Volleyball To Host North Carolina

RALEIGH -- NC State will renew its traditional rivalry with North Carolina on the volleyball court Sept. 26 at Reynolds Coliseum. Match time is 7 p.m. Admission is free.

The Wolfpack, 5-8 overall and 0-2 in the Atlantic Coast Confererence, enters play after dropping its opening two ACC matches to Clemson and Georgia Tech this past weekend. The Pack fell to Clemson in five tough games and to Tech in four. North Carolina is 12-2 overall and 2-0 in the conference. The Tar Heels have won three matches in a row and nine of 11 games in those three matches.

Wolfpack Volleyball Notebook

Freshman setter Crystal Shannon's 80 assists vs. Georgia Tech this past weekend tied for third most in a single match in NC State history. Nicole Peterson set the school record of 85 assists on October 19, 1996. Erin Vesey had 80 assists vs. Duke on October 31, 1998, and then had 84 vs. North Carolina on October 12, 1999.

Senior middle blocker Stephanie Stambaugh has four of the top five single-match hitting percentages for the Wolfpack this season, including her outstanding .367 performance on September 23 vs. Georgia Tech. Stambaugh's .600 vs. Campbell on September 9 is the top hitting percentage by an NC State player this season.

Sophomore outside hitter Tara Greene, from Greensburg, Pa., had 24 kills vs. Georgia Tech, which is tied for the most in one match by the Wolfpack this year, and is the top kill mark in a conference match.

NC State had three different players earn all-tournament honors in the Pack's three September tournament appearances.

Junior middle blocker Alison Kreager was named all-tournament at the Virginia Tech Invitational. A junior from Ligonier, Ind., Kreager had 51 kills and a .339 hitting percentage in four games in the tournament. She had nine kills and just two errors in 19 attempts for a .368 percentage in the Wolfpack's four-game win over Marshall, equalling her career high with four service aces in that match.

Kreager was a repeat winner the following week at the Wolfpack's own NC State Invitational, and was joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Stephanie Stambaugh and Meredith Price. Kreager earned her spot on the all-tournament team with 43 kills and a .245 percentage in four matches. She had her top statistical match of the season vs. Rice with 13 kills, a .391 percentage, five blocks and a season-high 15 digs.

A senior middle blocker from Taneytown, Md., Stambaugh capped a strong weekend with a team season-high 24 kills in the Wolfpack's final match of the tournament, a four-game win over Campbell. She made just three hitting errors in that match for a .600 percentage, which is a season high for the team. For the four matches in the NC State Invitational, Stambaugh had 55 kills and a .333 hitting percentage in 120 chances.

Price, a senior right side from Ellicott City, Md., was rock steady for the Wolfpack from start to finish in the NC State Invitational, nailing 25 kills with just four errors in 50 attempts for a .420 percentage. She also had 40 kills, including 17 in the win over Campbell, three setting assists and three service aces.

Price made it back-to-back all-tournament honors September 15-16 with a standout performance at the rugged American University Classic. The Wolfpack's three opponents in the AU tournament entered play last weekend with a combined 26-7 record, and against that level of comeptition, Price had 15 kills, a .387 hitting percentage, 10 setting assists, one service ace, and 16 defensive digs.

NC State's four-game victory over Appalachian State on September 1 in the Virginia Tech Invitational was the 500th victory in the history of the NC State volleyball program. The Pack enters play this weekend with an all-time record of 504-382.

Wolfpack coach Kim Hall now stands three matches shy of reaching the 100-win plateau for her career at NC State.

Freshman setter Crystal Shannon enters play this weekend with 636 assists, which ranks seventh on the NC State career records list. She has a ways to go to move up to No. 6. The sixth spot on the career assists chart currently belongs to Melissa Mau, who had 1,839 from 1992-95. Shannon, from Odessa, Fla., set a career high with 70 assists this past Friday vs. Clemson, and then bested that with 80 assists the following afternoon vs. Georgia Tech.

Sophomore outside hitter Tara Greene's 28 digs vs. Rice on September 8 set a Wolfpack record for an NC State-hosted volleyball tournament.

NC State Single-Match Category Leaders
Attack %       .600    Stephanie Stambaugh (September 9 vs. Campbell)
Kills   	24      Stephanie Stambaugh (September 9 vs. Campbell)
        3 games 10      Charece Williams (September 15 vs. George Washington)
                10      Charece Williams (September 16 vs. American)
        4 games 24      Stephanie Stambaugh (September 9 vs. Campbell)
        5 games 22      Rebecca Anderson (September 1 vs. Southwest Texas State)
                22      Charece Williams (September 22 vs. Clemson)
Total Attempts  63      Charece Williams (September 2 at Virginia Tech)
                63      Tara Greene (September 23 vs. Georgia Tech)
        3 games 37      Charece Williams (September 16 vs. American)
        4 games 63      Tara Greene (September 23 vs. Georgia Tech)
        5 games 63      Charece Williams (September 2 at Virginia Tech)
        Assists 80      Crystal Shannon (September 23 vs. Georgia Tech)
        3 games 24      Crystal Shannon (September 15 vs. George Washington)
        4 games 80      Crystal Shannon (September 23 vs. Georgia Tech)
        5 games 70      Crystal Shannon (September 22 vs. Clemson)
        Digs    28      Tara Greene (September 8 vs. Rice)
        3 games 8       Charece Williams (September 16 at American)
        4 games 18      Meredith Price (September 23 vs. Georgia Tech)
        5 games 28      Tara Greene (September 8 vs. Rice)
Service Aces    4       Tara Greene (September 8 vs. Rice
Blocks          8       Alison Kreager (September 9 vs. Campbell)

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