lost its first match of the season. ington, Payton Caffrey, Morgan Chacon, Visnja Djurdjevic, Katie Horton, Since head coach Brooke Niles came to FSU in 2016, the Semi- Katie Mosher, Milica Kubura, Hailey Luke, Danielle Pennington, Jekaterina noles have not seen worse than a 4-0 start to the season, with Stepanova, Sarah Wickstrom, Cecilie Woie, Fatma Yilidrim, Marija Milosav- a program-best 14-0 start in 2016. FSU will face four ranked ljevic, Amanda Saxton, Aurora Davis, Olivera Medic. opponents in its season-opening tournament for the second SISTER-SISTER year in a row this year. Freshman Morgan Chacon joins her sister, sophomore Alaina Year Season-starting win streak Head Coach Chacon on the beach team this season. They become the third 2012...... 13-0 (duals only)...... Danalee Corso pair of sisters to play on the team in the same season (Kristi- 2013...... 2-0...... Danalee Corso na and Stephanie Pellitteri in 2013, Nina Pellitteri and Stepha- 2014...... 5-0...... Danalee Corso nie Pellitteri in 2014). Freshman Kiora Sanchez follows in her 2015...... 1-0...... Danalee Corso sister’s footsteps by coming to FSU. Sierra Sanchez played for 2016...... 14-0...... Brooke Niles four years and graduated in 2017, earning a 55-23 dual match 2017...... 4-0...... Brooke Niles record (71-33 overall), good for the tenth-most dual match 2018...... 9-0...... Brooke Niles wins in program history. BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK CCSA CHAMPIONS COAST-TO-COAST FSU earned its third-straight CCSA title in 2018 after going 6-0 Graduate transfer Payton Rund joins the Seminoles from in the tournament. The team saw its most efficient confer- Saint Mary’s College in California. An Oregon native, Rund is ence championship run on its way to the 2018 title, dropping now nearly 3,000 miles away from her hometown (Albany). only one flight of 28 over the weekend. Florida State is one of With the Gaels, Rund and her partner Lindsay Knudsen -- only three programs in NCAA beach volleyball history to have coached by current FSU assistant coach Angela Rock -- beat won three straight conference championships (along with USC’s No. 1 pair of Kelly Claes and Sarah Hughes in 2017, snap- Pepperdine and Hawaii). All three of those teams have now ping their 103-match win streak. gone undefeated in their respective conference tournaments FRESHMAN STANDOUTS since 2016. Not only is FSU undefeated in the CCSA Tourna- All six of this season’s freshmen came to FSU as some of the ment, the Garnet and Gold hasn’t dropped a single match to top recruits in their class. Kate Privett was named an AVCA a conference opponent – or any East Coast team – since Niles High School Beach All-American First Team honoree last fall, joined the Seminoles the year the team joined the CCSA in while her teammates, Jenna Johnson, Morgan Kuchar and 2016. Lexi McKeown were all Second Team selections. FSU and 2018 NCAA NATIONAL RUNNERS-UP UCLA were the only teams with four players on both the First Florida State saw its most productive postseason in program and Second Teams. history in 2019, as the team went 3-1 at the NCAA Champion- ship to reach the finals through the winners bracket. FSU beat USC, UCLA and Hawaii to face the Bruins for a second time in the championship match. The Seminoles became the first team to hand USC a loss in the NCAA Championship and the first No. 4 seed to defeat a No. 1-overall seed (UCLA) in the tournament. Their wins over UCLA in the second round and Ha- waii in the semifinals snapped 31- and 32- match win streaks for those teams, respectively.

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SEASON AT A GLANCE AWARDS & ACCOLADES PRESEASON RANKINGS: After finishing as the National Runners-Up in 2018, FSU MACY JERGER starts the 2019 season ranked third in the AVCA Coaches Poll and fourth in the »» Preseason All-CCSA DiG Magazine Poll. BROOKE KUHLMAN »» Preseason All-CCSA CCSA PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM: For the third straight year, FSU had the most players represented on the conference preseason team. Senior Brooke MOLLY MCBAIN Kuhlman became the third Seminole to garner multiple CCSA preseason honors, »» Preseason All-CCSA while Sara Putt, Molly McBain and Macy Jerger joined her on the list. Freshman KATE PRIVETT Kate Privett was named to the Watch list. »» CCSA Preseason Watch List SARA PUTT »» Preseason All-CCSA

WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKINGS

Date AVCA / DiG Preseason (Feb 11)...... 3 / 4

Seminoles.com 6 Matches 1-5 // home2 suites hilton tallahassee=state capitol invitational 2019 STATS RECORDS TO WATCH CAREER NUMBERS CAREER DUAL MATCH WINS Overall Tourney Dual 1 2 3 4 5 All-Time All-Time Rank Name Seasons Record Win % Macy Jerger 56-21 2-1 54-20 8-4 4-2 31-10 7-2 4-2 3...... Jace Pardon...... 2012-16...... 85-15...... 0.850 4...... Kristina Pellitteri...... 2013-16...... 77-15...... 0.837 Brooke Kuhlman 45-23 5-1 40-22 17-12 11-7 4-2 8-1 - 5...... Julie Brown...... 2013-16...... 74-19...... 0.796 Nikki Esposito 29-13 - 29-13 - 1-0 - 10-2 18-11 6...... Macy Jerger...... 2016-18...... 67-22...... 0.753 7...... Katie Horton...... 2015-17...... 62-15...... 0.805 Molly McBain 25-11 - 25-11 - - - 10-6 15-5 CAREER OVERALL WINS Sara Putt 13-8 - 13-8 1-5 2-2 9-1 1-0 - Rank Name Seasons Record Win % Madison Fitzpatrick 10-4 - 10-4 - - - - 10-4 8...... Sarah Wickstrom...... 2012-15...... 93-30...... 0.756 Ali Eager 9-4 2-2 7-2 - - 3-0 - 5-2 9...... Stephanie Pellitteri...... 2012-15...... 86-35...... 0.711 10...... Katie Horton...... 2015-18...... 81-18...... 0.818 Alaina Chacon 5-1 - 5-1 - - 1-1 4-0 - 11...... Macy Jerger...... 2016-18...... 72-25...... 0.742 12...... Sierra Sanchez...... 2014-17...... 71-33...... 0.683 Bailey Reardon 1-0 - 1-0 - - - 1-0 - VICTORIES BY PAIRS min. 10 matches played Rank Name Seasons Record Win % 9...... Brown/Pardon...... 2013-16...... 29-6...... 0.829 Paranagua/Freire...... 2017-18...... 29-7...... 0.806 11...... Freire/Sanchez...... 2016...... 28-7...... 0.800 12...... Wickstrom/Yildirim...... 2012-14...... 25-4...... 0.862 13...... Putt/Jerger...... 2018...... 22-4...... 0.846

OVERALL WINS BY POSITION

COURT 1 All-Time All-Time All-Time Rank Player Duals Record Record #1 Win % #1 1...... Jace Pardon...... 85-15...... 61-14...... 0.813 2...... Aurora Davis...... 48-11...... 38-8...... 0.826 3...... Julie Brown...... 74-19...... 29-6...... 0.829 Tory Paranagua...... 99-27...... 29-11...... 0.725 4...... Leigh Andrew...... 21-16...... 20-14...... 0.588 5...... Brooke Kuhlman...... 55-24...... 17-12...... 0.586 COURT 2 All-Time All-Time All-Time Rank Player Duals Record Record #2 Win % #2 5...... Melanie Pavels...... 58-14...... 16-6...... 0.727 Stephanie Pellitteri...... 49-14...... 16-8...... 0.667 7...... Jekaterina Stepanova...... 16-0...... 14-0...... 1.000 8...... Francesca Goncalves...... 59-13...... 12-3...... 0.800 Brooke Kuhlman...... 50-23...... 12-7...... 0.632 COURT 3 All-Time All-Time All-Time Rank Player Duals Record Record #3 Win % #3 1...... Macy Jerger...... 67-22...... 44-12...... 0.786 2...... Sierra Sanchez...... 55-23...... 35-10...... 0.778 3...... Vanessa Freire...... 96-33...... 28-5...... 0.848 4...... Melanie Pavels...... 58-14...... 27-4...... 0.871 5...... Sara Putt...... 28-11...... 25-4...... 0.862 COURT 4 All-Time All-Time All-Time Rank Player Duals Record Record #4 Win % #4 1...... Katie Horton...... 62-15...... 30-11...... 0.732 2...... Annie Montgomery...... 43-9...... 26-6...... 0.813 3...... Molly McBain...... 34-13...... 19-8...... 0.704 4...... Mallory Kiley...... 27-6...... 18-3...... 0.857 5...... Brooke Kuhlman...... 50-23...... 17-3...... 0.850 COURT 5 All-Time All-Time All-Time Rank Player Duals Record Record #5 Win % #5 1...... Hailey Luke...... 80-21...... 42-16...... 0.724 2...... Eva Torruella...... 37-7...... 36-7...... 0.837 3...... Francesca Goncalves...... 59-13...... 20-3...... 0.870 3...... Nikki Esposito...... 31-13...... 19-11...... 0.633 4...... Jeassica McGregor...... 19-1...... 15-1...... 0.938 Molly McBain...... 34-13...... 15-5...... 0.750 5...... Madison Fitzpatrick...... 14-5...... 14-5...... 0.737

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Date Opponent FSU Rank Opp.Rank W/L Score 1 2 3 4 5 Overall Record Sat, Feb. 23 vs. Tulane Sat Feb. 23 vs. Cal Poly Sat, Feb. 23 vs. LSU Sun, Feb. 24 vs. South Carolina Sun, Feb. 24 vs. Tampa Fri, March 1 vs. UAB Fri, March 1 vs. LSU Sat, March 2 vs. South Carolina Sat, March 2 vs. FAU Thurs, March 7 vs. USC Thurs, March 7 vs. Long Beach State Sat, March 9 vs. Pepperdine Sat, Mar. 9 at Hawaii Sun, Mar. 10 at UCLA Sun, Mar. 10 at USC Fri, March 22 vs. Austin Peay Fri, March 22 vs. Arizona Sat, March 23 vs. Stetson Fri, March 29 vs. Grand Canyon Fri, March 29 vs. Tulane Sat, March 30 vs. UCLA Sat, March 30 vs. FIU Fri, April 5 vs. FAU Fri, April 5 vs. FIU Sat, April 6 vs. Georgia State Fri, April 12 vs. UAB Fri, April 12 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sat, April 13 vs. TCU

Bold denotes home match; * denotes conference opponent; first ranking = AVCA, second ranking = DiG Magazine 1Stetson Spring Fling (DeLand, Fla.); 2FSU Invitational(Tallahassee, Fla.); 3East Meets West Challenge (Manhattan Beach, Calif.); 4Hickory Point Lake Bash (Tavares, Fla.); 5Surf & Turf Invitational (Miami, Fla. - South Beach); 6Seminole Beach Battle (Tallahassee, Fla.); 7Battle on the Bayou (Baton Rouge, La.); 8CCSA Championship Pool Play, 9NCAA Championship

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Date Opponent 1 2 3 4 5 Sat, Feb. 23 vs. Tulane Sat Feb. 23 vs. Cal Poly Sat, Feb. 23 vs. LSU Sun, Feb. 24 vs. South Carolina Sun, Feb. 24 vs. Tampa Fri, March 1 vs. UAB Fri, March 1 vs. LSU Sat, March 2 vs. South Carolina Sat, March 2 vs. FAU Thurs, March 7 vs. USC Thurs, March 7 vs. Long Beach State Sat, March 9 vs. Pepperdine Sat, Mar. 9 at Hawaii Sun, Mar. 10 at UCLA Sun, Mar. 10 at USC Fri, March 22 vs. Austin Peay Fri, March 22 vs. Arizona Sat, March 23 vs. Stetson Fri, March 29 vs. Grand Canyon Fri, March 29 vs. Tulane Sat, March 30 vs. UCLA Sat, March 30 vs. FIU Fri, April 5 vs. FAU Fri, April 5 vs. FIU Sat, April 6 vs. Georgia State Fri, April 12 vs. UAB Fri, April 12 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Sat, April 13 vs. TCU

Bold denotes clinching point

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Entering her fourth season with the program, head coach Brooke Niles has shaped Florida State beach volleyball into one of the most elite teams in the country, establishing the Seminoles as a national contender every year and a fixture in the AVCA Beach Top-20. Niles came to FSU prior to the 2016 season, and had previously coached at the collegiate, junior college, club and high school levels working with both indoor and sand volleyball teams. In 2016, Niles led the Seminoles to unprecedented heights during the pro- gram’s first season as an official NCAA Championship sport. Her first year in Tal- lahassee was highlighted by a series of program firsts including a school-record for dual-match victories (32), a conference championship, the top-seed in the inaugural NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship and a national runner-up finish. Florida State hit the ground running under Niles, winning its first 14 matches, all on the road, with eight of those victories coming against ranked foes including five ranked in the top-10. One of those wins came against then-No. 2 South- ern California in Los Angeles as the Seminoles snapped the Women of Troy’s 19-match home win streak. FSU went on to earn the No. 1 overall seed at the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship after claiming the 2016 Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) Conference title. The Seminoles finished the 2016 campaign as the national runner-up at the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala. after posting a 3-2 record at the tournament. FSU went on to set the single-season school record for victories in a season with 32 and ranked in the Top 5 of the AVCA national poll all year. Along with their 14-match win streak, the Seminoles also put together a school-record 17-match win streak which saw Florida State outscore the opposition 71-10. At season’s end, Florida State registered 19 victories over ranked schools, while posting an 11-3 mark against teams ranked in the Top 10. In her second year under the helm Niles continued the winning tradition of Florida State beach volleyball. The team finished with the second-most wins in school history and the third most in the country (29). Niles and the Noles secured back-to-back CCSA Championships after they defeated FIU 3-0 in 34 minutes. Florida State reached their second consecutive NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship appearance and sixth straight post season appearance, tied for most of any school. The Seminoles finished the 2017 season in fourth place at the NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in Gulf Shore, Ala. after going 2-2 at the tournament. The Noles defeated a school record 22 ranked teams during the 2017 season, including 13 wins over top-10 teams and three over top-5 teams. The 2017 season saw the Garnet and Gold defeat Pepperdine for the first time in school history as they took down the second-ranked wave inTallahassee. Niles set the bar even higher in her third season, scheduling 13 dual matches against ranked opponents in the regular season and finishing with a program-record 33 wins. Florida State reached its third consecutive NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship appearance, and seventh-straight postseason appearance, making FSU one of only two programs to make every NCAA and AVCA National Championship (along with Pepperdine). The Seminoles went undefeated to make it to the finals of the NCAA Championship for the first time, taking down No. 1 UCLA, No. 3 Hawaii and No. 5 USC along the way. FSU fell to No. 1-overall UCLA in the finals for the team’s second NCAA Runner-Up finish under Niles. FSU tallied 14 wins against AVCA Top-20 opponents in 2018, picking up four wins against higher-ranked teams. Through her three seasons at the helm, the Seminoles have remained undefeated against every East Coast team, and have not lost to a CCSA team since joining the conference in Niles’ first year. Niles was recognized for her outstanding effort in her first season at the helm of the Seminole beach volleyball program as she was named National Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). AVCA TOP-10 WINS UNDER COACH NILES Date Season FSU / Opp. Rank Opponent Site Result Score Date Season FSU / Opp. Rank Opponent Site Result Score Mar. 9 2016 4 / 6 Long Beach State Long Beach, Calif. W 5-0 Apr. 22 2017 4 / 10 Florida International * ^ Emerson, Ga. W 4-1 Mar. 10 2016 4 / 3 UCLA Santa Monica, Calif. W 5-0 Apr. 23 2017 4 / 10 Florida International* ^ Emerson, Ga. W 3-0 Mar. 11 2016 4 / 2 Southern Cal Los Angeles, Calif. W 3-2 May 5 2017 4 / 8 South Carolina* # Gulf Shores, Ala. W 3-0 Mar. 25 2016 2 / 10 Florida International* DeLand, Fla. W 4-1 May 5 2017 4 / 2 UCLA # Gulf Shores, Ala. W 3-1 Mar. 25 2016 2 / 4 UCLA DeLand, Fla. W 4-1 Feb 23 2018 4 / 9 South Carolina* DeLand, Fla. W 4-1 Apr. 15 2016 3 / T-9 Georgia State* Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-2 Mar 10 2018 5 / 3 Hawaii Manhattan Beach, Calif. W 4-1 Apr. 24 2016 3 / 9 Georgia State* ^ Emerson, Ga. W 3-0 Apr. 15 2018 7 / 8 LSU* Baton Rouge, La. W 3-2 May 6 2016 3 / 9 Stetson # Gulf Shores, Ala. W 3-0 Apr. 21 2018 7 / 8 LSU* ^ Emerson, Ga. W 4-1 May 6 2016 3 / 5 Hawai’i # Gulf Shores, Ala. W 3-2 Apr. 22 2018 7 / 8 LSU* ^ Emerson, Ga. W 3-0 May 8 2016 3 / 4 UCLA # Gulf Shores, Ala. W 3-1 May 4 2018 7 / 1 UCLA # Gulf Shores, Ala. W 3-1 Mar. 4 2017 2 / 10 LSU* DeLand, Fla. W 4-1 May 4 2018 7 / 5 USC # Gulf Shores, Ala. W 3-1 Mar. 4 2017 2 / 9 Stetson DeLand, Fla. W 4-1 May 5 2018 7 / 3 Hawaii # Gulf Shores, Ala. W 3-2 Mar. 11 2017 2 / 6 Long Beach State Manhattan Beach, Calif. W 4-1 Mar. 17 2017 4 / 7 Arizona Honolulu, Hawai’i W 3-2 Mar. 17 2017 4 / 5 Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i W 3-2 Mar. 25 2017 4 / 9 Georgia State* Columbia, S.C. W 3-2 *Denotes conference opponent Mar. 26 2017 4 / 10 South Carolina* Columbia, S.C. W 4-1 ^ CCSA Championship match Apr. 14 2017 4 / 2 Pepperdine Tallahassee, Fla. W 3-2 # NCAA Championship match

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1 3 4 5 10 12 Macy Jerger Sara Putt Devan Hultquist Payton Rund Ali Eager Jenna Johnson SR • 6-1 R-JR • 5-11 R-JR • 5-6 GR • 6-1 SR • 5-11 FR • 5-10 Fort Myers, Fla. Jupiter, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Albany, Ore. Southlake, Texas Stuart, Fla.

13 14 15 20 21 22 Lexi McKeown Marielle Diaz Alaina Chacon Brooke Kuhlman Molly McBain Kiora Sanchez FR • 5-11 SO • 5-6 SO • 5-9 SR • 5-10 JR • 5-9 FR • 6-1 Laguna Beach, Calif. Boca Raton, Fla. Crown Point, Ind. Naples, Fla. Toronto, Ont. Valencia, Calif.

23 24 25 30 31 32 Cassandra May Anderson Nikki Esposito Kate Privett Morgan Kuchar Ashley Robert Morgan Chacon FR • 5-11 SR • 5-10 FR • 5-8 FR • 5-9 SO • 5-5 FR • 5-11 Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Deerfield Beach, Fla. Grapevine, Texas Roswell, Ga. McKinney, Texas Crown Point, Ind.

33 35 41 42 Madison Fitzpatrick Payton Caffrey Avery Poppinga Bailey Reardon SO • 5-9 JR • 6-0 SO • 5-11 SO • 6-0 Tallahassee, Fla. Chuluota, Fla. Austin, Texas Milton, Ga.

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