NC State Sweeps Notre Dame in ACC Home Opener

Friday, September 29

Raleigh, N.C.

1pm

NC State

12-2,2-1ACC

Notre Dame

8-4,2-2ACC

Notre Dame

NC State

9/29/2023 3:43:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

RALEIGH – Returning to Reynolds Coliseum for its first home ACC match of the 2023 campaign, NC State volleyball defeated visiting Notre Dame 3-0 in a Friday matinee match. The Wolfpack overcame multiple six-point deficits in the third set to prevent the match from going into a fourth and improved to 12-2 on the year and 2-1 in league action.

NC State also remained unbeaten in home action this season, moving to 6-0 in matches played inside Reynolds Coliseum.

Neither team led by more than a point in the opening set until NC State went up 11-9. The separation was enough to keep the Pack in front for the remainder of the set, and the Pack scored six of the last seven points of the frame to come out on top 25-18.

Notre Dame took an early 2-0 lead in the second set, but the Pack responded by firing off four points in a row to go up 4-2. A 3-0 run with the match tied at seven put NC State in front 10-7 and forced Notre Dame into using a timeout, and the Wolfpack cruised from there to ultimately win the second set 25-15. The Fighting Irish's 15 points marked the fewest that NC State has given up in a set through three ACC matches.

The third-set dramatics started off with Notre Dame going up 5-1 and the Wolfpack using its first timeout of the match. NC State went down by six points multiple times in the third, including as late as 20-14, but the Pack used the energy of its home crowd to chip away at the deficit. Down 21-16, NC State then rallied off six of the next seven points once again to tie the match at 22. Notre Dame took a timeout and won the first point out of that break to go up 23-22, but the Wolfpack took the final three points of the match with a kill by Courtney Bryant and two by Amanda Rice to seal the deal and take the third set 25-23.

Redshirt-junior outside hitter Madison Williams led the way with 11 kills and finished with a .554 hitting percentage. Bryant led the way defensively with five blocks, while adding seven kills offensively. Fifth year setter Kristen McDaniel led the setters with 14 assists and added 10 digs to the books. Senior Skye Stokes added two service aces to mark her ninth game this season with one or more.

The Pack returns to Reynolds on Sunday, Oct. 1 to host fifth-ranked Louisville to round out the weekend at home. The match is set to start at 4 p.m. and will be televised nationally on the ACC Network.