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Photo by: Carin Gosnell
Wolfpack Volleyball Earns First ACC Road Win at Virginia Tech, 3-1
9/30/2018 4:29:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The NC State volleyball team stormed back to win three consecutive sets after dropping the first set to earn a 3-1 (21-25, 26-24, 25-19, 25-23) win against Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon inside Cassell Coliseum. The Wolfpack picks up its first conference road win and NC State has now won the last four meetings with the Hokies.
Third-year head coach Linda Hampton-Keith remains unbeaten against Virginia Tech, as the Pack has won all three meetings under her leadership. Sunday's meeting was the lone matchup between the programs this season.
NC State moves to 8-6 on the year and 2-2 in ACC play, while Virginia Tech falls to 11-5 and 2-2 in conference action.
Quoting Hampton-Keith
Overall thoughts...
"Any road win in the ACC is a good win," said Hampton-Keith. "I'm so proud of our efforts today because it wasn't always pretty, and it certainly wasn't easy, so our ability to work together as a team against a good Virginia Tech team at home was the highlight of the day.
"Today was a great team effort that was bolstered by some fantastic individual performances that really anchored us. Teni, Kylie and Makenzie I thought all did a great job being steady and reliable with their execution which really provided the base for us to build upon today."
Worth Noting
- NC State remains unbeaten on the year when recording a higher team attacking percentage than its opponent (.226-.113) and winning the second set (7-0).
- The Wolfpack has recorded a team attacking percentage of .200 or better in each of its wins this season.
Match Rewind
- The first set was tightly contested, as neither team was able to create separation.
- With the score knotted at 20, Virginia Tech won three consecutive points to force an NC State timeout and went on to win the frame, 25-21.
- In the second set, NC State operated at a high level offensively as the Wolfpack compiled a .200 team attacking percentage and held the Hokies to a .045 clip.
- Trailing 20-16 after a timeout, the Pack went on a 7-1 run to take a 23-21 lead following a kill from freshman Jade Parchment.
- Melissa Evans gave the Wolfpack set point with a kill but the Hokies fought off two set-point attempts to even the frame at 24-24.
- NC State senior Teni Sopitan rose to the occasion and put down back-to-back kills to give the Pack a 26-24 win to even the match at one set apiece.
- The Wolfpack raced out to a 4-2 lead and extended it to 8-4 to open the third set.
- Three consecutive points pushed NCSU's advantage to 18-13 and the squad went on to win the frame, 25-19.
- Trailing 13-12 in the fourth set, Sopitan recorded three consecutive kills to give the Pack a 15-13 advantage at the media timeout.
- With the scored tied at 22-22, Sopitan and Keira Moore charted kills to give NC State match point at 24-22.
- After VT fought off the first match point attempt, Evans converted with a kill to the back corner as NC State won the set, 25-23, and the match 3-1.
Top Performers
- Sopitan tallied a match-high 18 kills on 36 attempts with just three errors to lead all players with a .417 attacking percentage.
- Evans charted the second-most kills in the contest with 16, while Parchment put down 11.
- At setter, Kylie Pickrell logged a match-high 45 assists and also recorded eight digs and four blocks.
- Defensively, senior libero Makenzie Kuchmaner tied for the match-high with 20 digs and junior defensive specialist Grace Irvin collected 10.
Up Next
NC State will return to action next weekend when it travels to the Sunshine State. The Wolfpack will play Florida State at 7 p.m. Friday and Miami at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Third-year head coach Linda Hampton-Keith remains unbeaten against Virginia Tech, as the Pack has won all three meetings under her leadership. Sunday's meeting was the lone matchup between the programs this season.
NC State moves to 8-6 on the year and 2-2 in ACC play, while Virginia Tech falls to 11-5 and 2-2 in conference action.
Quoting Hampton-Keith
Overall thoughts...
"Any road win in the ACC is a good win," said Hampton-Keith. "I'm so proud of our efforts today because it wasn't always pretty, and it certainly wasn't easy, so our ability to work together as a team against a good Virginia Tech team at home was the highlight of the day.
"Today was a great team effort that was bolstered by some fantastic individual performances that really anchored us. Teni, Kylie and Makenzie I thought all did a great job being steady and reliable with their execution which really provided the base for us to build upon today."
Worth Noting
- NC State remains unbeaten on the year when recording a higher team attacking percentage than its opponent (.226-.113) and winning the second set (7-0).
- The Wolfpack has recorded a team attacking percentage of .200 or better in each of its wins this season.
Put a @PackVball win in the books! The Pack wins three sets in a row to beat Virginia Tech 3-1 on the road. #GoPack pic.twitter.com/BUxOIHF21V
— NC State Athletics (@PackAthletics) September 30, 2018
Match Rewind
- The first set was tightly contested, as neither team was able to create separation.
- With the score knotted at 20, Virginia Tech won three consecutive points to force an NC State timeout and went on to win the frame, 25-21.
- In the second set, NC State operated at a high level offensively as the Wolfpack compiled a .200 team attacking percentage and held the Hokies to a .045 clip.
- Trailing 20-16 after a timeout, the Pack went on a 7-1 run to take a 23-21 lead following a kill from freshman Jade Parchment.
- Melissa Evans gave the Wolfpack set point with a kill but the Hokies fought off two set-point attempts to even the frame at 24-24.
- NC State senior Teni Sopitan rose to the occasion and put down back-to-back kills to give the Pack a 26-24 win to even the match at one set apiece.
- The Wolfpack raced out to a 4-2 lead and extended it to 8-4 to open the third set.
- Three consecutive points pushed NCSU's advantage to 18-13 and the squad went on to win the frame, 25-19.
- Trailing 13-12 in the fourth set, Sopitan recorded three consecutive kills to give the Pack a 15-13 advantage at the media timeout.
- With the scored tied at 22-22, Sopitan and Keira Moore charted kills to give NC State match point at 24-22.
- After VT fought off the first match point attempt, Evans converted with a kill to the back corner as NC State won the set, 25-23, and the match 3-1.
Top Performers
- Sopitan tallied a match-high 18 kills on 36 attempts with just three errors to lead all players with a .417 attacking percentage.
- Evans charted the second-most kills in the contest with 16, while Parchment put down 11.
- At setter, Kylie Pickrell logged a match-high 45 assists and also recorded eight digs and four blocks.
- Defensively, senior libero Makenzie Kuchmaner tied for the match-high with 20 digs and junior defensive specialist Grace Irvin collected 10.
Up Next
NC State will return to action next weekend when it travels to the Sunshine State. The Wolfpack will play Florida State at 7 p.m. Friday and Miami at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Team Stats
ST
VT
Kills
57
46
Errors
24
30
Attempts
146
141
Hitting %
.226
.113
Points
66.0
57.0
Assists
56
43
Aces
2
5
Blocks
7.0
6.0
Game Leaders
Kills
18
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
1
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