TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 The Wake Forest volleyball team (6-9, 0-4 ACC) dropped a conference road battle against Florida State (8-6, 3-1 ACC) by a final score of 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Tully Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
Offensively, the Demon Deacons were led by freshman Lyla Stewart<\/a>, who recorded nine kills against the Seminoles. Stewart also tallied seven digs and a service ace.<\/p>\n Senior Laiya Ebo<\/a> produced a solid performance off the bench, totaling seven kills and a team-high four blocks. Meanwhile, graduate student Ryleigh Whitekettle<\/a> and redshirt junior Catherine Burke<\/a> totaled six kills each.<\/p>\n Senior Andrea Roman<\/a> pushed her conference-leading digs total to 246 as she logged eight digs, as well as three assists, on Sunday.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, junior Becca Bellows<\/a> and freshman Emma Keeping<\/a> reached double-digit assists. Bellows led the Demon Deacons with 12 assists to go along with two service aces, while Keeping added 10 assists and eight digs.<\/p>\n How It Happened
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\n\tRedshirt junior Catherine Burke<\/a> put the Deacs on the board first in the opening set with a kill.
\n\tThe Deacs rattled off four straight points to take a 5-1 lead early in the first set.
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\n\tThe Seminoles tied the match at 5-5 before Stewart gave the Demon Deacons the lead back with a kill.
\n\tWake Forest went on another four-point surge to push its lead to 11-7.
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\n\t\tSenior Laiya Ebo<\/a> tallied a kill and block alongside Burke during the stretch.
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\n\tThe Deacs capitalized on a pair of Florida State errors, as well as a service ace by Becca Bellows<\/a>, to claim a five-point lead.
\n\tAfter the Seminoles took the lead following a short run, the Demon Deacons responded with a kill by Ebo and an ace by Stewart to move within a point.
\n\tFlorida State took the first set, 25-20.
\n\tThe Seminoles opened the second set on a 4-0 run.
\n\tThe Deacs battled back as freshman Emma Keeping<\/a> notched a service ace to make it 6-5.
\n\tThe two sides traded points throughout the middle stages of the set.
\n\tWake Forest went on a 3-0 run to take a 19-18 lead.
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\n\t\tFreshman Ava Roddey<\/a> capped off the run with a service ace to give the Demon Deacons the lead.
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\n\tThe Seminoles won the second set, 25-22.
\n\tStewart registered a kill for the first point of the third set.
\n\tBellows added her second service ace of the match to cut the Seminoles’ lead to one.
\n\tAfter the Seminoles pushed their lead to four, the Demon Deacons claimed six of the next seven points to take a 17-16 lead.
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\n\t\tEbo and freshman Camille McCoy<\/a> tied the match with a block before McCoy gave the Deacs the lead with a kill.
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\n\tEbo and McCoy combined on another block to make it 20-19.
\n\tFlorida State won the third set, 25-23.
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\n\tFreshman Lyla Stewart<\/a> led the Demon Deacons with nine kills.
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\n\t\tStewart has now led the Deacs in kills seven times this season.
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\n\tLaiya Ebo<\/a> provided a major spark off the bench on Sunday, totaling seven kills and a team-high four blocks.\u00a0
\n\tSenior Andrea Roman<\/a> tallied eight digs against the Seminoles, bringing her season total to 246.
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\n\t\tRoman has now totaled double-digit digs in 14 of Wake Forest’s 15 matches this season.
\n\t\tThe Humacao, Puerto Rico, native leads the ACC in total digs this season.
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