Displays Florida State "Another level" of Garnet and Gold Growth – Florida State University

Talahasi – He was reduced to the third and last sets of the fifth and final courts. Of course he did it. After all, this is the team of beach volleyball at Florida State University. The only program in the country that appears in any national championship, be it AVCA or NCAA. A perennial top five teams, which has become strong to the extent that the completion of fifth place at the NCAA Championship is seen as something disappointing.

So, it was no surprise that after an hour on a stunning Saturday night for the annual Garnet and Gold event, the race was tied with two wins, descending to a decisive third set between the youths Alexis Durish and Audrey König of the golden team against freshmen Gel andrew and Kenzi Hulquist on the grenade.

In the end, it is Durish and Koenig that will take this third set, 15-7, reinforcing a 3-2 victory for gold on Saturday night. But the faithful of the Florida Beach Volleyball team, the players and coaches of the staff to the parents and the dozens of fans decorating the grass and whitening in the beach volleyball complex of Florida, it was a collective victory: a promising starting season of another show, for To see everyone.

“This”, the father of a player in the city for camp earlier during the day said, “was another level.”

It was honest to wonder in the fall and the beginning of this spring season what this team would look like from 2025. The transition from the 2024 group to 2025 did not require a small repair of the list after losing key pieces in Madie Anderson., Ali Hansen., Taylor., Skyler German., Ralin White., Caitlin Luna., Morgan Chaconand Kaeli crews From a team that finished 31-8 and remained unbeaten at home.

So, with the recognized small size of the granat sample and the gold, the intra -admission collection of the book, what does this team look like?

Let’s borrow a phrase from the aforementioned father: Another level.

When you consider the stupidity of youth in the list, another word comes to mind: predicted.

The huge jumps made by youngsters in the freshmen Andrew, Hultquist, Miria Massie., Bailey Higgins., Jordan Bulurand Skylar Skrabanek were impossible to miss.

“Garnet and Gold was a great first fused for our team,” a coach assistant Nickname He said. “I was really impressed with how our young players activated and competed.”

Pressing under pressure from Skrabanek and Junior Madison Binkleywho returned from the launch of the first set of senior Angelin Bergrer and junior McKena Flahurti17-21, to win the next two, holding on to 15-13 third victory for Garnet, was remarkable.

The huge command of a dizziness crime shown by Kara Sasak And Higgins in his victory with 21-17, 22-20 for Garnet was at one time a confusing mystery that should not be solved and a magnificent clock for those who did not want to solve it. To call Anno Long A strong return after two operations would be an underestimation, as her and tables fought with Sasak and Higgins.

The apparent team chemistry of Maddie Trusty and Macca WolfeWho gathered the most convincing victory of the evening, 21-17, 21-14, would make a conscious effort to ignore.

“It was really nice to see our team having fun and competing after such a long training block,” chief coach Brooke Neals He said. “All the matches were so close and it was great to see how each of our players reacted at these moments.”

Earn, lose, sweep, three sets – it didn’t matter. Each player on each court had positives, no matter what color happened to wear this particular night.

“Both teams brought a lot of intensity and it was exciting to see them to apply some of the things we are working on,” Lusna said. “It’s always fun to get involved in the competition and it was a great starting point for us.”

To a point of the Luzen: Despite the loss of Brooke Pope and a manager who serves as a floor, a freshman Addy White He was pleased with the evening. What had she been working on a whole week? Remained balanced in defense.

What did she think she went well on Saturday? Remained balanced in defense.

White is just one example of 19 of them on Saturday, each player exhibits growth in the Niles or Lucena or Assistant areas Travis Mehrter They emphasize in the fall and early spring. This was obvious in Bergner’s block moves, in McKena Flahurti five aces, in the deep, powerful changes of Jordan Bulur and Kylene filimauaIn the pull of protection of Karlee DegrootIn the offensive sequence of pop, when making decisions of Durish and command on the network of the könig-lifting, it can continue to the list.

Another level was reached for each player. Clearly for everyone in Talahasi to see.