Duke Secures 3-1 Win Over Virginia

Sunday, October 2

Durham, N.C.

4 PM

Duke University

Virginia

Duke Secures 3-1 Win Over Virginia

10/2/2022 7:40:00 PM | Volleyball

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DURHAM - The Duke volleyball team secured a 3-1 victory (25-14, 25-14, 16-25, 28-26) over Virginia Sunday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

How it Happened

Gracie Johnson tallied her second double-double of the season with 18 kills and 10 digs to spearhead Duke's offense. She also added an ace and a season-high four blocks in her all-around performance.
Freshman Kerry Keefe had a career day with 14 kills and just three errors on 27 swings to hit .407 percent to go along with an ace, four digs and two blocks. Fellow classmate Taylor Atkinson also tallied 12 kills to help pace the offensive unit.
Graduate setter Devon Chang dished 46 assists, while libero Nikki Underwood collected 17 digs. At the net, Georgia Stavrinides tallied a career-high five blocks as Duke recorded 16 total blocks.
The Blue Devils came out hot to start the match hitting .433 percent as Johnson knocked down four quick kills to hit .400. Duke used an 8-0 run to jump out to a 17-8 lead and ran away with the first set.
Much like the first set, Duke used a fast start to take a 15-4 lead in the second as Johnson and Rylie Kadel each hit .800 percent and limited the Cavaliers to a negative percentage.
Trailing 2-0, Virginia posted a .458 clip in the third to force a fourth set.
Duke's block came alive in the fourth and final set with 10 blocks, led by Stavrinides and Johnson with four and three, respectively. Duke battled through 13 tie scores and two Virginia set points to secure its first ACC win of the season.

Notes

Duke moves to 10-5 overall and 1-3 in ACC action and snapped a three-match losing streak.
It was head coach Jolene Nagel's 677th career victory and the 474th at the helm of the Blue Devils.
The match featured 23 tie scores, including 13 in the fourth set, and 11 lead changes.
Johnson has tallied at least one ace in 11 of the matches she's seen action in.
Chang tallied her 12th-career match with 40 or more assists.
Johnson now owns 13 career double-doubles.
Virginia was led by Grace Turner with nine kills.

Quote

"Our team has had to go through a lot lately with some adversity and we've had to move things around a few times. So the fact that this group could put it together today to get their first ACC win is great. I'm really proud of them." - head coach Jolene Nagel

Next Match

Duke will travel to Florida State and Miami next weekend. The Blue Devils will face Florida State Friday at 6:30 p.m., followed by a 1 p.m., match Sunday at Miami.

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