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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (SMU) – No. 10 SMU volleyball continued their winning ways Wednesday in Tallahassee, extending their streak to nine straight, in their sweep over No. 21 Florida State, with set scores of 27-25, 25-23, and 25-21.

The win gives SMU their 12th road win of the year, a new program record for a single season. They also collected their 15th sweep of the season, the fourth most in program history. SMU moves their record to 24-6 overall and 16-3 in ACC action.  
 
Tabron led the way for the Mustangs with 14 kills while hitting .355, with a match-high 16 digs. Naya Shime closely followed with 13 kills, seven digs, and three blocks.
 
Jamison Wheeler was a kill shy of a double-double with nine kills and 11 digs. Celia Cullen dished out 32 assists in the three-setter, along with five digs and five blocks. As a team, SMU hit .252 with 54 digs and ten blocks.
 
MATCH NOTES:

• With the win, SMU improved to 3-0 against the Seminoles, a perfect 9-0 in the three matchups.
• SMU is up to seven ranked wins this season. 
• Tabron now has 19 matches this season with 10+ kills and 15 with double-digit digs.
• Tabron collected her 12th double-double of the season against the Seminoles.
• Wheeler earned her eighth match with 10+ digs this season.
• Shime has 22 matches with ten or more kills this season, leading the team.
• Cullen tied her season-high with five blocks against the Seminoles.
• Okammor went for five or more blocks (6) for the 12th time this season.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
SET ONE | After a kill on the first point by Tabron for the Mustangs, SMU strung together three straight to take a 3-1 lead. The clubs traded points for most of the early going in the first frame until two straight by Florida State on a kill and an attack error put the home team up 11-8. SMU responded with two of their own, coming on an attack error by the Seminoles and a kill from Okammor, which cut SMU's deficit to two. FSU got both those points back on back-to-back kills before a 4-0 run gave SMU the lead for just the second time in the first set. The Mustangs then tallied two of the next three to extend their lead to two. Kills from Tabron and Wheeler pushed the Mustangs' lead out to three (19-16). Florida State surged in front with a 6-0 run to take a 23-20 advantage, but the Mustangs answered with a big swing of their own, collecting the next four to go up 24-23. Florida State flipped the script to put themselves at set point, but SMU closed the set out with three straight kills, one from Wheeler and two from Tabron, to win the frame 27-25.  SMU hit .357 in the first set, led by Wheeler and Tabron with five kills. Cullen finished with an impressive 16 assists in the first set.
 
SET TWO | FSU got off to a 2-0 start to the second frame before SMU collected four of the next five to take a 4-3 lead. Similar to the first frame, neither team was able to create any separation until midway through when SMU went on a 3-0 run to go up 15-12 entering the media timeout. The Mustangs held off several short spurts by the Seminoles and forged their way to a 23-20 lead on a kill from Shime. FSU then called the next two to bring the set within a point. However, SMU closed the frame, scoring two of the final three on kills from Okammor and Tabron to win the frame 25-23. Tabron caught fire in the second set, leading the match with seven kills. The Mustangs hit .256 in the frame.
 
SET THREE | The Mustangs got off to their best start of any set in the third frame of the match, leading 6-2 after a 4-0 run ending on a kill from Cullen. The Seminoles showed some fight midway through the frame, taking back the lead 14-13 on an attack error by the Mustangs and then 17- 16 on back-to-back kills. Fortunately, SMU returned with a dominant stretch, scoring five out of seven to go up two (21-19). A kill from Natalia Newsome and a block from Okammor and Shime concluded the run and gave SMU the room they needed to close another sweep. SMU went on to collect four of the next six to win the frame 25-21, capped off by a kill from Okammor. Both teams had their lowest hitting percentage in the third set, but SMU controlled the next, earning five of their ten blocks in the third. The Mustangs' two starting middle had three blocks and one solo block each. Shime was the kill leader in the frame, putting down five.
 
SMU LEADERS:
SMU Kills Leader: Maya Tabron (14)
SMU Assist Leader: Celia Cullen (32)
SMU Digs Leader: Maya Tabron (16)
SMU Blocks Leader: Nnedi Okammor (6)
SMU Ace Leader: Naya Shime (2)
 
UP NEXT:    
SMU Volleyball will return to Dallas for their final regular season match on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. CT as they host NC State on Senior night. For all things SMU Volleyball, follow the program on Instagram, X, and Facebook.