April 9-10 TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE BEACH VOLLEYBALL 2021 SEASON Overall Record ................................................................................22-3 Home Record ....................................................................................4-0 NO. 3 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES Away Record ..................................................................................... 5-3 Overall: 22-3 HEAD COACH: Brooke Niles (UC Santa Barbara ‘03) Neutral Record ...............................................................................13-0 Career Record: 157-30 | Sixth Season CCSA Record ...................................................................................13-0 2021 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY FSU/Opp. Rank Time/Result 27 Southern Miss* 3/- W, 5-0 NO. 15 FIU 27 Loyola Marymount 3/8 W, 4-1 28 Cal Poly 3/6 W, 5-0 Overall: 19-5 ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD: FSU leads 11-2 28 Tampa 3/- W, 5-0 MARCH 5 Louisiana Monroe* 3/- W, 5-0 5 at Tulane* 3/RV W, 5-0 NO. 17 STETSON 6 Houston Baptist 3/- W, 5-0 6 at LSU* 3/1 W, 4-1 Overall: 16-9 7 Georgia State* 3/18 W, 5-0 ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD: FSU leads 15-0 7 FAU* 3/12 W, 4-1 13 TCU* 2/10 W, 5-0 13 Grand Canyon 2/11 W, 4-1 13 LSU* 2/3 W, 3-2 UNF Overall: 17-5 19 Stetson 1/14 W, 4-1 ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD: FSU leads 4-0 19 FGCU 1/- W, 5-0 20 UAB* 1/RV W, 5-0 20 FAU* 1/12 W, 3-2 27 Georgia State* 2/17 W, 5-0 27 Stetson 2/16 W, 5-0 27 TCU* 2/9 W, 4-1 28 South Carolina* 2/15 W, 4-1 • Florida State started the season off 21-0, for their best start in school APRIL history. The Seminoles had never started as season better than 14-0. 3 USC 2/1 L, 4-1 • The third-ranked Florida State beach volleyball hosts its second and final home tournament of the season. The Noles square off against FIU, UNF and 3 USC 2/1 W, 3-2 Stetson twice. 4 UCLA 2/4 L, 4-1 • Florida State is 30-2 combined against FIU, UNF and Stetson. The last time 4 UCLA 2/4 L, 3-2 • Florida State is the only program in the country to win four straight conference championships (2016-19). 9 FIU* 3/15 11:30 AM 9 Stetson 3/17 4:45 PM Numbers To Note 10 Stetson 3/17 3:00 PM 222 - Florida State holds an all-time record of 222-45 (.831) 10 UNF 3/- 4:45 PM 157 - Head Coach Brooke Niles is 157-30 (.840) in her six seasons at Florida 17 Southern Miss* 2/- 11:30 AM State. She is the program’s all-time leader in wins. 17 TCU* 2/7 2:30 PM 53 – Florida State is 53-2 all-time at home. 18 Tulane* 2/RV 11:30 1M 49 - Florida State has been ranked in the top-5 in 49 of the 55 AVCA top-20 18 LSU* 2/4 4:00 PM rankings since beach volleyball became an NCAA sport in 2016. Florida State has been in the top-7 in all 55 polls. 23-25 CCSA Conference Championship Huntsville, Ala. MAY 33 – Florida State is 33-3 all-time during opening weekend. 7-9 NCAA Championship Gulf Shores, Ala. 21 – Florida State started the season off 21-0. The best start in program history * Conference Opponent 8 - Florida State has made it to all eight AVCA or NCAA Championship tournaments. They are one of two schools to have accomplished such feat. MEDIA INFORMATION 4 - Florida State has won four straight CCSA Championships. They the only beach volleyball program to win four straight beach volleyball conference Beach Volleyball SID .........................................Bret Clein championships. Phone ............................................................ 850.644.5656 Cell .................................................................... 954.802.4770 E-mail ........................................................... [email protected] Website ...................................................... Seminoles.com Mailing Address . 403 Stadium Dr., Tallahassee, Fla. 32306 Seminoles.com 1 April 9-10 QUICK FACTS 2021 ROSTER UNIVERSITY INFORMATION No. Name Ht Yr Hometown / High School / Last School Location ........................................................ Tallahassee, FL 1 Maddie Anderson 6-1 R-Fr. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. / Palm Beach Gardens Symbol ...................................................................Seminoles Colors ...........................................................Garnet and Gold 2 Cassie Anderson 5-11 R-Fr. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. / Palm Beach Gardens Enrollment ..................................................................40,830 President ........................................................John Thrasher 3 Sara Putt 5-11 Gr. Jupiter, Fla. / Jupiter / Stetson Athletic Director .............................................David Coburn Sport Oversight .............................................................. Stuart Pearce 4 Caitlin Godwin 5-7 Fr. Austin, Texas / Bowie Conference ........................Coastal Collegiate Sports Association National Affiliation (Division) ........................... Division I 5 Keara Rutz 5-10 R-Fr. San Juan Capistrano, Calif. / Capistrano Valley BEACH VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION 10 Alex Hilton 5-10 R-Fr. Sarasota, Fla. / Riverview High School Head Coach ...........................................Brooke Niles (Sixth Season) 11 Erin Murphy 6-2 R-Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla. / St Petersburg Collegiate H.S. Alma Mater ..........................................UC Santa Barbara (2003) Record at Florida State ......................................................157-30 12 Jenna Johnson 5-10 R-So. Stuart, Fla. / Jensen Beach Career Coaching Record ....................................................157-30 Assistant Coach .......................Jason Lochhead (Second Season) 13 Lexi McKeown 5-11 R-So. Laguna Beach, Calif. / Laguna Beach Volunteer Coach .................................... Jon Justice (Third Season) Beach VB Office Phone Number ..............................850.644.3003 14 Marielle Diaz 5-6 R-Jr. Boca Raton, Fla. / Calvary Christian Acad. Home Courts .........................................Seminole Beach Volleyball Courts 15 Alaina Chacon 5-6 R-Jr. Crown Point, Ind. / Crown Point 2019 Overall Record ......................................................... 29-7 2019 NCAA Championships (Gulf Shores, Ala.) ...................1-2 - 6th 20 Caitlin Moon 6-0 Fr. Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas / Boerne Samuel V. Champion Letterwinners Returning/Lost............................................... 13/5 Newcomers ........................................................................................ 7 21 Molly McBain 5-9 R-Sr. Toronto, Ont. / Malvern Collegiate Inst. All-Time School Record (Yrs/Pct.) ...................222-45 (10/.831) All-Time NCAA Record (Yrs/Pct.) ........................157-30 (6/.840) 24 Liz Waters-Leiga 5-11 R-Fr. San Leandro, Calif. / San Leandro SID INFORMATION 25 Kate Privett 5-8 R-So. Grapevine, Texas / Carroll Senior Beach Volleyball SID ......................................... Bret Clein 31 Ashley Robert 5-5 R-Jr. McKinney, Texas / McKinney Phone Number ........................................ 850.644.5656 Fax Number ............................................. 850.644.3820 32 Sydney Wetterstrom 6-4 R-Sr. Longmont, Colo. / Longmont / Michigan Cell Phone ................................................ 954.802.4770 Email Address ...................................... [email protected] 33 Madison Fitzpatrick 5-9 R-Jr. Tallahassee, Fla. / Lincoln Mailing Address .......................... Florida State University ............................ 403 Stadium Drive West, Room D0107 34 Arianna Bergner 6-0 Fr. Windermere, Fla. / Windermere Prep .......................................................Tallahassee, FL 32306 Athletic Website .............................. www.seminoles.com 35 Payton Caffrey 6-0 R-Sr. Chuluota, Fla. / Winter Springs Beach Volleyball Twitter ...........................@FSU_BeachVB 40 Torrey Van Winden 6-3 R-Sr. Napa, Calif. / Vintage H.S. / Cal Poly / UCLA Facebook Address ................ Facebook.com/FSUBeachVB Instagram ........................................... FSUBeachVolleyball 41 Avery Poppinga 5-11 R-Jr. Austin, Texas / St. Stephen’s Episcopal Conference Website ............................. www.theccsa.com Conference Twitter .......................................@CCSA_Beach 42 Angeline Bergner 5-11 Fr. Windermere, Fla. / Windermere Prep 55 Raelyn White 5-11 Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla. / St. Petersburg Collegiate High COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Brooke Niles (6th Season) ...............................................................................................................................UC Santa Barbara (2003) Overall/FSU Record .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 157-30 Assistant Coach: Jason Lochhead (2nd Season) ............................................................................................................................................................... Volunteer Assistant Coach: Jon Justice (3rd Season) .............................................................................................................Florida State (2020) Director of Operations: Ileana Mochos (2nd Season) .......................................................................................................Wofford College (1998) PRONUNCIATIONS #5 Keara Rutz Kear (like ear)-a #13 Lexi McKeown Mc-KYOO-n #15 Alaina Chacon A-LAY-nuh Chah-CONE #23 Liz Water-Leiga Lie-ga Seminoles.com 2 April 9-10 KEY STORYLINES AVCA TOP 20 COACHES POLL TOP-RANKED COACHING STAFF WEEK 6 POLL • APRIL 7 , 2021 » Head Coach Brooke Niles brought on former Olympic No. School 2021 Rec. Prev Rk coach Jason Lochhead to her staff in 2019.