Volleyball Falls 3-1 at Miami

Friday, October 20

Coral Gables, FL

7:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

13-6, 7-2ACC

Miami

12-3, 6-3ACC

Louisville

Miami

October 20, 2017 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Tess Clark has 11 kills, hits .360 with Amanda Green notching four blocks.

By: Nancy Worley

University of Miami outside hitter Olga Strantzali had a school record 33 kills to lead the Hurricanes to a 3-1 win over Louisville in ACC volleyball action Friday night in Miami.

Miami won 25-21, 21-25, 26-24, 25-14 and improves its record to 12-3 and 6-3 in the ACC. UofL moves to 13-6 and 7-2 in the league. UofL was led by Melanie McHenry's 13 kills with Amanda Green adding 12 and Tess Clark connecting for 11 kills. The Cards hit .277 to the Canes .300 in a high octane match that also saw UofL get five blocks and have 54 digs. UofL had 12 service errors and were aced by UM nine times.

In the first set, Miami used .452 hitting to keep the Cardinals at arm's length. The Hurricanes had a 9-4 run midway through the set to go up 19-14. UofL battled back to get within 2 at 21-23 and forced Miami to call timeout to try to chill the hot serving hand of Wilma Rivera. The ploy worked as a service error by Rivera and a kill by UM's Kolby Byrd gave UM the 25-21 win.

In the second set, Louisville jumped out to a 9-3 lead early and then held a hard-charging Miami team at bay. The Canes came within three at 22-19 but the Cards survived two service errors before Melanie McHenry had the final kill, her sixth of the set for the 25-21 win.

The Cardinals were down 21-15 in the third set and managed to go on an 8-4 run but fell short as the Canes won 26-24. The Cards hit .312, had two blocks and got four kills out of Melanie McHenry. Olga Strantzali had 11 kills and an ace to lead the 'Canes.

The Cards were not able to hold on to the momentum of the final third of the previous set and let the Canes blow out to a 6-1 lead. The Canes heated up and went on a 9-1 run midway through the set to take an 18-7 lead. Deflated, the Cards were unable to string together a run of their own and fell 25-14.

Louisville heads to Tallahassee for a Sunday matchup at FSU at 1 p.m.