The No. 3 Florida volleyball team opened Southeastern
Conference play with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-11) sweep of Mississippi State
Friday evening at the Newell-Grissom Building.
Florida was led by sophomore outside hitters Gabby
Mallette and Živa Recek, who both turned in double-digit kills
against MSU. Mallette led all hitters with a match-high 11 kills, while
Recek tallied 10 kills to go along with nine digs for a near-double-double.
Quick Hits:
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Junior libero Taylor Unroe scooped 17 digs against the
Bulldogs, continuing her 23-match double-digit dig streak dating back to Nov.
4, 2012. Unroe hasn’t registered a reception error in the last eight matches.
The Gator junior was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week for her
performances against No. 17 FSU, Marquette and Milwaukee.
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Senior middle blocker Chloe Mann turned in her fifth
errorless match of the season, hitting .538 with seven kills against
Mississippi State. Mann is hitting .465 for her career, as she is the NCAA active leader in the category and sits just
behind NCAA record holder in career hitting percentage, Penn State's Arielle
Wilson (.468).
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Senior setter Taylor Brauneis dished
out 36 assists for the Orange and Blue, coupling that tally with 11 digs for
her sixth double-double of her career and third of the season. Brauneis set
Florida to a .330 hitting percentage, the 10th time the Gators have hit above
.300 in 2013.
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Florida is now 43-0 all-time
against Mississippi State and the Gators haven’t dropped a set to the Bulldogs
since 2009.
