Volleyball Heads to Syracuse and NC State
October 16, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
The Louisville Cardinals volleyball team (11-7, 3-3 ACC) hits the road this weekend heading for Syracuse on Friday evening at 7 p.m. and then on to Raleigh to face NC State on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The Orange has a 4-4 home record and are 7-11 overall. Syracuse hope to halt a six game losing skid and stand at 0-6 in the ACC. Silvi Uattara has been a top player for Syracuse in the past two games with 21 kills in each and 23 points against Miami and 24.5 against Pittsburgh. Former UofL head coach Leonid Yelin will be looking for his first league win of the year. He had 366 wins at UofL and the Cardinals have 862 as a program which puts him at the helm for almost half of the school's volleyball wins at .424. Head coach Anne Kordes played for Coach Yelin as a setter.
The Cards will then take on North Carolina State in Raleigh, N.C. where the Pack have a 7-0 record at home and a 12-5 schedule overall. NC State has lost its last four conference games, its last loss against No. 4 Florida State, while having one ACC win against Syracuse. The Wolfpack's Tanna Aljoe ended with 45 assists and 12 digs against Georgia Tech, recording her second double-double this season, and five players had double-digit kills in the game at Wake Forest. The Pack will be looking for their second ACC win against Louisville on Sunday, October 19 at 2 p.m.
UofL split last weekend, falling to undefeated and No. 4 ranked Florida State in a nationally televised match last Friday. Laura Blab's 12 kills and two blocks were not enough as the Cards fell 3-1. The Cards hit .124 and were out-dug 81-69 but did have 10.5 blocks, led by Janelle Jenkins' seven. Katie George had a double-double with 37 assists and 12 digs. FSU had 64 kills to UofL's 46. Maya McClendon had 15 digs and nine kills0.
Janelle Jenkins had 12 kills, hit .500 with an ace and two blocks to lead the University of Louisville volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-19, 25-13 sweep of ACC rival Notre Dame. UofL hit .324 with eight blocks and 54 digs to even its ACC mark at three while moving to 11-7 for the season. Notre Dame hit .038 with three blocks and had just 26 kills to UofL's 46. The Irish drop to 1-5 in the ACC and 4-13 overall. Cardinal Maya McClendon joined Jenkins in double-digit kills with 11, adding an ace and seven digs. Roxanne McVey had a match-high 17 digs.
