NC State Volleyball Defeats Nicholls State, 3-1

Friday, September 11

New Orleans, La. (Devlin Fieldhouse)

3:00 PM

NC State

6-1

Nicholls State

3-4

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
NC State	25	22	25	25	3
Nicholls State	15	25	12	23	1

Photo by: Jed Gammon

9/11/2015 5:54:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Sophomore Kaitlyn Kearney swats a season-high 17 kills

By: Justin Wilson, Assistant Athletics Communications Director

NEW ORLEANS – The NC State women's volleyball team opened play in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic with a 3-1 (25-15, 22-25, 25-12, 25-23) win against Nicholls State Friday afternoon inside Devlin Fieldhouse.

The Wolfpack improves to 6-1 on the year, while the Colonels fall to 3-4.

Match Rewind
- NC State took control of the match in the first set, as the Wolfpack never trailed en route to claiming the set, 25-15. The Pack recorded an attacking percentage of .304.
- The Wolfpack raced out to a 7-3 lead in the frame and continued to roll behind five kills in the set from sophomore middle blocker Kaitlyn Kearney.
- Leading 15-9, NC State scored five unanswered points to take a 20-9 advantage and cruised to the first-set win.
- Nicholls State countered in the second set with a great effort to win it, 25-22. The Colonels emerged victorious in the seesaw battle, as the score was tied 13 times and neither team led by more than three points.
- In the third set, NC State returned to its first-set form recording an attacking percentage of .429 as a team, while limiting Nicholls State to a .077 clip.
- Tied 7-7, the Wolfpack went on an 11-2 run forcing the Colonels to use a timeout but the break in play did not affect the Pack's rhythm as it won the set, 25-12.
- The fourth set was tightly contested, as neither team led by more than four points in the frame. A 5-1 run by the Wolfpack gave the squad a little breathing room, as it pulled ahead, 15-12.
- Nicholls State was able to fight off match point three times, but a kill by freshman Blayke Hranicka sealed the 3-1 win and 25-23 third-set victory.

Top Performers
- Kearney paced the Pack offensively with 17 kills and a .519 attacking percentage, while Hranicka contributed her first double-digit kill performance with 14. The Denver, Colo., native also tallied a .600 hitting percentage.
- Junior Maggie Speaks collected 39 assists from her setter position to go along with seven digs and four blocks.
- Defensively, freshman Kassie Kasper recorded 14 digs, while senior Morgan Cormier chipped in with 11 and sophomore Emily Harris had 10. Kearney also tallied nine blocks, including two solo stops.

Up Next
NC State will return to action on Saturday in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic when it takes on host Tulane at 12:30 p.m. A free live stream of the match can be found by clicking here.

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