NC State Falls in Five to Texas Tech

Saturday, August 28

Knoxville, Tenn.

10 AM

NC State

0-2,0-0ACC

Texas Tech

2-1,0-0Big 12

Texas Tech

NC State

8/28/2021 1:57:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Despite taking a 2-0 lead, NC State was unable to seal the deal and dropped a heartbreaking five-set loss to Texas Tech, 3-2 (25-18, 25-21, 22-25, 20-25, 9-15) in non-conference volleyball action at the Tennessee Classic on Saturday morning.

The Wolfpack (0-2) began the match on fire as it controlled majority of the momentum through the first two sets but the Red Raiders (2-1) never gave up hope and completed the reverse sweep to earn their second win in the Tennessee Classic.

Four Pack players recorded a double-double in the match led by junior Kristen McDaniel who posted a match-high 44 assists and a career-high 22 digs with a career-best three service aces. Classmate Taylor Rowland posted a solid outing with a game-high 18 kills and a career-high 14 digs with three blocks.

Senior Jade Parchment added 17 kills on a solid .318 hitting percentage with 15 digs while graduate student Melissa Evans contributed 13 kills, 10 digs, a trio of assists and three services. Junior Hannah Wander had a career day as the libero securing a career- and game-high 24 digs and a career-high six assists.

Set One (NC State 25, Texas Tech 18)
The Pack came to play in set one as they never trailed to the Red Raiders. Defensively, NC State held Texas Tech to a .082 hitting percentage and only allowed 10 kills in the set. Texas Tech stayed in the fight until the seventh point (7-7) but NC State reeled off a 3-0 run to gain enough momentum to hold on for the set win. Wander led the charge with 10 digs in the set while Evans and Rowland each tallied four kills.

Set Two (NC State 25, Texas Tech 21)
Texas Tech came out the gates hot in the second set, jumping out to an early 6-0 lead. The Wolfpack responded by going on a 12-3 run highlighted by Evans racking up three consecutive aces to allow NC State to capture the lead at 10-9. Once again, the Red Raiders did not let up and eventually knotted the score 15-all. McDaniel put the team on her back, registering back-to-back aces to give NC State a lead it would not let up.

Set Three (NC State 22, Texas Tech 25)
The Red Raiders held most of the momentum early as they led 9-3 but NC State responded with a 7-1 run to knot the score at 10. Throughout the remainder of the set neither team dominated the other but Texas Tech forced a couple of errors down the stretch to capture the set win.

Set Four (NC State 20, Texas Tech 25)
Both teams battled hard in the fourth set as there were 11 ties and five lead changes before Texas Tech tied the match at two sets. Tied at 17, Texas Tech went on a 5-0 run that saw four consecutive kills from Reagan Cooper that gave the Red Raiders just enough wiggle room to force a fifth set. Parchment had a solid set as she hit .429 with four kills in seven attempts and six digs.

Set Five (NC State 9, Texas Tech 15)
The Wolfpack was able to jump out to an early 4-1 lead thanks to Rowland pounding back to back kills. Texas Tech battled back to tie it at four and neither team jumped out to more than a one-point lead through the next four points. At 8-all, Texas Tech scored five consecutive points that gave them enough breathing room to finish out the reverse sweep.

Up Next
The Pack completes action at the Tennessee Classic at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network Plus against host Tennessee.

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