No. 4 Gators Tame Tigers in Friday Sweep

Friday, October 30

Auburn, AL

7 PM

Florida Gators

18-2,9-1SEC

Auburn

12-10,2-8SEC

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Florida	25	25	25	3
Auburn	17	20	23	0

Gamebook

Florida volleyball celebrates during the Oct. 30, 2026 match against Auburn.

Logan King led the Gators with 17 kills against Auburn. // Photo courtesy of Auburn Athletics

Friday, October 30, 2026 | Volleyball

Box Score Gamebook

The Gators have now won five-consecutive matches.

By: Andrew Hile

AUBURN, Ala. – No. 4 Florida volleyball won its fifth straight match Friday night, defeating Auburn 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-23) at Neville Arena.

Taylor Parks did a bit of everything for the Gators (18-2, 9-1 SEC). She directed the offense with 39 assists and five kills, and she added 10 digs and a career-high seven blocks, three of them solo, for her seventh double-double of the season.

Logan King led the attack with 17 kills on a .317 hitting percentage, with Kamryn Chaney adding 11. The Orange and Blue outhit the Tigers (12-10, 2-8 SEC), .201-.100, and held edges in kills (47-33) and assists (44-29).

Defensively, four Gators reached double figures in digs, led by Lily Hayes with 14 and Bella Lee with a career-best 13. Selena Leban added 11 and Parks 10, helping Florida finish with 68 digs to Auburn's 52. The Gators also had 10 team blocks, seven by Parks and three by Brooklyn Briscoe.

Belle Patrick led the Tigers with 10 kills and seven digs, while Grace Havlicek had seven blocks.

Set One - UF 25, Auburn 17

The Gators were firing on all cylinders early, racing out to a 7-2 lead with three kills from Chaney and a pair from King.
Parks recorded the fourth solo block of her career to push UF in front, 14-8.
Jordyn Byrd forced an Auburn timeout off a cross-court ball from Parks, extending the Gators' lead to seven at 18-11.
The Tigers would only get as close as five for the remainder of the set, as UF secured the set victory off a Chaney kill at 25-17.
King led the offense with seven kills as Parks directed the attack with 15 assists on 19 team kills.
Parks also led the Orange & Blue at the net with two solo blocks, while Leban (7) and Lee (6) combined for 13 of Florida's 25 digs.
Auburn was held to .122 hitting.

Set Two - UF 25, Auburn 20

Auburn jumped out to a 6-3 lead before the Gators chipped-away to take their first lead of the set, 8-7, on the heels of a Leban kill and King service ace.
The Tigers would even the set at nine, but a 3-0 run capped off by a Parks dump, put the Gators back in front, 12-9.
Florida forced a timeout following King's 10th kill of the match, leading 18-13.
The Orange & Blue would lead by as many as seven en route to the 25-20 set two win, capped by a well-placed ball from Alec Rothe on the back line.
King again led the offense with six kills, with Parks contributing 12 assists.
Parks also tallied five digs and three blocks, while Lee's five digs led the defense and the Tigers were held to a .045 hitting percentage.

Set Three - UF 25, Auburn 23

Florida wasted no time putting their foot on the gas, racing out to a 5-0 advantage behind a pair of blocks, as well as kills from Chaney and Parks.
The UF lead grew to seven at 10-3 off a big swing from Rothe.
Auburn closed the gap to three, 11-8, but a 3-0 response pushed the lead right back to six with Chaney, Leban and Parks all registering kills.
The Tigers took the lead, 17-16, following a 6-0 run, but Aniya Madkin calmed the Gators with a kill to end the run.
Trailing by three, 21-18, the Orange & Blue battled back to even the frame at 22 following a King kill and Tiger attack error.
Kira Hutson served four-consecutive points during a 4-0 run that gave UF a 24-22 advantage. Logan King ended the match for the Gators with her 17th kill, 25-23.
Chaney and King each tallied four kills, while Parks again posted 12 assists.
Hayes notched seven digs to anchor the defense, as the Gators held Auburn to .111 hitting.

Quotes from the Court
Head Coach Ryan Theis
…on Friday's victory
"I thought we did every skill well through two-and-a-half sets, except for maybe attacking. I thought we maybe fed their block a little bit too much, but credit to them for getting their hands in good spots. I do think we played really good defense, our block touched a ton of balls. We served well from a good passing team perspective, we didn't error ourselves out of any sets. A lot of things went well, we just didn't attack our cleanest.

…on the value Taylor Parks adds to the team
"She's a really dynamic player that can change on a dime, like if we need to reverse it to Logan [King], front row, back row, if we need to speed up the tempo, if we need to get Alec [Rothe] above the blockers, she's really good adjusting throughout the match and making everybody feel comfortable."

Notables

Florida improves to 59-3 all-time against Auburn, including a 28-2 mark on the road.
The Gators have won 15 of the last 16 matchups with the Tigers.
With the 9-1 start in SEC play, Florida is off to the best start in conference play since beginning 12-1 during the 2019 campaign.
Florida still sits alone atop the SEC standings.
Taylor Parks recorded her 700th assist of the season.
Parks recorded a career-high three solo blocks and a career-high seven total blocks.
Parks secured her seventh double-double of the season.
Bella Lee notched a career-high with 13 digs.
Aniya Madkin recorded her first kill since Oct. 11 against Vanderbilt.
The Gators held an opponent under .200 hitting for the 15th time this season.
Florida tallied 10 or more blocks for the 10th time in 2026.
Four Gators tallied over 10 digs for the third time this season.

Up Next
The Orange & Blue will return home on Sunday for a 1 p.m. matchup against Arkansas. Sunday's match will stream live on SEC Network+.

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