Oct. 24, 2008

Demon Deacons Snap Four-Match Skid By Sweeping Boston College

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Doesn't it feel good to be home? The Wake Forest volleyball team returned to Reynolds Gymnasium Friday night after dropping its last four road matches and got solid performances all across the board to sweep Boston College.

The win (25-9, 25-22, 25-13) snapped a four-match losing skid for the Deacons and pulls them back to .500 in the conference at 5-5 and 14-8 overall. Boston College falls to 6-16 overall and remains winless in the conference at 0-10.

Tar Heels Sweep Tigers

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Eleven kills from Suzanne Haydel and another 11 from Lauren Prussing helped the Tar Heels to a 3-0 sweep (25-22, 25-19, 25-21) of visiting Clemson (15-6, 7-3 ACC) Friday evening in the Dean Smith Center in front of a season-high crowd of 13,797. The Tar Heels turned in their top performance of the season hitting a season-best .327 in the win en route to improving to 12-9 overall and 6-4 in ACC play. Carolina will look to keep rolling on Sunday when it hosts Georgia Tech at 1 p.m. in the Smith Center.

Norman Records 1,000th Career Kill In 3-0 Win Over Maryland

DURHAM, N.C. – Jourdan Norman put down 11 kills, including the 1,000th of her four-year career, during the Duke volleyball team’s 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-18) sweep over Maryland Friday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Norman became just the 20th player in Duke history to reach the 1,000-kill plateau after connecting on 11 of her 23 attacks against the Terrapins (5-17, 1-9 ACC). She made just one error on the night to finish with a .435 hitting percentage and contributed to a .270 clip put up by the Blue Devils (16-6, 7-3 ACC). Norman, who also holds Duke’s career, season and single-match block records, also helped out on three of Duke’s five blocks to run her career total in the category to 574.

Florida State Sweeps Virginia Tech, 3-0

BLACKSBURG, Va. - In the first road trip in two weeks and against a team tied for first in the conference, Florida State volleyball defeated Virginia Tech, 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-23), at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va. The victory evened the Seminoles' ACC record to 5-5 and 13-7 overall. FSU upped its series record against the Hokies to 20-2.

"I thought overall we played consistent, which is good," Seminole head coach Chris Poole said. "I really think a big difference is that we've now gone two weeks with everyone back in practice. We looked smooth and more in sync. I think a lot of it has to do with us being able to play a couple weeks at home and get our feet back under us."

Jackets Tame Wolfpack in Three

RALEIGH - Talisa Kellogg hit .412 with a match-high 16 kills and Callie Miller added 11 kills while hitting .611 to lead Georgia Tech (15-5, 7-3 ACC) to its fourth-consecutive 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-18) win with a sweep of NC State (9-16, 3-7 ACC) Friday night at Reynolds Coliseum.

Kellogg fell just one dig shy of a double-double and notched three total blocks to go along with her 16 kills and nine digs. Miller tallied a team-high four total blocks in addition to her 11 kills on 18 swings. She had no attacking errors in the match.

Relentless Play Lifts Cavaliers Over Hurricanes

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The Virginia volleyball team accomplished a rare feat Friday evening and despite being down two sets to Miami, rallied to defeat the top team in the league, 3-2 (19-25, 25-27, 25-13, 25-22, 15-13), in Memorial Gymnasium. The win bumps the Cavaliers to 13-9 on the season and an even 5-5 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, while the Hurricanes fall to 19-3 overall, 7-3 in the league.

“It was a great win tonight,” head coach Lee Maes said. “I think it gives our team a lot of confidence to know that we are as competitive as anyone in the conference. When we put our mind to it, we have the ability to sustain a level of focus, discipline and effort to make good things happen. We were very patient in maintaining our game plan tonight and we really took advantage of the opportunities that Miami gave us.”