TALLAHASSEE\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0No. 7\u00a0Seminoles\u00a0extend their win streak by defeating\u00a0two ranked opponents at day one of the Florida Atlantic Beach Invitational, No. 13 FAU (4-1)\u00a0and\u00a0No. 3 USC (3-2).\u00a0<\/p>\n
FSU\u00a0took all three first sets against the\u00a0Owls with scores at 21-18, 23-21, and 21-16.\u00a0Myriah Massey<\/a> and Bailey Higgins<\/a> made quick work on court five, jumping ahead\u00a0more than five\u00a0points in each set to secure the\u00a0first\u00a0dual point.\u00a0Courts two and four began playing after Iane Henke<\/a> and Kenzie Hultquist<\/a> won in set three to\u00a0seal\u00a0the match (23-21, 21-23, 15-11).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The Noles went on to face the Trojans,\u00a0with Alexis Durish<\/a> and Audrey Koenig<\/a> scoring the first dual point at 21-14, 21-16 on court one. Courts three and five went into\u00a0third sets, with\u00a0Gella Andrew<\/a> and Maddie Trusty<\/a> adding FSU’s second dual point with a 15-10\u00a0victory on the third.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Victories from\u00a0opening day of the Florida Atlantic Invite\u00a0bring the Seminoles to 13 wins, a\u00a0.929\u00a0win-percentage, and four ranked opponent takedowns for the season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Day two for\u00a0Florida State will\u00a0bring matches against\u00a0UTampa\u00a0at 8 a.m.\u00a0EST\u00a0and No. 6 TCU\u00a0at 12 p.m.\u00a0EST.\u00a0Live stats can be found on Seminoles.com.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n #7 Florida State\u00a04, #13 FAU\u00a01\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alexis Durish<\/a>\/Audrey Koenig<\/a> (FSU) def. Denisse Morgenstern\/Shantel Starling (FAU) 21-18,\u00a021-15\u00a0<\/p>\n
Olivia Strandberg\/Ava Koehl (FAU) def. Audrey Rothman<\/a>\/Saofe\u00a0Duval (FSU) 20-22, 18-21\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kenzie Hultquist<\/a>\/Iane Henke<\/a> (FSU) def. Klaire VanDeusen\/Mia Scanlon (FAU) 23-21,\u00a021-23, 15-11\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gella Andrew<\/a>\/Maddie Trusty<\/a> (FSU) def. Reese Edwards\/Kendall Mignerey (FAU)\u00a019-21, 21-19,\u00a018-16\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bailey Higgins<\/a>\/Myriah Massey<\/a> (FSU) def. Cameron\u00a0Knifton\/Allison Spittal (FAU) 21-16,\u00a021-12\u00a0
#7 Florida State\u00a03,\u00a0#3 USC\u00a02\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alexis Durish<\/a>\/Audrey Koenig<\/a> (FSU)\u00a0def.\u00a0Ashley Pater\/Kennedy Coakley (USC)\u00a021-14, 21-16\u00a0<\/p>\n
Alana Embry\/Quincy Stevens (USC) def.\u00a0Audrey Rothman<\/a>\/Saofe\u00a0Duval (FSU)\u00a014-21, 21-19, 15-9\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gella Andrew<\/a>\/Maddie Trusty<\/a> (FSU)\u00a0def.\u00a0Bella Satterwhite\/Sarah Wood (USC)\u00a021-16,\u00a019-21, 15-10\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kyra Zaengle\/Calinda Kok (USC) def.\u00a0Kenzie Hultquist<\/a>\/Iane Henke<\/a> (FSU)\u00a022-20, 21-19\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bailey Higgins<\/a>\/Myriah Massey<\/a> (FSU)\u00a0def.\u00a0Kerry Keefe\/Kaileigh Truslow (USC)\u00a021-12, 20-22, 17-15\u00a0
For more information on the Florida State beach volleyball program, check Seminoles.com and follow us on social media at\u00a0fsubeachvolleyball\u00a0(IG) and @FSU_BeachVB (X).\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0No. 7\u00a0Seminoles\u00a0extend their win streak by defeating\u00a0two ranked opponents at day one of the Florida Atlantic Beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-192475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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