The LSU volleyball team couldn’t keep up with Florida on Sunday.
The Tigers (11-6, 4-3 Southeastern Conference) were swept for only the second time this season as errors haunted the team in Gainesville, Fla.
The first set was a 25-16 win for the No. 13 Gators (13-3, 6-1 SEC), but the Tigers kept it tight in the second set, eventually falling, 25-23, after leading, 23-22, late in the set. In the third set, the Tigers folded and committed 11 errors, losing 25-8.
“We can take some good things out of set two, but if you stand toe-to-toe with somebody, you’ve got to come out and fight again, and we really just shut down,” said LSU coach Fran Flory. “We have to be, mentally, a whole lot tougher and physically tougher than we were power.”
Senior defensive specialist Lauren Waclawczyk said the team tried to do too much.
“I think we were trying to be superwomen out there when really all we needed to do was just do us,” she said. “If we just do us, it