The loss was the Tar Heels' second of the season and snapped a 13-match winning streak for UNC (21-2, 8-1). Senior outside hitter Laura Greene led the Tar Heels with 21 kills, 16 digs and three aces.
Florida State (16-7, 7-3) remains undefeated in Tully Gymnasium this season.
UNC is next in action this Friday and Saturday, hosting No. 24 Georgia Tech and Clemson on back-to-back nights.
Men's Tennis Players Fall in Tourney
North Carolina's Trystan Meniane and Nicholas Monroe both played in the semifinal round of the singles draw, while the pair of Monroe and sophomore Daniel Pinchbeck played in the doubles finals of the Omni Hotels/ITA Mideast Region Championships. The tournament was played at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
Monroe and Pinchbeck lost to Zoltan Csanadi and Izak van der Merwe of Old Dominion 8-5 in the finals of the doubles draw, and Meniane fell to Georgia Tech's Roger Anderson 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the singles final.
Meniane, however, earned an invitation to the ITA National Indoors, November 8-10, in Dallas, with his semifinal win.
Women's Golf Finishes Fourth
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The North Carolina women's golf team finished the Lady Paladin Invitational in fourth place behind winner and host school, Furman. The Tar Heels' final round score of 295 put them at a total of 890 for the tournament and 10 shots back of first place.