Volleyball ACCtion: Thursday, October 8
Miami downs Wake Forest; Virginia Tech upends NC State.
Twenty-two kills from Lane Carico helped Miami beat Wake Forest, 3-1.

Twenty-two kills from Lane Carico helped Miami beat Wake Forest, 3-1.

Oct. 8, 2009

Miami Volleyball Charges Past Wake Forest, 3-1
Lane Carico had a match-high 22 kills while Christine Williamson and Lici McGee added 14 to help lead the University of Miami volleyball team past ACC foe Wake Forest, 3-1 (25-20, 25-15, 24-26, 25-18) at Reynolds Gym in Winston-Salem, N.C. With the win, the Hurricanes collect their first ACC road win of the season.

Miami (10-6, 3-3 ACC) stood tied with Wake Forest in the opening, 16-all, until sophomore middle blocker Ali Becker placed a kill, followed by a pair of blocks from Becker and freshman setter Nrithya Sundararaman. That gave UM the lead, 18-16, as the Hurricanes held on for the 25-20 win in the opener.

Despite trailing early in the second, Miami used a kill from sophomore outside hitter Christine Williamson to jump-start an 8-0 run that ended with block assists from Williamson and Becker. Becker would finish the evening with a career-high 10 assisted blocks (10 total blocks).

Sweet return to Cassell for the Hokies, as they roll NC State
After five consecutive road matches to open the ACC season, the Virginia Tech volleyball squad returned to Cassell Coliseum and won in emphatic fashion on Friday night, defeating NC State 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-21) in Blacksburg, Va.

Fifteen different players saw action in the match for Tech (12-5, 2-4 ACC), with 10 different Hokies recording at least one kill. Sophomore Justine Record led Tech with 10 kills and 11 digs for her third double-double on the season, while freshman Cara Baarendse added eight kills on a .545 hitting percentage. Sophomore Erin Leaser and senior Michelle Lang both registered double-digit assist nights, totaling 26 and 10 assists, respectively.

The Hokies started out inconsistently in the opening set, racing out to a 3-0 lead before allowing six straight points to the Wolfpack (7-13, 0-5 ACC), to find themselves down 6-3. Tech battled back to even the set at 9-9, and exploded from there, setting out on a 10-3 run to pull ahead 19-12. The Hokies carried the lead the rest of the way, winning the first stanza, 25-17.