Cardinals Head to Miami and Florida State

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The University of Louisville volleyball team is heading south for a pair of ACC matches starting at Miami on Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. then heading for a matchup with Florida State on Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. in Tallahassee.

Louisville
The post-Melanie McHenry Cardinals have had to regroup and repurpose to find a new lineup that replaced their lone senior and six-rotation player.

The Cardinals had a rugged road swing last weekend with losses at Boston College and Syracuse.

On Friday, Aiko Jones had 18 kills , three aces and four blocks it was not enough as the University of Louisville volleyball team fell 3-2 at Boston College. The Cardinals hit .267 with 11 aces, 15 blocks and 60 digs. Freshman Amber Stivrins had 14 kills and 12 digs and Claire Chaussee added 11 kills and three blocks. Boston College moves to 17-7 on the season and 8-3 in the league. The Eagles were paced by Amaka Chukwujekwu's 14 kills and six blocks

Aiko Jones had 18 kills and 10 digs but the University of Louisville volleyball team fell 3-2 at Syracuse on Sunday. The Cards hit .146 with seven blocks and eight aces. Anna Stevenson added 13 kills and three blocks. The Orange were led by Polina Shemanova, who had a school record 36 kills and three blocks.

Miami
On Wednesday,Savannah Vach recorded her second consecutive double-double in Wednesday night's road loss to Florida State. Miami dropped the match, 3-1, despite three Canes recording double-digit kills.

Junior Janet Kalaniuvalu led the Canes with 17 kills, tying her season high for the third time, while recording one ace and one block. Vach's third double-double of the season came off 45 assists and 12 digs. The freshman also tallied a career-high four block assists along with two aces in her first rivalry match against the Noles.

On Sunday, Miami extended its win streak against Virginia Tech to seven straight matches, defeating the Hokies 3-1 at the Cassell Coliseum. Two Canes recorded a double-double in the same match. Kennedy Prince recorded her team-leading fifth of the season, while Savannah Vach notched her third in-a-row. Prince finished the match with 12 kills and 15 digs and Vach posted 56 assists and 11 digs. Along with the two double-doubles, Miami also tallied two season highs in kills, as Janet Kalaniuvalu finished with a match-high 22 and Madison Dill with 15.

Florida State
On Saturday, FSU won its fourth match in a row, all in the last six days in four different cities, RV Florida State earned a road win on Saturday over High Point by the score of 25-18, 22-25, 25-22, 24-26, 15-10.
Redshirt freshman Morgan Chacon had a career day both offensively and defensively, as she set career highs with both 21 kills and 20 digs on the afternoon, along with a pair of service aces and three blocks. Senior Madison Sullivan also set a career high with a team-high 26 digs, redshirt sophomore Adrian Ell recorded a career-high 30 assists.

On Friday, FSU limited Virginia Tech to a season-low .041 hitting percentage, the Seminoles recorded their 10th sweep of the season on Friday night as RV Florida State defeated Virginia Tech on the road in straight sets, 25-20, 25-18, 25-17. Coming into the match ranked third in the NCAA with 3.00 blocks per set, the Seminoles averaged 4.00 per set on Friday, led by freshman Emma Clothier who had eight blocks. The 12 total blocks by Florida State marks the 13th time this season that the Noles have recorded double-digit blocks, and is the seventh time FSU has had 10 or more blocks in a three-set match.

McHenry Sidelined for Remainder of 2019
University of Louisville outside hitter Melanie McHenry will be sidelined for the remainder of the season after suffering an injury to her left knee during the match at Notre Dame on Oct. 16, 2019.

McHenry, a four-year starter, is the leading scorer for the Cardinals with 204 kills, leads the team in aces and adds 31 blocks. She is second on the team in digs with 144. The lone senior on the 2019 roster, the Speedway, Ind. native ranks No. 9 in school history in kills with 1,345 and is 21st on the active career list in Division I players. This season, she was named ACC Player of the Week, the Fleur De Lis Tournament MVP, and was named to the All-ACC Preseason Squad.

Chaussee Stepping Up
Claire Chaussee stepped into Melanie McHenry's shoes after the knee injury. In the past four matches, she has averaged 10.25 kills per match. The prior four matches before that she averaged four kills per match.

RPI Run Down
The Cardinals' RPI is 24, the second best in the ACC behind Pitt (4). RPI stands for Ratings Percentage Index and the index comprises a team's winning percentage (25%), its opponents' winning percentage (50%), and the winning percentage of those opponents' opponents (25%). The opponents' winning percentage and the winning percentage of those opponents' opponents both comprise the strength of schedule (SOS). Thus, the SOS accounts for 75% of the RPI calculation and is 2/3 its opponents' winning percentage and 1/3 its opponents' opponents' winning percentages.

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Players Mentioned

Claire Chaussee

Aiko Jones

Melanie McHenry

Anna Stevenson

Amber Stivrins

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