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Duke Tops Virginia Tech in Four Friday
10/25/2019 9:16:00 PM | Volleyball
Duke Tops Virginia Tech in Four Friday
DURHAM, N.C. – Behind three players in double-digit kills, the Duke volleyball team (10-13, 3-7 ACC) defeated Virginia Tech (8-14, 1-8 ACC) 3-1 (25-12, 23-25, 25-18, 25-17) Friday evening in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
"Our team sustained their focus and effort and really executed well tonight to get the win," head coach Jolene Nagel said. "This team has continued to work hard, keep a good attitude, work on their culture and have continued to step up and know there's more to it than just winning. But at the same time, we've had a tough go of it a little bit with some challenges along the way but it's made us stronger. Hopefully we can have another good week of practice before we hit the road for some very challenging ACC matches and I hope our team can continue to get better."
Rookie Gracie Johnson (14), junior Payton Schwantz (12) and sophomore Ade Owokoniran (10) combined for 36 kills to pace the Blue Devil offense. On the defensive end, libero Mackenzie Cole (17), Johnson (16) and Schwantz (14) racked up double-digit digs to limit the Hokies to a .130 hitting percentage for the match.
At the net, rookie Lizzie Fleming registered five blocks while Lily Cooper and Owokoniran each added four to give the Blue Devils 18 total blocks for the evening.
Duke held a strong 12-6 lead in the first set and added eight blocks with two each from Cooper, Owokoniran, Fleming and Samantha Amos. As a team, Duke knocked down 14 kills and just one error to hit .448 in the opening frame.
Both squads hit .267 percent in the second as Johnson led the team with five kills while Sarah Nelson dished 11 assists despite dropping the set.
Cole, Fleming and Johnson all tallied service aces in the third to help give them a 25-18 set lead before Fleming sparked a big 8-0 run with her serve in the fourth and what would become a final set.
Virginia Tech was led by Kaity Smith with 14 kills.
Duke will return to action Friday, Nov. 1 on the road at Virginia before traveling to No. 3 Pitt Sunday.
For more information on Duke volleyball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeVB".
#GoDuke
"Our team sustained their focus and effort and really executed well tonight to get the win," head coach Jolene Nagel said. "This team has continued to work hard, keep a good attitude, work on their culture and have continued to step up and know there's more to it than just winning. But at the same time, we've had a tough go of it a little bit with some challenges along the way but it's made us stronger. Hopefully we can have another good week of practice before we hit the road for some very challenging ACC matches and I hope our team can continue to get better."
Rookie Gracie Johnson (14), junior Payton Schwantz (12) and sophomore Ade Owokoniran (10) combined for 36 kills to pace the Blue Devil offense. On the defensive end, libero Mackenzie Cole (17), Johnson (16) and Schwantz (14) racked up double-digit digs to limit the Hokies to a .130 hitting percentage for the match.
At the net, rookie Lizzie Fleming registered five blocks while Lily Cooper and Owokoniran each added four to give the Blue Devils 18 total blocks for the evening.
Duke held a strong 12-6 lead in the first set and added eight blocks with two each from Cooper, Owokoniran, Fleming and Samantha Amos. As a team, Duke knocked down 14 kills and just one error to hit .448 in the opening frame.
Both squads hit .267 percent in the second as Johnson led the team with five kills while Sarah Nelson dished 11 assists despite dropping the set.
Cole, Fleming and Johnson all tallied service aces in the third to help give them a 25-18 set lead before Fleming sparked a big 8-0 run with her serve in the fourth and what would become a final set.
Virginia Tech was led by Kaity Smith with 14 kills.
Duke will return to action Friday, Nov. 1 on the road at Virginia before traveling to No. 3 Pitt Sunday.
For more information on Duke volleyball, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeVB".
#GoDuke
Team Stats
VaTech
DU
Kills
40
59
Errors
22
14
Attempts
138
144
Hitting %
.130
.313
Points
51.0
74.0
Assists
40
54
Aces
5
6
Blocks
6.0
9.0
Game Leaders
Kills
14
Aces
2
Blocks
2
Kills
12
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Kills
10
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
9
Aces
2
Blocks
5
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