Friday, October 18
South Bend, Ind.
6:30pm
NC State
10-5,5-2ACC
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Notre Dame
9-7,2-5ACC
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NC State
25
25
25
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Notre Dame
18
21
16
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Wolfpack Sweep Irish in Friday Night Showdown
10/18/2024 8:49:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The NC State volleyball team swept Notre Dame Friday evening at the Joyce Center in South Bend.
The Wolfpack moves to 10-5 overall and 5-2 in conference play.
Breaking Down the Match
Stat Leaders
Kills: Ava Brizard (11)
Digs: Skye Stokes (11)
Assists: Naomi Cabello (16)
Blocks: Sophie Groom (6)
Aces: Skye Stokes, Amanda Rice (3)
Up Next
The Pack will travel to Louisville to face the fourth-ranked Cardinals at 1pm. The match is set to be played on ACCNX.
The Wolfpack moves to 10-5 overall and 5-2 in conference play.
Breaking Down the Match
- The Wolfpack started with all the momentum, jumping out to a 6-2 lead.
- The Irish used an early timeout after the Pack took a five-point lead (10-5). Out of the timeout, the Irish went on a 4-0 scoring run to force head coach Luka Slabe to use a timeout of his own. Notre Dame managed to tie the opening frame 11-all, but a kill by opposite Amanda Rice gave NC State back the lead.
- The Wolfpack managed to rebuild a five-point lead (20-15) after an 8-3 run highlighted by three kills by outside hitter Courtney Bryant.
- The Pack would take the opening frame, 25-18, and Bryant led the squad with four kills.
- NC State continued to build on the momentum of set one and jumped out to a 5-0 lead to open the second set. Notre Dame picked up its first point of the frame after a kill by Morgan Gaerte got past the Wolfpack defense.
- The Irish went on a 4-0 scoring run to tie the second set six-all to force an early timeout from Slabe. Out of the timeout, Notre Dame took its first lead of the match after an ace from Lucy Trump, but NC State quickly regained the lead after the two teams exchanged a handful of points.
- Fifth year setter Skye Stokes recorded three consecutive service aces to push NC State ahead, 18-14. Notre Dame quickly used both of its timeouts in the set after NC State increased the lead to six (22-16) after an 8-3 scoring run.
- The Irish managed to minimize the deficit to three (24-21) and force Slabe to use his final timeout of the frame. After the Irish forced a fourth set point to be played, Rice tallied the final point of the set to give NC State the 2-0 lead.
- Bryant and Rice tallied six kills each through the second set while middle blocker Sophie Groom led the defensive efforts with five blocks.
- The beginning of the third set was a back-and-forth battle between the two programs, but it was NC State that built a lead. Rice tallied back-to-back service aces that helped NC State in a 6-0 scoring run. The Pack led by as many as eight (21-13) in the third set, the largest lead of the match.
- A service error by the Irish allows the Wolfpack to take set three, 25-16.
- The win marked the fourth straight over the Irish and fifth since Slabe took reign of the program.
- The win marked the 10th of the season, fifth in conference play, 810th in program history, 203rd in conference play in program history, and 72nd under Slabe.
Stat Leaders
Kills: Ava Brizard (11)
Digs: Skye Stokes (11)
Assists: Naomi Cabello (16)
Blocks: Sophie Groom (6)
Aces: Skye Stokes, Amanda Rice (3)
Up Next
The Pack will travel to Louisville to face the fourth-ranked Cardinals at 1pm. The match is set to be played on ACCNX.
Team Stats
NCSU
ND
Kills
40
29
Errors
9
20
Attempts
98
94
Hitting %
.316
.096
Points
60.0
36.0
Assists
37
27
Aces
10
5
Blocks
10
2
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
10
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
2
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Players Mentioned
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