Friday, August 26
Fort Worth, Texas (University Recreation Center)
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NC State
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Photo by: Sharon Ellman
NC State Volleyball Turns Away Demons in Season Opener, 3-0
8/26/2016 2:06:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Head Coach Linda Hampton-Keith earns first career victory
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FORT WORTH, Texas – The NC State volleyball team began the Linda Hampton-Keith era in #STATEment fashion Friday afternoon, sweeping the Northwestern State Demons, 3-0 (25-22, 25-10, 25-19), inside the University Recreation Center at the TCU Invitational.
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Hampton-Keith earns her first career head coaching victory and NC State opens the season with a win for the second consecutive year. The Wolfpack moves to 1-0 on the year, while the Demons fall to 0-1.
Quoting Hampton-Keith
On her first head coaching victory…
"It's always good to start with a win. It's really nice to get one under our belt early and a really good way to start the season.
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"Our team did a really good job of sticking to the keys to the game. It was really nice to see them respond to some different scenarios right out of the gate. The first set was close point-for-point, in the second set we were able to make a run and put that set away pretty handily, and in the third set we dug ourselves a hole and had to work our way out of it."
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On the team's second-set win…
"I think we just got into a rhythm. Obviously, serving is key. While we missed quite a few serves, I thought we did a nice job of giving ourselves an opportunity when we were patient and did a nice job serving."
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Match Rewind
- NC State countered with a 4-0 run after Northwestern State won the first two points in the opening frame and never trailed again in the set.
- The Wolfpack's largest lead in the frame was six, at 15-8 and then again at 16-9.
- Lauryn Terry, a freshman middle blocker, helped NC State take the opening set, 25-22, with her second kill of the match.
- Junior outside hitter Perry Ramsey had a strong first set, putting down six kills with zero hitting errors and a .300 attacking percentage.
- NC State dominated the second set, as the Pack cruised to a 25-10 set win.
- The Wolfpack never trailed, nor was the score tied during the second frame.
- NCSU raced out to a 6-2 lead forcing Northwestern State to call a quick timeout.
- With NC State leading 13-9, the Pack won 12 of the next 13 points, highlighted by a 10-0 run.
- The third set was tightly contested, but the Wolfpack used a 7-1 run to take a 14-11 lead and held the advantage for the remainder of the set.
- Junior outside hitter Julia Brown was at the forefront of the run with some strong serving, including a service ace during the streak.
- A costly service error by Northwestern State helped NC State claim the third-set victory, 25-19, and secured the match win, 3-0.
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Top Performers
- Junior middle blocker Kaitlyn Kearney paced the Wolfpack offense with a match-high 13 kills and a .400 attacking percentage. Classmate Ramsey also reached double-digit kills with 11 to her credit, in addition to eight digs.
- Brown tallied six kills in the contest, along with sophomore Teni Sopitan.
- At the setter position, senior Maggie Speaks led all players with 34 assists and notched a double-double with 11 digs.
- Defensively, senior Rachel Eppley collected a match-high 13 digs and freshman Grace Irvin also reached double figures in her first collegiate match with 10.
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Up Next
NC State returns to the court later this evening to take on host TCU at 8 p.m. ET. The match will be live streamed ($) at this link.
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FORT WORTH, Texas – The NC State volleyball team began the Linda Hampton-Keith era in #STATEment fashion Friday afternoon, sweeping the Northwestern State Demons, 3-0 (25-22, 25-10, 25-19), inside the University Recreation Center at the TCU Invitational.
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Hampton-Keith earns her first career head coaching victory and NC State opens the season with a win for the second consecutive year. The Wolfpack moves to 1-0 on the year, while the Demons fall to 0-1.
Quoting Hampton-Keith
On her first head coaching victory…
"It's always good to start with a win. It's really nice to get one under our belt early and a really good way to start the season.
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"Our team did a really good job of sticking to the keys to the game. It was really nice to see them respond to some different scenarios right out of the gate. The first set was close point-for-point, in the second set we were able to make a run and put that set away pretty handily, and in the third set we dug ourselves a hole and had to work our way out of it."
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On the team's second-set win…
"I think we just got into a rhythm. Obviously, serving is key. While we missed quite a few serves, I thought we did a nice job of giving ourselves an opportunity when we were patient and did a nice job serving."
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Match Rewind
- NC State countered with a 4-0 run after Northwestern State won the first two points in the opening frame and never trailed again in the set.
- The Wolfpack's largest lead in the frame was six, at 15-8 and then again at 16-9.
- Lauryn Terry, a freshman middle blocker, helped NC State take the opening set, 25-22, with her second kill of the match.
- Junior outside hitter Perry Ramsey had a strong first set, putting down six kills with zero hitting errors and a .300 attacking percentage.
- NC State dominated the second set, as the Pack cruised to a 25-10 set win.
- The Wolfpack never trailed, nor was the score tied during the second frame.
- NCSU raced out to a 6-2 lead forcing Northwestern State to call a quick timeout.
- With NC State leading 13-9, the Pack won 12 of the next 13 points, highlighted by a 10-0 run.
- The third set was tightly contested, but the Wolfpack used a 7-1 run to take a 14-11 lead and held the advantage for the remainder of the set.
- Junior outside hitter Julia Brown was at the forefront of the run with some strong serving, including a service ace during the streak.
- A costly service error by Northwestern State helped NC State claim the third-set victory, 25-19, and secured the match win, 3-0.
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Top Performers
- Junior middle blocker Kaitlyn Kearney paced the Wolfpack offense with a match-high 13 kills and a .400 attacking percentage. Classmate Ramsey also reached double-digit kills with 11 to her credit, in addition to eight digs.
- Brown tallied six kills in the contest, along with sophomore Teni Sopitan.
- At the setter position, senior Maggie Speaks led all players with 34 assists and notched a double-double with 11 digs.
- Defensively, senior Rachel Eppley collected a match-high 13 digs and freshman Grace Irvin also reached double figures in her first collegiate match with 10.
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Up Next
NC State returns to the court later this evening to take on host TCU at 8 p.m. ET. The match will be live streamed ($) at this link.
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Team Stats
ST
NWST
Kills
41
20
Errors
15
22
Attempts
114
104
Hitting %
.228
-.019
Points
54.0
30.0
Assists
40
18
Aces
6
3
Blocks
7.0
7.0
Game Leaders
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
11
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
3
Blocks
3
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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