No. 5 Gators Roll Past Tigers, 3-0

Friday, October 23

Gainesville, FL

7 PM

Florida Gators

16-2,7-1SEC

LSU

8-10,3-6SEC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
LSU	18	21	14	0
Florida	25	25	25	3

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The Gatosr have won three-straight matches. // Photo by UAA Communications

Friday, October 23, 2026 | Volleyball

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Florida sits atop the Southeastern Conference with a 7-1 conference record.

By: Andrew Hile

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 5 Florida volleyball used a balanced effort to dispatch LSU on Friday evening, sweeping the Tigers (25-18, 25-20, 25-14) in front of 3,132 fans at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center.

The conference-leading Gators (16-2, 7-1 SEC) clamped down defensively, holding LSU (8-10, 3-6 SEC) to a .043 hitting percentage and not allowing any player to record more than eight kills. At the net, Kamryn Chaney, Logan King and Alec Rothe each had four blocks, and Brooklyn Briscoe added three, helping Florida finish with nine team blocks. Two of Chaney's four were solo.

In the back row, Lily Hayes anchored the defense with 16 digs, while Taylor Parks and Selena Leban reached double figures with 11 and 10, respectively. Florida outblocked (9-6) and outdug (60-54) the Tigers.

Offensively, Chaney led the way with 10 kills, followed by King with nine, Rothe with seven and Jordyn Byrd with six. The Gators outhit the Tigers .241-.043. Parks directed the offense with 31 assists, 11 digs and a service ace for her fifth double-double of the season. King's two aces led UF, and Florida held advantages in kills (41-24), assists (40-21) and aces (5-3).

Jurnee Robinson led the Tigers with eight kills, four digs and three blocks, while Kiley Brooks posted 20 digs to anchor LSU's defense.

Set One - UF 25, LSU 18

Trailing early, the Gators took their first lead of the set, 8-7, behind a King kill and long volley that resulted in Briscoe putting down a ball in the back left corner.
Florida gained some breathing room following a 3-0 run that featured a pair of kills from Chaney, leading 14-10.
LSU climbed back to within one, 15-14, before a service error and consecutive block assists (Briscoe/King, Briscoe/Byrd) pushed the Gators back by four in front and forced a Tigers timeout.
Chaney finished out the set for the Orange & Blue, recording a solo block and kill for the final two points as the Gators took the opener, 25-18.
Defense was the center point of the opener, holding the Tigers to a .025 hitting percentage while tallying 18 digs and four blocks.
Briscoe tallied three blocks and Hayes posted six digs to lead the Gators.
Chaney's four kills paced the offense.

Set Two - UF 25, LSU 20

Trailing 8-6, UF used three-straight points to take their first lead of the set, 9-8, off kills by Chaney and Rothe.
Byrd put down three kills in-a-row to give Florida a 16-13 advantage midway through the set.
With the set tied at 20, Rothe grabbed momentum for the Gators with consecutive kills gain a two-point edge. The Orange & Blue ended the set on a 5-1 run, with King finishing the job on the right side for a 25-21 win.
The Florida offense shifted into gear, hitting .325 with five kills from Rothe and four each from Byrd and Chaney. Parks directed the offense with 15 assists.
Defensively, the Gators tallied 22 digs with four athletes tallying at least four, led by five from Leban.

Set Three - UF 25, LSU 14

The Tigers raced out to a 5-1 lead, but the Gators battled back to even the frame at seven following two Briscoe kills.
A 5-1 run, capped off by a solo block from Chaney, gave the Gators a four-point advantage midway through the set, 14-10.
Coming out of the media timeout, the Orange & Blue put their foot on the gas and opened up a six-point lead, 17-11, thanks to a Chaney swing and Parks service ace.
Florida's lead peaked at the end of the match, 25-14, off of back-to-back service aces from King and a Byrd kill, anchoring an 11-3 run to end the match.
The Gators held LSU to a -.027 hitting percentage, assisted by four team blocks, three of which came via Rothe.
Hayes recorded six digs to bolster the back row.
King led the way on offense with four kills and her two service aces.

Quotes from the Court
Head Coach Ryan Theis
…on what it is about the O'Connell Center that helps the Gators
"People just kept coming tonight. It was great to see the upper bowl, more and more just kept coming throughout. We're going to need more support in the quest for a championship, all these are huge so we need as many at home as we can get."

…on Kamryn Chaney's sixth-consecutive match with double-digit kills
"It's really hard to, and we saw this last year, it's really hard to score points at this level. The blocks try to stop you, the serve is putting pressure on you, there's good defenders behind it, so the ability to score is similar to basketball, right? Scoring the basketball isn't easy, can you do it? Kami certainly possesses the skills to do it and we need her to.

…on Alec Rothe's impact on the team
"She's been huge. She's thrown an All-American season together and I sure hope everybody sees it."

Third-Year MB Alec Rothe
…on her ability to communicate well with the team
"I think that when teams are team-led, they are much more successful. It's really important to me and the other girls on the team that we are saying the things that need to be said and acknowledging the good, but also making sure we're addressing the things we need to be improving on. When we're hearing feedback that's coming from your fellow teammates and not just your coaches, it's a lot more impactful because those are the people you're next to on the court."

…on the O'Dome's environment
"We have a really good flow here. We're comfortable here, we're familiar with this space, familiar with the atmosphere, our fans show up for us, our student section has been really good this year. There's a lot of factors that go into it, but it's the training leading up to the games every week that help us be successful regardless of where we're at."

Notables

The Gators improve to 54-15 all-time against LSU, including a 27-5 record at home.
At 7-1 in the SEC, Florida is off to the best start in the conference since beginning 7-1 during the 2022 campaign.
Florida held an opponent under .200 hitting for the 13th time this season, and fourth time holding a team under .100.
Three players ended with 10 or more digs for the fifth time in 2026.
Alec Rothe recorded her 500th career kill during the fifth set.
Kamryn Chaney tallied her 150th career block.
Amaya Thomas recorded her first kill for the Gators since Sept. 11 against Florida Atlantic.

Up Next
The Orange & Blue return to action on Sunday, when they welcome Ole Miss to the O'Connell Center for a 1 p.m. ET matchup on SEC Network+.

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