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

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.