NC State Volleyball Wins Five-Set Battle with Wake Forest

Friday, November 2

Raleigh, N.C.

7 P.M.

NC State

11-12, 5-8ACC

Wake Forest

8-17, 3-10ACC

Wake Forest

NC State

Photo by: Justin Wilson

NC State Volleyball Wins Five-Set Battle with Wake Forest

11/2/2018 11:41:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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Wolfpack improves to 4-1 in five-set matches this season

RALEIGH, N.C. – After playing four consecutive road matches, the NC State volleyball team battled to earn a 3-2 (25-21, 24-26, 25-23, 20-25, 15-5) victory against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Friday night in its return to Reynolds Coliseum.

The Wolfpack took a 2-1 lead in the match before the Demon Deacons forced a decisive fifth set with a strong fourth set. NC State jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the final frame and never looked back en route to the 15-5 fifth-set win.

It was the first time this season that NC State has had a conference match go five sets and the Pack is 4-1 in five-set matches on the year.

NC State moves to 11-12 overall and 5-8 in ACC play, while Wake Forest is 8-17 and 3-10 against league opponents.

Quoting Hampton-Keith
Overall thoughts...
"It was so nice to play at home in front of a great crowd," said third-year head coach Linda Hampton-Keith. "I thought it a roller-coaster type of match, but I think we took a big step forward in managing the highs and lows of a match.

"It was really nice to see us ride the waves and do a nice in the fifth set, so I was very pleased with how we respond to all of the adversity."

Match Rewind
- Both teams opened the match strong, but Wake Forest pulled ahead 18-14 in the first set after a 7-1 run to force an NC State timeout.
- Out of the break, the Wolfpack countered by winning 11 of the next 14 points to win the frame, 25-21 to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
- With the score knotted at 21, Keira Moore tallied a kill to start a 4-0 run as three consecutive attacking errors followed for Wake Forest capped by a solo block from Melissa Evans.
- The second set was tightly contested, as the teams traded scoring runs down the stretch.
- After a kill from Keira Moore to level the tally at 23-23, the Demon Deacons won three of the next four rallies to take the set, 26-24.
- NC State went on a 9-1 run midway through the third set to own a large lead, but Wake Forest battled to trim the margin.
- A service error gave the Pack set point and an attacking error by the Deacs helped the Wolfpack pull ahead 2-1 in the match with a 25-23 third-set win.
- Wake Forest turned in a strong fourth set to push the match into a decisive fifth set.
- NC State raced out to a 3-0 lead in the fifth set and later extended it 5-1 to force a timeout by the Demon Deacons.
- After Wake Forest trimmed NCSU's advantage to 12-5, the Wolfpack closed out the set with three consecutive points to win it, 15-5.

Top Performers
- Senior Teni Sopitan led the Wolfpack with 20 kills, while Jade Parchment and Lauryn Terry each put down 11.
- At setter, Kylie Pickrell dished out a match-high 44 assists to go along with 10 digs to record a double-double.
- Makenzie Kuchmaner paced the Pack with 16 digs to lead all players and Terry logged five blocks.

Up Next
NC State will return to action Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. when the Wolfpack welcomes the Duke Blue Devils to Reynolds Coliseum.