No. 7 Gators Wall Up in 3-1 Victory Over No. 19 Texas A&M

Friday, October 16

College Station, TX

7 PM

Florida Gators

14-2,5-1SEC

#19 Texas A&M

10-8,3-3SEC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Florida	25	23	25	25	3
Texas A&M	19	25	17	16	1

Gamebook

Florida volleyball celebrates a point against Texas A&M

The Gators have defeated five ranked opponents this season. // Photo by Carter Bradley | UAA Communications

No. 7 Gators Wall Up in 3-1 Victory Over No. 19 Texas A&M

Friday, October 16, 2026 | Volleyball

Box Score Gamebook

Florida matched their season-high in blocks, posting 16 on the evening.

By: Andrew Hile

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – No. 7 Florida volleyball used strong defense at the net to pull away from No. 19 Texas A&M at Reed Arena, beating the Aggies in four sets (25-19, 23-25, 25-17, 25-16) in front of 6,464 fans.

The Gators (14-2, 5-1 SEC) gave Texas A&M (10-8, 3-3 SEC) problems at the net throughout Friday's match, matching their season high with 16 team blocks. Brooklyn Briscoe led the way with seven, while Alec Rothe and Taylor Parks each added six, a career high for Parks. In the back row, Lily Hayes and Logan King each reached double-digit digs, with 14 and 11, respectively, accounting for 25 of UF's 57. Six Gators finished with five or more digs. The Aggies had 56 digs and 11 blocks.

On offense, the trio of Kamryn Chaney, King and Rothe led the way. Chaney paced the Orange and Blue with 12 kills, King earned her second double-double with 10, and Rothe added nine on .438 hitting. Parks directed the offense with 36 assists, and the Gators were elite behind the service line, tallying 10 aces, including four from Parks and three from Bella Lee. Florida outhit Texas A&M .186-.112 and won the ace battle 10-5, but the Aggies held advantages in kills (48-44) and assists (46-41).

Texas A&M was led by All-American Kyndal Stowers with 17 kills and 11 digs. Gabi Rodriguez added 13 digs and six assists out of the back row.

Set One - UF 25, TAMU 19

The Gators quickly opened up a four-point edge, 7-3, following back-to-back A&M attack errors.
Texas A&M took the lead, 10-9, but a Hayes ace and block from Parks and Rothe helped swing the momentum back to UF during a 5-0 run that gave the Gators a 14-9 lead.
Florida forced an Aggie timeout late in the first set following a 4-0 spurt, capped off by a Rothe kill from Parks, that created a 19-12 advantage.
The Gators' lead would peak at eight, 22-14, as Briscoe put the exclamation point on the opening frame with a kill to give UF the 25-19 win.
Defense dominated the first set as Hayes and King tallied 10 of Florida's 21 digs, each with five, helping to hold Texas A&M to .065 hitting.
At the net, the Orange & Blue recorded four team blocks, led by two from Rothe.
King was effective out of the back row, posting four kills to lead the offense.

Set Two - TAMU 25, UF 23

Parks opened the second set with her first service ace of the match as the Gators were out to an early 4-1 lead.
A 6-1 run from the Aggies put Texas A&M in front, 15-12, heading into the media timeout.
A&M extended their lead to 17-13 before a kill by Byrd and consecutive blocks assists (Briscoe/Parks, Briscoe/Byrd) forced a TAMU timeout.
The Gators would even the match twice at 18 and 19, but the Aggies would ultimately take the set, 25-23.
Hayes again led the defensive effort with four kills as UF ended with 12 digs.
Briscoe recorded four blocks, with the Gators tallying five as a team.
Offensively, Chaney and Rothe both finished the period with three kills.

Set Three - UF 25, TAMU 17

A powerful swing from Chaney and ace from Parks put UF in front early, 4-1.
Texas A&M evened the set at six, but a Briscoe kill and block assist, with help from Parks, gave Florida the lead. King's kill on the following play extended the lead to three, 9-6.
After TAMU pulled within one at 12-11, the Gators earned some breathing room with a bad set from A&M and another Parks ace.
The Orange & Blue gained a five-point edge, 19-14, off a King ace, and would see the lead grow to eight following a Selena Leban service ace and Chaney kill en route to the 25-17 victory.
Defense continued to shine, with King recording five digs of the Gators' 14 digs.
The Aggies were held to .000 hitting and just seven kills.
Parks directed the offense with 11 assists, with King's five kills pacing UF.

Set Four - UF 25, TAMU 16

The Gators took a 6-2 lead after their eighth service ace of the match, courtesy of Lee.
Texas A&M was forced to take a timeout following a kill by Rothe and an attack error, trailing 8-3.
A 4-0 burst heading into the media timeout gave UF their largest lead of the period, 15-8. Chaney put down a pair of kills during the run.
Florida never gave the Aggies an opportunity to make it interesting, opening up an 11-point lead following a Byrd swing, 24-13, en route to the 25-16 set and match win.
Chaney led Florida with five kills while Parks notched 10 assists to lead the offense, as the Gators ended with their best offensive set at .333 hitting.
Three team blocks, with three blocks from Rothe, helped hold the Aggies to a .062 hitting percentage.
Lee was a force at the service line, tallying three aces.

Quotes from the Court
Head Coach Ryan Theis
…on the bounce-back victory over Texas A&M
"I don't know if it was our best serving match from an ace-to-error perspective, but we played lower error and we missed less serves, so that was part of it to keep on them and allow ourselves the ability to get point runs. Our block got us the rest of those. We weren't siding-out great, and then all of a sudden in the second half of set three, our sideout game finally got it going. Then when you throw good serving, block and sideout at them, the score gets a little lopsided.

…on what contributes to the team's versatility
"The balance of volleyball we have with physicality. When Selena, Bella, Taylor and Lily are on the floor, you're really good at volleyball, and then you throw-in three blocks a set and 15 or 16 kills, it's a lot to stop."

Third-Year Opposite Logan King
…on her second double-double of the season
"I think I always say this, but you can't get a double-double without your team. Taylor found a connection really well tonight, the passes were so on point that it made it really easy to see holes in the block and try to swing there. As far as defensively, we're getting really great touches, so that made it easy on me, but it's a team effort and I'm happy to see we're doing well."

…on the resiliency of this team
"It's definitely the personnel on this team. We've all come from different places and people might think that's a weakness because we're trying to mesh together, but the strength of the team is in the versatility we have and ability to be fighters. That's a really big piece, but also throughout practice we do a good job of getting into stress situations so when we get on the court, we're fully prepared."

Notables

Florida improves to 24-3 all-time against Texas A&M, including a 13-1 mark in College Station.
With the win, the Gators boast five ranked wins in 2026, the most since the 2017 season.
Friday's victory was Florida's 161st victory against a ranked opponent in program history.
UF is now 13-6 against teams ranked No. 19.
The Gators surpassed 10 blocks as a team for the eighth time.
Florida's defense held an opponent under .200 hitting for the 12th time in 2026.
The Orange & Blue recorded 10+ service aces for the third time this season.
Logan King recorded her second double-double of the season with 10 kills and 11 digs.
Taylor Parks recorded a career-high six blocks.
With 12 kills, Kamryn Chaney surpassed 200 kills on the year.
Brooklyn Briscoe's seven blocks helped push her over 50 for the season.

Up Next
The Orange & Blue will be back in action for a primetime matchup against No. 12 Texas on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET. The match will air live on ESPN, marking Florida's second appearance on ESPN this season.

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