No. 5 Florida Falls to Vanderbilt in Nashville

Sunday, October 11

Nashville, TN

2 PM

Florida Gators

13-2,4-1SEC

RV Vanderbilt

13-2,4-2SEC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Florida	20	25	23	16	1
Vanderbilt	25	22	25	25	3

Gamebook

A Florida volleyball athlete in orange swings at a ball at Vanderbilt.

Brooklyn Briscoe swings at a ball in Memorial Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon. // Photo by Carly Mackler | UAA Communications

No. 5 Florida Falls to Vanderbilt in Nashville

Sunday, October 11, 2026 | Volleyball

Box Score Gamebook

The Gators are back in action next weekend for a pair of matches against Texas A&M and Texas.

By: Andrew Hile

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – No. 5 Florida volleyball saw their 11-match winning streak come to a close on Sunday afternoon in Nashville, falling to Vanderbilt in four sets, 1-3 (20-25, 25-22, 23-25, 16-25).

Taylor Parks led the Gators (13-2, 4-1 SEC) with a career-high 11 kills to go along with 30 assists for her fifth double-double of the season, while Kamryn Chaney and Alec Rothe each added 10 kills. For the match, UF finished with 46 kills and 42 assists while hitting .142. The Commodores (13-2, 4-2 SEC) finished with 52 kills, hitting .252 to go along with 50 assists.

Rothe anchored the defense with seven blocks, and Chaney added four to help Florida total 12 as a team. In the back row, Lily Hayes collected 16 digs and Logan King added 11 as the Gators posted 49 digs.

Vanderbilt was led by Samantha Wunsch, who had 15 kills, four digs and two blocks. Kayla Dunlap added 11 kills and seven blocks, and the Commodores finished with 52 digs and 11 blocks as a team.

Set One - Vanderbilt 25, UF 20

Vanderbilt quickly built a 4-1 advantage and would cling to a three-point lead through 11-8.
The Gators chipped away at the deficit, taking their first lead of the match at 14-13 following a service ace from Logan King.
As the teams continued to exchange points, Parks put down three consecutive dumps to keep pace with VU.
The Commodores took a 20-18 edge and wouldn't relinquish the lead again, taking the opening set, 25-20.
Rothe and Parks led UF with four and three kills, respectively, as the Gators tallied 11.
King tallied a team-best five digs, while Rothe added two blocks.

Set Two - UF 25, Vanderbilt 22

Florida found themselves in an early hole, trailing 7-3 as the first timeout was called. Rothe put a ball down to end the 5-0 VU run coming out of the timeout.
Trailing 13-8, the Gators put together a 6-0 run, fueled by strong defense at the net that featured three blocks and two Chaney kills, to take the lead, 14-13.
The teams went back-and-forth, finding the score knotted at 20 late in the set. Chaney put the Orange & Blue in front with a swing down the line to kick start a 3-0 run the put Florida in front for good en route to a 25-22 set victory.
Chaney found her offensive rhythm, leading the Gators with five kills.
Florida tallied six total blocks in the second set, led by four from Rothe and a trio from King.
The UF defense held Vanderbilt to .095 hitting in the second period.

Set Three - Vanderbilt 25, UF 23

The Gators started the set with a 4-1 spurt following a Rothe kill off an over pass and Chaney's seventh kill of the match.
Florida extended their lead to six, 11-5, following a 4-0 run that was capped off by a block assist from Brooklyn Briscoe and Selena Leban.
The Orange & Blue took their biggest lead of the set, 13-6, off of Parks' career-high seventh kill.
Vanderbilt used a 4-0 run to close the gap to three at 13-10, but a Briscoe tip put a stop to the momentum.
VU would battle back to take the set, 25-23, ending the frame on a 5-2 run.
The Gators hit .345 for the period, again led by five Chaney kills, with Parks and Rothe each adding three.
Hayes recorded four digs in the back row.

Set Four - Vanderbilt 25, UF 16

Vanderbilt's momentum carried into the fourth set, quickly establishing a 5-1 lead.
A pair of Briscoe kills and a Parks dump put Florida within three, 11-8, but that's as close as the Gators would get as the Commodores took the set and match, 25-16.
Hayes battled in the back row with seven of Florida's 13 set four digs.
Briscoe, Parks and Rothe all recorded two kills.

Quotes from the Court
Head Coach Ryan Theis
…on Sunday's match against Vanderbilt
"First, credit to Vanderbilt. They played well and made it tough for our pins to get clean looks. Our serving caught up to us in the first and third sets, and that was hard to overcome. We'll take the lessons from this afternoon, move on, and get ready for next weekend."

Notables

The Gators move to 1-1 against Vanderbilt since the Commodores' program was reinstated in 2025.
This was the Gators' first trip to Nashville to matchup with the Commodores.
Kamryn Chaney has recorded 10+ kills for the ninth time this season.
UF recorded 10 or more blocks for the seventh time this season.
Taylor Parks recorded a career-high 11 kills, as well as her fifth double-double of the season.

Up Next
The Orange & Blue will hit the road once again next weekend for a pair of top 25 matches, with a trip to College Station, Texas, up first on Friday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. ET as they meet No. 12 Texas A&M on SEC Network. On Sunday, Florida will matchup with No. 9 Texas in Austin at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN.

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