NC State Hosts #2 Louisville and Notre Dame

RALEIGH - NC State volleyball opens the final month of the regular season against No. 2 Louisville and Notre Dame inside Reynolds Coliseum.

The Pack will take on the Cardinals on Friday at 7 p.m. and will wrap up the weekend with a Sunday bout against Notre Dame at 1 p.m. Both games will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra.

WEEKEND SCHEDULE
NC State vs. No. 2 Louisville | Friday at 7 p.m.
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NC State vs. Notre Dame | Sunday at 1 p.m.
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LOUISVILLE MATCHUP

Friday's match will be the ninth-ever meeting between the Cardinals and Wolfpack
Louisville has control of the all-time series with a 8-1 lead, currently boasting a four-match winning streak
In the last outing on March 28, the Cards swept the Pack, 3-0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-13)

NOTRE DAME MATCHUP

Sunday's contest serves as the 13th battle between NC State and Notre Dame
The Fighting Irish has won the previous two games to tie the all-time series at 6-6
On March 21, Notre Dame earned a 3-0 (25-12, 25-19, 25-17) win in the last meeting between the two teams

A WIN WOULD…

Be the 760th and 761st wins in program history (759-789)
Be the 176th and 177th ACC wins in program history (175-406)
Be the first win against Louisville in the Luka Slabe era (0-1)
Be the first win against Notre Dame in the Slabe era (0-1)
Be the 15th and 16th ACC wins for Luka Slabe (14-14)

LAST TIME OUT

NC State could not hold on and dropped a 3-1 (25-20, 14-25, 17-25, 16-25) decision to No. 14 Georgia Tech on Sunday evening in Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball action inside of O'Keefe Gymnasium
Junior Kristen McDaniel recorded her fourth double double in as many games with 21 assists and a team-best 10 digs with two service aces. Graduate student Melissa Evans led the offensive charge with 15 kills while playing solid defense as she recorded a career-high tying and game-high seven blocks
Junior Hannah Wander had a great outing serving as she recorded two aces, tied career high, in six attempts. Additionally, sophomore Riley Shaak posted two service aces

PACK AMONG ACC BEST

NC State currently sits in the top five in the ACC in assists, kills and digs per set
NC State averages 12.91 assists per set, which is third-best in the ACC
The Pack is third in the ACC in kills per set, recording 13.91 a set
The Wolfpack tallies 14.49 digs per set, good enough for the fifth-highest in ACC

KRISTEN MCDANIEL ON A ROLL

Junior Kristen McDaniel has been on fire in NC State's last four games
Over the past four games she leads the team in assists (91), digs (45) and service aces (6)
Additionally, McDaniel has recorded a double-double in each of the last four games giving her a team-best eight on the season

KAYLEE FRAZIER NEAR 1,000 DIGS

Graduate student Kaylee Frazier sits 19 digs away from becoming the fifth player in the rally scoring era to eclipse 1,000 career digs
After recording a team-best 50 digs at the Rutgers Tournament, Frazier surpassed Makenzie Kuchmaner (2015-18) for the 10th spot in the career top-10 digs list (rally scoring era) with 819 career digs
Lindsay Benac (2007-09) sits fifth all-time with 995 career digs. Frazier has 981 career digs thus far

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Melissa Evans

Kaylee Frazier

Kristen McDaniel

Riley Shaak

Hannah Wander

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