Special report on the Florida Gators volleyball team:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The 17th-ranked Florida volleyball team (7-4, 1-0 SEC) opened its SEC slate with a five-set victory over the Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-4, 0-1 SEC) in Exactech Arena on Thursday night.
The Gators took the first set 25-17 and followed that with a decisive 25-11 win in the second. The Bulldogs answered with a 25-16 victory in the third and forced a deciding fifth set with a 25-18 win in the fourth. Florida clinched the match victory with a tightly contested 15-13 win in the final set to move to 1-0 in the SEC.