AUBURN, Ala. – Following a dominant sweep in Neville Arena on Friday evening, Auburn (6-1, 0-0) travels south for a rematch with Florida State (3-3, 0-0) on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT.
The match will be streamed live on the ACC Network Extra. Shawn Davison and Madison Fitzpatrick will have the call.
QUICK HITS
Head coach Brent Crouch earned his 75th win as a Tiger with the three-set sweep of Florida State on Friday.
Auburn's 17.0 total blocks against Florida State are the most for the Tigers since recording 15.0 at Arkansas a year ago. It also represents the most in a three-set match for Auburn in the rally-scoring era.
Crouch's crew now leads the Southeastern Conference in blocks per set at 3.57.
Sophomore middle blocker Kate Mansfield was the main force behind the Orange and Blue's defensive effort. Her 10 blocks were not just a career high for the Cal transfer, but were also a record for the most in a three-set match at Auburn. Her 1.86 blocks per set leads the SEC entering Sunday's match.
Mansfield's partner in the middle, Grace Havlicek, notched a season-high seven rejections. Havlicek has piled up at least four blocks in six of the seven matches this season.
Eden Bower tied her career high on Friday with six blocks. Bower has now recorded at least four blocks in three straight matches.
Junior setter Shanelle Puetz was all over the court against Florida State. The FGCU transfer recorded her second double-double of the season after a 21-assist, 14-dig performance. Her 14 digs tied her career high.
No one had a better match versus the Seminoles than Liz Markovska. Markovska tied her season high in kills (17), set her season-high in hitting percentage (.387) and tied her season high in blocks (4).
Defensively, Auburn held Florida State to .103 hitting, marking the sixth time in seven matches the Tigers have held their opponent below .200.
Senior libero Alexis Dacosta (15 digs) reached double digits in digs for the sixth time in seven matches.
LAST TIME OUT
Auburn piled up a record 17 blocks in a three-set sweep over the Seminoles. Liz Markovska produced her best match as a Tiger, finding 17 kills on .387 hitting to go along with eight digs, four blocks and two aces.
SCOUTING FLORIDA STATE
Head coach Chris Poole has been at the helm of the Florida State program for 17 seasons. Poole enters the showdown with the Tigers with an impressive 392-138 record during his time in Tallahassee.
The Seminoles face their third SEC team in a week on Friday. Poole and Co. already swept South Carolina in a preseason tournament in Tampa, Florida. On Wednesday, Florida State fell in a five-set thriller on the road at Oklahoma.
Service pressure has been the name of the game for Florida State thus far in 2025. As a team, the Seminoles are averaging a robust 1.89 aces per set, the third-best mark in the ACC. Both Iane Henke and Kyleene Filimaua have been responsible for the damage. Henke averages 0.63 per set, while Filimaua is at 0.53.
The two outsides have also been dynamic on the offensive end. Henke sits fifth in the ACC in kills per set at 3.95. Filmaua isn't too far behind at 3.32. Both are also averaging north of 4.00 points per set.
Defensively, Delaney Ewing and Nenu Kpea have been rejecting attacks at a rate of 1.19 and 1.16 per set, respectively.
AUBURN-FLORIDA STATE SERIES
Florida State enters Friday with a 13-5-1 record over Auburn. However, the Tigers have won each of the last four meetings. Last season, Crouch and Co. took down then-No. 15 Seminoles for the first of two top 25 victories in Neville Arena during 2025.