Darius Washington, Maurice Smith, Joshua Farmer, Alex Mastromanno are recognized. Plus, the full teams as well as Cam Ward earns ACC preseason POY:

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Four former Seminoles have advanced to the knockout stage of the 2024 Summer Olympic Women’s Football Tournament with the United States and Canada.

Casey Krueger, Jenna Nighswonger, and Emily Sams are part of the U.S. side that topped Group B and won all three of its group games with victories over Zambia, Germany, and Australia. Krueger and Nighswonger appeared in all three games as substitutes and have racked up a combined 125 minutes of play, helping to keep the clean sheet in the opening match against Zambia.

Gabby Carle was selected as an alternate for Canada before injuries in the squad allowed her to start the opening two games against New Zealand and France. In both games the Canadians conceded the first goal before mounting comebacks, including a massive 2-1 victory over hosts France. Carle has played nearly 150 minutes for the side at the tournament and helped keep a clean sheet over Colombia in the final group match to advance.

Onyi Echegini helped Nigeria qualify for the tournament for the first time in over 15 years and scored the first Olympic goal for the nation since 2008. She made starts against Brazil and Japan, scoring a long-range effort before halftime against Japan. Nigeria were eliminated in the group stage of the competition.

The quarterfinals of the tournament will take place on Saturday. The United States will face Japan in a rematch of the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup Finals at 9 a.m. ET while defending gold medalists Canada face the 2016 gold medalists Germany at 1 p.m. ET.

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This morning's practice was an impressive display from the FSU defense at every level.

Ricky Knight III keeps making plays, Cam Riley's "WOW" play, Pat Payton and Darrell Jackson domination and the offense's response with a few chunk runs from Kam Davis and others.

Here are the Osceola staff observations from Day 7 of FSU preseason camp.

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Three Florida State Seminoles were named to the 2024 ACC Volleyball Preseason All-ACC Team on Thursday afternoon. Returning All-ACC performers Audrey Koenig and Khori Louis were both named to the 18-person team while incoming Arkansas transfer Taylor Head was named to the team as well. FSU's three athletes on the Preseason All-ACC Team is the program's most since 2015 and it ties a program record. The defending ACC Co-Champions were picked to finish fifth in the country behind Pitt, Stanford, Louisville and Georgia Tech. Florida State continues its streak of 14 consecutive seasons as being picked in the top five of the preseason poll.

Koenig, a Wesley Chapel, Fla., native, is coming off the best season of her career as she was named the ACC Co-Player of the Year in 2023 and was also a First Team All-ACC selection. Koenig tallied career highs in kills (374), kills per set (3.37), hitting percentage (.300) and digs (306). Koenig has led the Seminoles in kills for the last two seasons and will look to become just the sixth Seminole in the rally scoring era to surpass 1,000 career kills. Koenig was also terrific defensively last season as she continued to be an all-around player for FSU. Koenig was second on the team last season with 306 digs.

Louis has been a staple in the middle for the Seminoles' offense for the past three seasons and is coming off her best season for the Seminoles. Louis tallied a career-high 271 kills and hit an outstanding .432 which ranked fourth in the entire country and was the fifth-best hitting percentage in FSU history. Louis is also a huge part of the Noles' defense as she will be FSU's top returning blocker as she recorded 93 total blocks last season.

The Noles made one of the top offseason transfer moves in all of college volleyball as they picked up Taylor Head from Arkansas who was an All-America Honorable Mention last season for the Razorbacks who made the Elite Eight. Head tallied 494 kills which was a top 20 mark in the country and second in the SEC. Head was also a threat behind the service line as she recorded 36 aces in 2023. Head was a great all-around player for the Razorbacks as she was second on the team with 406 digs and also recorded 59 blocks.

Fans will get their first chance to see the defending ACC Co-Champions at the Garnet and Gold scrimmage at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16.

2024 Preseason ACC Volleyball Coaches Poll
1. Pitt (13), 285
2. Stanford (3), 268
3. Louisville (2), 265
4. Georgia Tech, 230
5. Florida State, 226
6. SMU, 199
7. Miami, 197
8. NC State, 187
9. Duke, 140
10. North Carolina, 135
11. Wake Forest, 121
12. California, 109
13. Notre Dame, 105
14. Clemson, 92
15. Boston College, 86
16. Virginia, 55
17. Virginia Tech, 37
18. Syracuse, 17

2024 Preseason Volleyball All-ACC Team
Taylor Head, Florida State
Audrey Koenig, Florida State
Khori Louis, Florida State
Bianca Bertolino, Georgia Tech
Tamara Otene, Georgia Tech
Cara Cresse, Louisville
Anna DeBeer, Louisville
Charitie Luper, Louisville
Elena Scott, Louisville
Grace Lopez, Miami
Mabrey Shaffmaster, North Carolina
Olivia Babcock, Pitt
Rachel Fairbanks, Pitt
Torrey Stafford, Pitt
Sami Francis, Stanford
Kami Miner, Stanford
Elena Oglivie, Stanford
Elia Rubin, Stanford