Sunday, October 6
Berkeley, CA
4pm
NC State
7-5,2-2ACC
0
at
3
Cal
9-7,1-3ACC
1
2
3
F
NC State
19
21
14
0
California
25
25
25
3
Wolfpack Falls to Cal in Straight Sets
10/6/2024 6:49:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BERKELEY, Calif. – The NC State volleyball team fell to Cal in straight sets Sunday afternoon at Haas Pavilion.
The Wolfpack moves to 7-5 on the season and 2-2 in conference play.
Breaking Down the Match
Kills: Amanda Rice (11)
Digs: Skye Stokes (12)
Assists: Naomi Cabello (19)
Blocks: Jada Allen (5)
Aces: Amanda Rice (2)
Up Next
The Pack will return to the east coast for rivalry week. NC State will host UNC on Friday, Oct. 11 before hosting Duke on Sunday, Oct. 13.
The Wolfpack moves to 7-5 on the season and 2-2 in conference play.
Breaking Down the Match
- The opening frame started as a back-and-forth battle between the two programs, but it was Cal who dominated. Head coach Luka Slabe used an early timeout after the Golden Bears increased the lead to four (9-5).
- The Wolfpack managed to minimize the deficit to one (14-13) but were unable to find a weak spot in the Cal defense to take a lead.
- Cal took set one, 25-19, despite the Wolfpack attempting to rally late in the set.
- Sophie Groom, Ava Brizard, and Amanda Rice combined for nine kills in the first set.
- After a slow start in set two, the Pack managed to tie things eight-all. The Golden Bears continued to maintain the lead, despite the Wolfpack tying the frame on several occasions.
- At the media timeout, Cal led 15-12 but NC State went on a 3-1 scoring run to minimize the Golden Bears lead to one (16-15). Coming out of the timeout, Cal scored a pair of points to increase the lead back to three and forced Slabe to use his first timeout of the set. The Pack tried to keep things close and exchanged points with the Golden Bears, but Cal came out on top, 25-21.
- The Wolfpack started set three with all the momentum and took a 5-3 lead over the Golden Bears. Cal took its first lead of the third set after a 3-0 scoring run (9-7). Slabe used an early timeout in hopes of slowing Cal and helping the Pack regroup.
- Cal continued its scoring run out of the timeout and capitalized on errors by the Wolfpack. The Golden Bears took the third set, 25-14 and the match, 3-0.
Kills: Amanda Rice (11)
Digs: Skye Stokes (12)
Assists: Naomi Cabello (19)
Blocks: Jada Allen (5)
Aces: Amanda Rice (2)
Up Next
The Pack will return to the east coast for rivalry week. NC State will host UNC on Friday, Oct. 11 before hosting Duke on Sunday, Oct. 13.
Team Stats
NCSU
Cal
Kills
37
38
Errors
23
9
Attempts
111
97
Hitting %
.126
.299
Points
46.5
55.0
Assists
35
37
Aces
3
6
Blocks
6.5
11
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
11
Aces
2
Blocks
0
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
5
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Players Mentioned
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