MINNEAPOLIS – With Minnesota natives Olivia Tjernagel and Kira Fallert anchoring a spirited effort at Maturi Pavilion, the UNI Panther volleyball team notched a 3-0 sweep (26-24, 25-19, 25-21) Friday versus the seventh-seeded "RV" Florida State Seminoles during the first round of the 2022 NCAA Volleyball Championship. Tjernagel posted a contest-best 13 kills on .632 hitting, and Fallert added 10 kills and a match-high-tying two aces.
UNI (27-7 overall) is now 13-11 in NCAA openers and picked up its first tournament win since defeating another Atlantic Coast Conference opponent in 2017 when the Panthers swept the Louisville Cardinals in Minneapolis.