University of Louisville
VIRGINIA
Volleyball Falls to Virginia
November 02, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Maya McClendon had a team-high 17 kills and eight digs but the University of Louisville volleyball team fell to the Virginia Cavaliers 27-25, 13-25, 25-15, 21-25, 15-12 in ACC volleyball action Sunday afternoon in the KFC Yum! Center.
"I thought our middles were dominant but our passing has been our Achilles heel this entire season. Our blocking, serving and defense are good but we have to control that first contact," said UofL head coach Anne Kordes. "It is all mental so we need to get over it in a hurry. Virginia made very few mistakes. We were in the net three times, we got aced nine times and all those little things kill you when it is a tight match and you give points away. The corrections are all within our abilities we just need to go back and get better."
McClendon led four players with double digit kills for the Cardinals as Maggie DeJong finished with 16, Tess Clark with 13 and Janelle Jenkins with 12. Jenkins added a team-high 17 digs to finish with a double-double alongside Katie George who contributed 46 assists and 14 digs. Louisville hit .272 for the match and Virginia .274, led by Jasmine Burton's 17 kills.
The Cardinals are now 14-9 overall and 6-5 in the ACC. Virginia is 15-9 with an 8-3 mark in the league.
In the first set, Virginia opened a 7-4 lead before the Cardinals responded to gain an 8-7 advantage. The Cavaliers used a 6-0 run to take their largest lead of the set at 20-16. Louisville battled back behind an 8-2 run to earn set point 24-22 after a pair of kills by Maggie DeJong. Virginia would not fold as the Cavs went on a 5-1 run to win the set 27-25. DeJong and Maya McClendon led the Cardinals with four kills apiece.
The second set was all Louisville as the Cards jumped out to an early 9-3 lead to force a Virginia timeout. The Cardinals built a 21-8 advantage and would earn set point 24-12 on a Virginia attack error. A Cavalier service error gave Louisville the 25-12 win. The Cardinals hit .419 behind McClendon's seven kills to just .125 for Virginia.
Virginia used runs of 6-0 and 5-0 to build a 12-5 lead in the third set. Louisville hung around before a 7-0 run by the Cavaliers gave Virginia their largest lead of the set at 20-8. The Cavaliers would close it out 25-12 on a Louisville attack error.
In the fourth, Virginia jumped out to another early 7-1 lead. Louisville battled back and used a 6-0 run, including a pair of aces by freshman Gabbie Wiley, to take a 16-14 advantage. A kill by Maya McClendon gave UofL set point 24-21 and a Janelle Jenkins kill closed it out 25-21 for the Cards.
The fifth set was tightly contested before Virginia used a 4-0 run to build their largest lead at 9-6. The Cardinals hung tough and a kill by Tess Clark closed the Cavaliers' lead to 13-12. Virginia earned set point at 14-12 and would win 15-12 on an attack error.
The Cards head back on the road with matches with Miami next Friday and Notre Dame on Sunday.
