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Syracuse volleyball loses in straights sets to No. 15 Florida State

Syracuse volleyball loses in straights sets to No. 15 Florida State

Syracuse fell to No. 15 Florida State, losing all three sets while giving up big runs of points. Sabrina Koenig | Staff Photographer

Syracuse (2-11, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) started out its first conference road trip with a loss, dropping straight sets to No. 15 Florida State (10-2, 3-0).

Anastasiya Gorelina and Kendra Lukacs led the team with 11 kills a piece and Gorelina had a kill percentage of 42.1 percent.

Syracuse had only four service errors, a much-needed improvement from the 10 it had against North Carolina State last Sunday.

The first set was characterized by large runs by FSU. With Syracuse trailing 5-3, the Seminoles went on a 7-3 run to put them up 12-7. They didn’t lose the lead and went on an 8-4 run to end the set, 25-17.

The second set was very much the same, with Syracuse allowing Florida State to go on an extended run with little time to recover. With the Seminoles up 18-16 on the Orange, Florida State went on a 7-0 run to end it.

With Syracuse trailing 18-16 in the third set, the Seminoles went on another 7-0 to close out the match.

Syracuse will look for its second conference win when it returns to action Sunday against Miami (7-8, 1-2 Atlantic Coast) at noon.