DURHAM, N.C. – Duke will hit the road to take on Florida State Sunday, Nov. 24 for an ACC Network noon matchup at Tully Gymnasium in Tallahassee, Fla. The Blue Devils enter the match 12-17 overall and 5-11 in conference play as the Seminoles are 17-8 and 10-5 in the ACC.
LAST TIME OUT
The Duke volleyball team fell to North Carolina 3-0 (24-26, 20-25, 20-25) Thursday evening in Chapel Hill.
Duke was led by senior
Samantha Amos with nine kills and just three errors to hit .286 percent for the match and junior
Payton Schwantz with eight kills to hit .227. Setters
Camille Nazor and
Sarah Nelson dished 13 assists each while
Gracie Johnson led the team defensively with 14 digs.
As a team, the Blue Devils hit just .073 percent for the match as the Tar Heels hit .202.
SCOUTING THE SEMINOLES
The Seminoles are coming off a five-set loss to North Carolina last weekend and will face No. 2 Pitt Friday before welcoming the Blue Devils Sunday.
Florida State is led offensively by Payton Caffrey with 335 kills and a 3.99 kills/set average. Morgan Chacon owns 229 kills and leads the team with 262 digs. Taryn Knuth leads the team with 138 total blocks and a 1.55 blocks/set average. Setter Lily Tessier has dished 536 assists.
As a team, Florida State is hitting .254 percent and is limiting opponents to just a .190 clip.
FSU TAKES THE FIRST OF TWO MEETINGS
In their first meeting on Sept. 27, the Duke volleyball team fell to then-No. 23 Florida State 3-1 (25-27, 21-25, 25-23, 15-25) to open ACC play in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Gracie Johnson,
Ade Owokoniran and
Lauren Cline combined for 35 kills while setter
Camille Nazor dished 36 assists on the evening.
Following the trip in Tallahassee, the Blue Devils will close out the season at Notre Dame Nov. 29.
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