University of Minnesota Athletics
Saturday, September 7
7:00 PM
University of Minnesota
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Photo by: Christopher Mitchell
Gophers Sweep Gators in Home Opener
9/7/2019 9:25:00 PM | Volleyball
The No. 8 University of Minnesota volleyball program opened their home slate at Maturi Pavilion Saturday night and came away with a 3-0 sweep over No. 7 Florida. With the win, the Gophers even their record to 2-2.
The Gophers and Gators played in a tight match with nine tie scores and three lead changes, but Minnesota pulled out the victory with set scores of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-22. Minnesota outhit Florida .240 to .147 and tallied 44 kills.
Junior Stephanie Samedy led the Gophers and had a double-double evening with 16 kills and 12 digs and hit .343, along with a service ace. Senior setter Kylie Miller appeared in her first home match as a Golden Gophers as she registered 36 assists and an ace. She also had two kills of her own in three attempts.
Sophomore Adanna Rollins also contributed to the win with eight kills and two blocks assists and senior Alexis Hart added nine kills.Â
Up Next
The Gophers head to University Park, Penn. on Friday, Sept. 13 for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. They will face Oregon in their opening match and Stanford on Saturday.
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NoteablesÂ
Tonight's match up was the first contest between Minnesota and Florida since 2006. The Gophers are now 4-1 all-time againist the Gators.Â
It was Stephanie Samedy's 29th career double-double.Â
Kylie Miller played in her first match as a Gopher tonight, but second time she's played in Maturi Pavilion. Miller played in the 2016 NCAA Regional Final with UCLA as the Gophers defeated the Bruins to advance to the NCAA Final Four.Â
Quoteable
"One thing we wanted to work on was our presence coming onto the court and the past two matches we played and wanting to get out there and compete from the start, and play Gopher Volleyball. I think we did that." - Junior right side hitter, Stephanie Samedy
The Gophers and Gators played in a tight match with nine tie scores and three lead changes, but Minnesota pulled out the victory with set scores of 25-20, 25-17 and 25-22. Minnesota outhit Florida .240 to .147 and tallied 44 kills.
Junior Stephanie Samedy led the Gophers and had a double-double evening with 16 kills and 12 digs and hit .343, along with a service ace. Senior setter Kylie Miller appeared in her first home match as a Golden Gophers as she registered 36 assists and an ace. She also had two kills of her own in three attempts.
Sophomore Adanna Rollins also contributed to the win with eight kills and two blocks assists and senior Alexis Hart added nine kills.Â
Up Next
The Gophers head to University Park, Penn. on Friday, Sept. 13 for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. They will face Oregon in their opening match and Stanford on Saturday.
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Hear from Coach McCutcheon as he meets with media after tonight's 3-0 win over No. 7 Florida at Maturi Pavilion. pic.twitter.com/ltu2q4cAps
— Minnesota Volleyball (@GopherVBall) September 8, 2019
NoteablesÂ
Tonight's match up was the first contest between Minnesota and Florida since 2006. The Gophers are now 4-1 all-time againist the Gators.Â
It was Stephanie Samedy's 29th career double-double.Â
Kylie Miller played in her first match as a Gopher tonight, but second time she's played in Maturi Pavilion. Miller played in the 2016 NCAA Regional Final with UCLA as the Gophers defeated the Bruins to advance to the NCAA Final Four.Â
Quoteable
"One thing we wanted to work on was our presence coming onto the court and the past two matches we played and wanting to get out there and compete from the start, and play Gopher Volleyball. I think we did that." - Junior right side hitter, Stephanie Samedy
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Team Stats
UF
MINN
Kills
38
44
Errors
21
14
Attempts
124
124
Hitting %
.137
.242
Points
49.5
52.0
Assists
37
41
Aces
3
3
Blocks
8.5
5.0
Game Leaders
Kills
16
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
3
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