Pack Sweeps Virginia Tech for Third-Straight Win

Thursday, October 29

Raleigh, N.C.

7 PM

NC State

3-4,3-4ACC

Virginia Tech

5-3,4-3ACC

Virginia Tech

NC State

Pack Sweeps Virginia Tech for Third-Straight Win

10/29/2020 10:15:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State was firing on all cylinders as a team Thursday evening as the Wolfpack swept Virginia Tech, 3-0 (28-26, 25-18, 25-14), inside Reynolds Coliseum to win its third-straight match this season.

Jade Parchment and Melissa Evans tied for a match-high with 16 kills each. The pair of attackers had a .469 and .289 hitting percentages, respectively. Parchment also added seven digs and two blocks for NC State (3-4) while Evans contributed eight digs and two blocks herself. It was the fifth-straight match with double-digit kills for both Parchment and Evans.

HOW IT HAPPENED
It took extra points to decide the winner of a tightly contested opening set, before NC State finally pieced together back-to-back points on a kill by Evans and service ace from Pam Chukwujekwu.

The momentum carried to set two for NC State as the Wolfpack opened up with a 6-0 lead. The two teams traded back-and-forth five-straight blocks as NC State held onto the 10-7 lead. Evans had three kills down the stretch, before the Pack ended the set on back-to-back attacks by Lydia Adam. As a team, NC State had five blocks in the second set, including three by Riley Shaak.

The Pack made quick work of Tech in the third set, thanks to a 10-0 run behind the serve of Kristen McDaniel. The run included three kills from Evans before Virginia Tech eventually got a badly needed point by Angel Robinson. Parchment set up match point, 24-12, with her 16^th kill of the night before the Hokies gave themselves life on back-to-back kills. Shaak closed out the night with her only kill of the match at a crucial time to clinch the Wolfpack's third-consecutive win.

OF NOTE

Thursday marked the first time all season Virginia Tech has been swept, and the first sweep for NC State over an ACC opponent since Oct. 13, 2019 against Miami.
Tonight's win made it six-consecutive victories over the Hokies. Virginia Tech still leads the all-time series 21-16.
Savannah Bryant led the Pack with a career-high 15 digs.
Kristen McDaniel had her fifth double-double, with 32 assists and 10 digs.
Parchment is now three kills shy of entering the NC State rally scoring era top-10 career kill list. She sits at 694.
With just one hitting error, Thursday was the third match of the season for Parchment with a hitting percentage over .300. Her .469 was a season-high.