The North Carolina volleyball team (7-9, 4-2 ACC) defeated No. 23 Florida State (10-5, 4-2 ACC) 3-2, on Sunday and won its fourth straight match.
What happened?
UNC and Florida State battled right from the start. In the first set alone there were 14 ties and four lead changes. Florida State secured two back-to-back kills late in the set to win 26-24.
In the middle of the second set, FSU scored four straight points to increase its lead, 14-8. In response, North Carolina went on a four point run of its own to cut the lead, 14-12. Even though UNC cut the lead to two, Florida State power through and won the set, 25-20.
With the match on the line, UNC’s Aristea Tontai scored the first point in the third set off a kill.
Although the Seminoles scored two straight points to take the lead, 2-1. UNC went on a four point scoring run, which included two back-to-back kills by Skylar Wine and two service ace’s by Greer Moseman, to regain the lead 5-2.
The Tar Heels kept the lead until the score was 10-8, when Florida State went on a four point scoring run to gain the lead, 12-10. UNC and FSU would go on to trade runs for the rest of the set, until the Tar Heels came out on top, 25-21.
In the fourth set, Florida State and North Carolina fought from the start. Near the end, North Carolina led Florida State, 23-22, and needed to score two more points to win the set. FSU tied it up at 23-23, but the Tar Heels scored two straight points to win and force a fifth set.
North Carolina opened the fifth set with a kill from Harrison. Florida State then tied the set,1-1. But UNC’s Harrison secured two back-to-back kills to give her team the lead, 3-1. Although Florida State battled, UNC grew its lead to 6-3. The Seminoles scored three straight points to tie the set, 6-6 before UNC scored four straight points to lead, 10-6. North Carolina rolled to a victory, 15-10, and won the match, 3-2.
