The Daily Nole — March 8, 2021: FSU Beach Volleyball Completes Perfect Weekend in Louisiana

By Mike Ferguson
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Updated: March 8, 2021

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During a 3-day trip to Louisiana that concluded with matches against three ranked teams, Florida State beach volleyball came out unblemished.

The No. 2 Seminoles improved to 10-0 on the season with a perfect 6-0 weekend on the Bayou. Over the three days, FSU collected wins over Houston Baptist, Louisiana Monroe, Georgia State, Florida Atlantic and Tulane. The highlight of the weekend however, was a 4-1 victory over No. 1 LSU on Saturday night.

Over the four dual victories against the Tigers, only the FSU combination of Sara Putt and Maddie Anderson needed three sets. The duo of Torrey Van Winden and Keara Rutz clinched the match for the Seminoles with a 21-12, 21-14 victory over LSU’s Claire Coppola and Kelli Greene-Agnew.

Over the weekend, only LSU and FAU managed to take a dual from the Seminoles. FSU will likely be the new No. 1 when it travels to Gulf Shores, Ala. next weekend for the “March to May”. That trip concludes with another match against LSU.

Between the Lines

In addition to FSU beach volleyball victories over Georgia State and Florida Atlantic on Sunday afternoon, FSU women’s tennis fell to North Carolina, 7-0. FSU baseball fell at home to Virginia, 2-1.

On the Agenda

FSU men’s tennis will be at Virginia on Monday.

News and Notes

FSU women’s cross country has qualified for the NCAA Championships on March 15.

FSU men’s basketball coach Leonard Hamilton has been named a semifinalist for the Werner Ladder National Coach of the Year.

Updated AP and Amway Coaches Polls for men’s basketball will be released on Monday. Rankings for other sports will also be released.

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Mike Ferguson is the editor of The Daily Nole. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeWFerguson

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Mike Ferguson is the editor of The Daily Nole and former editor of Noled Out. Mike has more than seven years experience as a sports writer including the last four in print and online media. Mike graduated from Florida State University in 2009 with a Bachelors in Religion and a minor in Communications. Mike provided press coverage of Florida State's run to the 2013 BCS National Championship. Mike is also a news reporter at Polk County's newspaper, The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida. and contributes to Athlon Sports and ACCSports.com. Mike has been featured on sites as prominent as Yahoo Sports, FoxSports.com, Associated Press and the front page of SI.com while interviewing athletes as high profile as 2013 National League MVP, Andrew McCutchen. Email Mike at Mike@TheDailyNole.com. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeWFerguson.