Duke Welcomes Loyola Maryland, West Virginia

DURHAM – The Duke volleyball team (1-2) is set for its home opening weekend against Loyola Maryland and West Virginia. The Blue Devils take on the Greyhounds Thursday at 6:30 p.m., before a 4 p.m., contest Saturday against the Mountaineers. Both contests will be streamed on ACCNX.

LAST TIME OUT

Duke went 1-2 in its opening weekend at Purdue's Reamer Club Xtra Special Premier. The Blue Devils fell to No. 16 Purdue (3-1) and Loyola Chicago (3-0) before a 3-2 victory over No. 18 Creighton.

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE SERIES

LOYOLA MARYLAND

Thursday marks the first meeting between Duke and Loyola Maryland.

WEST VIRGINIA

Duke and West Virginia meet for the 10th time in program history and for the first since 2014. The Blue Devils lead the all-time series 8-1 and have won seven consecutive.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS

LOYOLA MARYLAND

Loyola Maryland enters Thursday's contest 2-1 in the early fall with wins over Niagara (3-0) and Robert Morris (3-1) over the weekend. Offensively, the Greyhounds are led by Lauren Link with 45 kills and 4.09 kills/set and Kacy Sekunda with 32 and a .343 hitting percentage. The Greyhounds work between two setters -- Bryanne Soares and Sekunda -- while Rose McDermott leads the defensive unit with 45 digs. As a team, Loyola Maryland is hitting .221 percent through three games.

WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia is 2-1 overall after the College of Charleston Tournament last weekend. The Mountaineers are led by Bailey Miller with 39 kills and a .264 hitting percentage. Setter Lauren DeLo has dished 89 dimes as the team is hitting .274 percent through three matches.

SIGHTS ON MILESTONE

The Duke volleyball program has its sights set on a major milestone. Since its inception in 1971, the Blue Devils have accumulated 999 wins, just one shy of the 1,000-win plateau.
Duke will be the 43rd program in NCAA history to reach the milestone.

HOME COURT DUBS

Duke is set for 14 home contests this fall at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
A season ago, the Blue Devils went 12-4 at home.
The Blue Devils are 264-92 at home since Jolene Nagel took over the program in 1999.

NEXT MATCH

Duke will host Elon Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 6:30 p.m., at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

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