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| Duke vs. Pitt |
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| When: Oct. 7 | 6:30 p.m. | ||||||||||||
| Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Watch: ACC Network Extra | Live Stats | ||||||||||||
| Duke vs. Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| When: Oct. 9 | 1:00 p.m. | ||||||||||||
| Where: Cameron Indoor Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Watch: ACC Network Extra | Live Stats | ||||||||||||
| DUKE (9-5, 3-1 ACC) | ||||||||||||
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| PITT (13-3, 4-0 ACC) | ||||||||||||
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LEADING OFF
Duke returns to Cameron Indoor Stadium to face Pitt (13-3, 4-0 ACC) and Virginia Tech (7-8, 2-2 ACC) ... The Blue Devils take on the Panthers at 6:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7 before hosting the Hokies at 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 9 ... At 4-0 in the ACC, Pitt enters the weekend in a four-way tie for first place in the league standings while Duke is a game back with a 3-1 conference mark ... Virginia Tech sits in a five-way tie for fifth at 2-2 ... Duke will also hold its Dig Pink match Friday in support of the Side-Out Foundation, which raises funds for breast cancer research and support services ... ACC Network Extra will broadcast both weekend contests.
SCOUTING THE BLUE DEVILS
Duke (9-5, 3-1 ACC) split a pair of ACC road matches this past weekend, falling at Notre Dame in four before sweeping Louisville ... The Blue Devils currently lead the ACC in opponent hitting percentage (.165), kills per set (13.84), assists per set (12.95) and digs per set (17.93) ... Offensively, five Blue Devils have surpassed 100 kills on the season, led by senior middle blocker Jordan Tucker ... Tucker enters the weekend with a team-best 163 kills and .318 hitting percentage ... Duke's next four hitters to reach 100 kills are freshman Jamie Stivers (128), sophomore Leah Meyer (123), sophomore Jessi Bartholomew (110) and junior Anna Kropf (103) ... Freshman setter Cindy Marina runs Duke's 5-1 system and ranks third in the league in assists per frame ... At the net, Meyer's 59 blocks lead all Blue Devils ... Libero Sasha Karelov anchors a backline that averages 17.93 digs per frame, good for sixth nationally.
DUKE vs. PITT
Duke and Pitt are set for the 13th match in program history Friday ... The Blue Devils trail the all-time series, 5-7, and 3-1 in Cameron Indoor Stadium ... Duke's lone home win against the Panthers came this past season as the Blue Devils topped Pitt in five Oct. 23, 2015 ... Duke is 2-1 against Pitt since the Panthers joined the ACC ... Each of the teams' past two meeting have gone to five sets.
| Series History | |
| Overall | Pitt leads 7-5 |
| At Duke | Pitt leads 3-1 |
| Current Streak | W1 |
| First Meeting | Oct. 27, 1978 (L, 1-2) |
| Last Meeting | Oct. 23, 2015 (W, 3-2) |
DUKE vs. VIRGINIA TECH
Sunday's match marks the 31st all-time between Duke and Virginia Tech and 21st as ACC opponents ... The Blue Devils lead the all-time series, 26-4 ... Duke and Virginia Tech split two matches this past season, both winning at home ... Most recently, Duke downed Virginia Tech 3-1 Oct. 25, 2015..
| Series History | |
| Overall | Duke leads 26-4 |
| At Duke | Duke leads 16-0 |
| Current Streak | W1 |
| First Meeting | Oct. 19, 1979 (W, 2-1) |
| Last Meeting | Oct. 25, 2015 (W, 3-1) |
DEVILISH DEFENSE
Duke enters the weekend ranked first in the ACC in both opponent hitting percentage (.165) and digs per set (17.93) ... The Blue Devils have held nine of their 14 opponents to under .200 hitting ... In addition, Duke has allowed just one opponent -- Loyola Marymount -- to post a hitting percentage over .250 ... Duke and Georgia Tech are the only two ACC team to average over 17.00 digs per set this season ... The Blue Devils also rank sixth nationally in digs per frame.
| ACC Opponent Hitting Percentage Leaders | ||
| 1. | Duke | .165 |
| 2. | Pitt | .168 |
| 3. | Georgia Tech | .169 |
| ACC Digs Per Set Leaders | ||
| 1. | Duke | 17.93 |
| 2. | Georgia Tech | 17.22 |
| 3. | NC State | 16.15 |
KARELOV ANCHORS DEFENSE
Senior Sasha Karelov has anchored the Duke backline the past three seasons as the Blue Devils' starting libero ... She is the fifth player in school history to reach 1,600 career digs and currently ranks fourth in program history with 1,671 digs ... Karelov has averaged 4.33 digs per set for her career, good for third in the Duke record books ... In addition, her 1,671 career digs leads the ACC and ranks 13th among all active NCAA Division I players.
| Duke Career Digs Leaders | ||
| 1. | Ali McCurdy | 2,538 |
| 2. | Jenny Shull | 2,200 |
| 3. | Ashley Wacholder | 1,818 |
| 4. | Sasha Karelov | 1,671 |
| 5. | Claire Smalzer | 1,637 |
| Duke Digs Per Set Career Leaders | ||
| Minimum 1,000 Digs | ||
| 1. | Ali McCurdy | 5.25 |
| 2. | Jenny Shull | 4.76 |
| 3. | Ashley Wacholder | 4.29 |
| 4. | Sasha Karelov | 4.33 |
| 5. | Sarah Peifer | 4.14 |
| ACC Active Career Digs Leaders | ||
| 1. | Sasha Karelov, Duke | 1,671 |
| 2. | London Ackrmann, Georgia Tech | 1,548 |
| 3. | Caroline Wolf, Wake Forest | 1,323 |
| 4. | Lexi Riccolo, Virginia | 1,261 |
| 5. | Rachel Eppley, NC State | 1,173 |
TUCKER AMONG TOP MIDDLE BLOCKERS
Senior middle blocker Jordan Tucker has established herself as one of the top middle blockers in program history, totaling 962 kills and 344 blocks ... For her career, Tucker ranks ninth at Duke with a .303 hitting percentage ... In addition, Tucker is 38 kills away from becoming the 24th player in school history to reach 1,000 career kills.
| Duke Career Hitting Percentage Leaders | ||
| Minimum 1,000 Attacks | ||
| 1. | Adrian Nichol | .385 |
| 2. | Linda Kraft | .384 |
| 3. | Christiana Gray | .350 |
| 4. | Diane Brown | .329 |
| 5. | Jen Rohrig | .319 |
| 6. | Krista Dill | .310 |
| Jourdan Norman | .310 | |
| 8. | Bev Stross | .307 |
| 9. | Jordan Tucker | .303 |
| 10. | Ali Hausfeld | .295 |
FRESHMAN MARINA STARTING SETTER
Cindy Marina is the first Duke freshman to start at setter since 2010 ACC Player of the Year Kellie Catanach ... Marina and senior middle blocker Jordan Tucker are the only Blue Devils to play in every set this season ... Marina has handled all the setting duties so far this year, averaging 10.55 assists per frame, good for third in the ACC ... The Temecula, Calif., native has a team-high nine double-doubles and ranks tied for first in the conference in that category ... Prior to her arrival at Duke, Marina joined the Albanian National Team June 3-5 in Twardogora, Poland and again June 17-19 for the 2016 CEV Volleyball European League in Durres, Albania this past summer.
| ACC Assists Per Set Leaders | |||
| 1. | Caroline Holt | Notre Dame | 10.93 |
| 2. | Maggie Speaks | NC State | 10.73 |
| 3. | Cindy Marina |
Duke | 10.55 |
| ACC Double-Double Leaders | |||
| 1. | Teegan Van Gunst | Georgia Tech | 9 |
| Lindsey Owens | Virginia Tech | 9 | |
| Cindy Marina |
Duke | 9 | |
| 4. | 5 Players Tied at ... | 7 | |
MEYER IN THE MIDDLE
For the season, sophomore Leah Meyer leads the Blue Devils with 59 blocks and ranks fifth in the ACC with a 1.30 blocks-per-set average ... For her career, Meyer has averaged 1.13 blocks per set, good for fifth all-time at Duke.
| ACC Blocks Per Set Leaders | |||
| 1. | Sydnye Fields | North Carolina | 1.69 |
| 2. | Melanie Keil | Florida State | 1.66 |
| 3. | Amber Witherspoon | Syracuse | 1.48 |
| 4. | Cara Cunningham | Virginia Tech | 1.38 |
| 5. | Leah Meyer | Duke | 1.34 |
| Duke Career Blocks Per Set Leaders | |||
| 1. | Jourdan Norman | 1.36 | |
| 2. | Jen Rohrig | 1.30 | |
| 3. | Krista Dill | 1.26 | |
| 4. | Linda Kraft | 1.15 | |
| 5. | Leah Meyer | 1.13 | |
MEYER'S DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Sophomore Leah Meyer notched the first double-double for a Duke middle blocker since Christiana Gray Oct. 27, 2012 versus NC State ... Meyer totaled 12 kills and a career-high 11 blocks Saturday, Sept. 24 at Virginia.
BLUE DEVILS ADD FIVE FRESHMEN
The Duke Volleyball Class of 2020 consists of five freshmen in rightside hitter Samantha Amos (Pittsburgh, Pa.), setter Cindy Marina (Temecula, Calif.), setter/defensive specialist Sarah Nelson (Los Gatos, Calif.), outside hitter Natalie Schilling (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) and outside hitter Jamie Stivers (Coppell, Texas) ... Duke's five-player freshmen class is its largest since 2012.
DUO TABBED PRESEASON ALL-ACC
Libero Sasha Karelov and middle blocker Jordan Tucker garnered 2016 Preseason All-ACC recognition as announced by the league Aug. 5 ... Duke's starting libero the past two seasons, Karelov was an AVCA All-East Coast Region honorable mention and All-ACC second team honoree in 2015 ... One of the top middle blockers in the ACC, Tucker collected AVCA All-East Coast Region and first team All-ACC accolades as a junior in 2015.
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