Aug. 21, 2006

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2005 Record: 13-17
ACC Record: 11-11 (T5th)

Opening Serve (This Week's Games):
FSU vs. Mississippi Valley St. (26-4)
Friday, August 25
12 p.m. - Macon, Ga.

FSU at Mercer (11-16)
Friday, August 25
6 p.m.- Macon, Ga.

Side Out (Weekly Wrap Up):
Last Five Matches of 2005:
Won 3-2 at Miami
Won 3-0 vs. NC State
Won 3-2 vs. North Carolina
Lost 2-3 vs. Duke
Won 3-0 vs. Wake Forest

Postseason Honors
Andreza Santos
AVCA Honorable Mention All-American
AVCA All-East Region
First Team All-ACC

Dig, Set, Spike (What You Need To Know):
• Florida State opens the 2006 campaign with a pair of matches in Macon, Ga. on August 25 -- the earliest start in school history. The Seminoles take on Mississippi Valley State at 12 p.m. then return to face host Mercer at 6 p.m.

• The Seminoles are 2-0 versus Mercer, including a 3-0 win to open the 2005 campaign, and are playing the Devilettes for the first time.

• Defensive specialist Summer Weissing (Boca Raton, Fla.) is coming off a sophomore season in which she set the FSU single-season mark with 513 digs. She need 37 digs to move into 10th place on the FSU career chart.

• Junior outside hitter Makini Thompson (Quincy, Mass.) was named to the 2006 Preseason All-ACC Volleyball team.

• This year's squad features eight newcomers, including 2005 First-Team All-Big South Conference selection Alex Plummer (Woodbury, Minn.), a sophomore transfer from Birmingham-Southern.

• Florida State ended the 2005 campaign by winning seven of its last ten matches, the third-best mark in the ACC during that stretch.