Friday, October 4
Raleigh, N.C.
7 PM
NC State
6-10
3
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2
Virginia Tech
7-9
1
2
3
4
5
F
Virginia Tech
19
30
12
25
5
2
NC State
25
28
25
20
15
3
Kemp and Evans Lead Wolfpack to First ACC Win
10/4/2019 11:51:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
RALEIGH, N.C. – Just two nights after a heartbreaking five-set loss, the NC State volleyball team made sure Friday night's match had a different ending. Led by Jessica Kemp and Melissa Evans, the Wolfpack came away with a 3-2 victory against Virginia Tech (7-9, 0-3 ACC) in Reynolds Coliseum. NC State (6-10, 1-3 ACC) won by set scores of 25-19, 28-30, 25-12, 20-25, 15-5.
Kemp, who also had a spectacular performance Wednesday evening, put up career numbers with 22 kills and a .395 hitting percentage. She paired that with five blocks on the defensive end. Evans contributed 20 kills, marking her fourth match this season with 20 or more, an ACC best. Jade Parchment recorded her second-consecutive double-double with 15 kills and 15 digs, after also doing so against North Carolina on Wednesday.
After seeing limited playing time in the early part of ACC action, Pam Chukwujekwu started Friday evening for the Pack. Chukwujekwu came up big, tallying nine kills with just one hitting error for a .571 percentage in addition to a career-high seven blocks.
The career-highs kept coming as Grace Irvin recorded a pair of personal-bests for the second time this week, on the way to her first career double-double. The senior tallied 31 digs and 14 assists. Nina Sharpton and Kristen McDaniel split setting duties, serving up 31 and 19 assists, respectively.
HOW IT HAPPENED
With the match tied at 1-1, NC State rolled to a third set victory hitting .375 as a team and seeing three kills from four different players in addition to limiting the Hokies production to .088.
Virginia Tech forced a decisive fifth set with a solid performance in the fourth, which included five kills from Cera Powell. Seven of NC State's 13 kills in the set came from Kemp.
In the fifth set, NC State put themselves in control on back-to-back kills from Jessica Kemp and Jade Parchment for a 4-2 lead. The lead was extended with another kill by Parchment, a Virginia Tech error and one of the Pack's 14 blocks. With an 8-5 lead, NC State fired off seven straight points to take the match. Three of the final seven points came on kills from Evans.
OF NOTE
UP NEXT
NC State stays at home, hosting conference opponents Florida State and Miami next weekend on Oct. 11 and 13, respectively. Both matches will be on ACCNX. Tickets are available here.
Kemp, who also had a spectacular performance Wednesday evening, put up career numbers with 22 kills and a .395 hitting percentage. She paired that with five blocks on the defensive end. Evans contributed 20 kills, marking her fourth match this season with 20 or more, an ACC best. Jade Parchment recorded her second-consecutive double-double with 15 kills and 15 digs, after also doing so against North Carolina on Wednesday.
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— Wolfpack Volleyball (@PackVball) October 5, 2019
After seeing limited playing time in the early part of ACC action, Pam Chukwujekwu started Friday evening for the Pack. Chukwujekwu came up big, tallying nine kills with just one hitting error for a .571 percentage in addition to a career-high seven blocks.
The career-highs kept coming as Grace Irvin recorded a pair of personal-bests for the second time this week, on the way to her first career double-double. The senior tallied 31 digs and 14 assists. Nina Sharpton and Kristen McDaniel split setting duties, serving up 31 and 19 assists, respectively.
HOW IT HAPPENED
With the match tied at 1-1, NC State rolled to a third set victory hitting .375 as a team and seeing three kills from four different players in addition to limiting the Hokies production to .088.
Virginia Tech forced a decisive fifth set with a solid performance in the fourth, which included five kills from Cera Powell. Seven of NC State's 13 kills in the set came from Kemp.
In the fifth set, NC State put themselves in control on back-to-back kills from Jessica Kemp and Jade Parchment for a 4-2 lead. The lead was extended with another kill by Parchment, a Virginia Tech error and one of the Pack's 14 blocks. With an 8-5 lead, NC State fired off seven straight points to take the match. Three of the final seven points came on kills from Evans.
OF NOTE
- It was the first time two NC State players recorded 20+ kills in the same match since Bree Bailey and Julia Brown did so Oct. 29, 2017 against Florida State.
- Head Coach Linda Hampton-Keith remains undefeated against the Hokies, moving to 5-0.
- Evans extends her double-digit kill streak to 13. She's totaled a league-best 14 this season.
- The team totaled a season-high 71 kills. It is also the most since 10/29/17 against Florida State.
- NC State has out dug every opponent in conference play, besting the Hokies 93-83. The 93 digs are the most in a match by an ACC team this season.
- Irvin's 31 digs are the second most in the ACC this season, behind VT's Logan Mosley who recorded 39 earlier in the year.
- NC State is now 2-4 in five-set matches this season. It was Virginia Tech's first five-set loss, as they were previously 2-0.
- Savannah Bryant was one of six NC State players to record at least seven digs, contributing a career-high 11.
UP NEXT
NC State stays at home, hosting conference opponents Florida State and Miami next weekend on Oct. 11 and 13, respectively. Both matches will be on ACCNX. Tickets are available here.
Team Stats
VaTech
NCSU
Kills
59
71
Errors
29
21
Attempts
196
191
Hitting %
.153
.262
Points
65
88
Assists
52
67
Aces
1
3
Blocks
5
14
Game Leaders
Kills
22
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Kills
20
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
15
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
7
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