Wednesday, November 23
South Bend, Ind.
6:30 p.m.
University of Louisville
at
Notre Dame
No. 4 Volleyball Set for Regular Season Finale at Notre Dame
November 22, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
Cards Hoping to Clinch Share of ACC Crown
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The No. 4-ranked University of Louisville volleyball team heads to Notre Dame for the final match of conference play and will vie for a share of the ACC crown on Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 6:30 p.m. ET. Â Both Louisville and Pitt have a chance to clinch a share of the 2022 ACC Volleyball Championship this week.
Louisville Can Clinch
Louisville would clinch at least a share of the league title with a win over Notre Dame on Wednesday. Pitt must win its last two matches against Georgia Tech (Nov. 23) and Boston College (Nov. 26) to earn a share of the championship. The ACC volleyball champion is determined based on the regular-season record, as there is no ACC volleyball tournament. If Pitt wins both matches, the tiebreaker goes head-to-head (the two are 1-1 head to head) so then moves to set scores and Louisville is 5-3 in sets with Pitt which would make UofL the automatic qualifier for the ACC. Â
About the Cards
Louisville moves to 16-1 in ACC play and 25-2 on the season with one match left in the regular season. The Cardinals swept No. 7-ranked Pitt on Senior Night Friday night 25-15, 25-21, and 25-18. Claire Chaussee recorded her 20th double-digit kill performance on the season with 13 kills, three aces, three digs, and one blocks. Nena Mbonu added nine kills, one dig, and one block. Aiko Jones had eight kills hitting .583, three aces, three digs, and four blocks. Amaya Tillman led the team with six blocks and had six kills hitting .556. Raquel Lazaro recorded 32 assists, five digs, and two blocks, while Elena Scott had 13 digs, four assists, and one ace.Â
About the Irish
Notre Dame lost their lone match over the weekend with a 3-0 loss against NC State 25-20, 25-17, and 25-23 on Saturday night. The Irish moved to 9-16 on the season and 4-11 in ACC play. Avery Ross and Lucy Trump led the team with ten kills each against NC State. Ross added one block and two digs and has 204 kills on the season with 94 digs and 21 blocks. Trump also recorded one ace, one block, and six digs and leads the team in kills this season with 214. The outside hitter has 22 aces, 154 digs, and 37 blocks. Sophomore setter Phyona Schrader notched 25 assists, one block, and seven digs against NC State and has 142 kills, 778 assists, 16 aces, 302 digs, and 46 blocks on the season. Kaylyn Winkler, who leads the team in blocks this season with 83, had five kills hitting .625, two blocks and two digs against NC State.Â
ACC Winning Streak Snapped
Louisville had the nation's second-longest winning streak against conference opponents. The Cardinals won 38 consecutive league matches before losing to Pitt on Oct. 23, 2022. The last team to beat Louisville was Pitt ... two years to the day ... on Oct. 23, 2020. WKU has the longest streak in the nation at 58 straight in CUSA.
Chaussee Earns 3rd Player of the Week
Chaussee led fourth-ranked Louisville with 13 kills in the No. 4 Cards' sweep of No. 7 Pitt on Senior Night. The Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, native recorded her 20th match with double digit kills and also had three aces and three digs. Chaussee shined in the third set against the Panthers, recording two of her three aces and three of her 13 kills - the final kill securing the match for Louisville.Â
Chaussee Named Player of the Week
Chaussee had a career-high 27 kills and her fourth double-double of the season adding 10 digs to lead the No. 5 University of Louisville volleyball team to a comeback win over No. 13 Georgia Tech after dropping the first two sets on Friday in Atlanta. Â On Sunday, she tallied 10 kills, an ace and a season-high four blocks to lead the Cardinals to a 25-22, 25-11, 25-18 win over North Carolina. The 10 kills helped her to her 19th outing with double digit kills.
Chaussee Joins 1,000 Kill ClubÂ
Claire Chaussee joined the 1,000 Career Kill Club after her first kill in the match against Wake Forest.Â
Jones Joins 1,000 Kill ClubÂ
Aiko Jones joined the 1,000 Career Kill Club after her sixth kill in the match against North Carolina.Â
Wins Against Ranked Teams
Louisville is tied with Ohio State for most wins over ranked teams with 10.
Mbonu to the Rescue
Nena Mbonu stepped in for the injured Anna DeBeer and got her first start of the season against Miami and hit .636 with 8 kills against the Hurricanes. She is currently hitting .221 with 139 kills and 21 blocks in her seventeenth match as a starter this year.
Team Rankings
As a team, Louisville is ranked first in the ACC in hitting percentage (.287) and second in opponent hitting percentage (.137), first in blocks (288 total) and blocks per set (3.02), fourth in service aces per set (1.56), and third in kills per set (13.34) and assists per set (12.12).
Cardinals in the ACC Rankings
Aiko Jones – 4th in service aces with 0.40 aces/set
Anna DeBeer – 3rd in service aces with 0.42 aces/set
Raquel Lazaro – 5th in assists with 9.96 assists/set
Amaya Tillman – 1st in blocks with 1.49 blocks/set, 7th in hitting % with 0.341
Elena Scott – 5th in digs with 3.87 digs/set
Claire Chaussee – 6th in kills with 3.88 kills/set, 6th in points with 4.23 pts/set
Phekran Kong – 3rd in blocks with 1.29 blocks/set
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NCAA Team Rankings
Hitting Percentage: No. 9 (.291)
Blocks/Set: No. 3 (3.00)
Opp. Hitting Percentage: No. 7 (.147)
NCAA Individual Rankings
Amaya Tillman – No. 8 in blocks/set (1.49)
Reloading from Historic 2021 Run
In 2022, statistically, the Cardinals return:
Kills: 74%
Service Aces: 72%
Points: 72%
Digs: 83%
Blocks: 62%
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Louisville Can Clinch
Louisville would clinch at least a share of the league title with a win over Notre Dame on Wednesday. Pitt must win its last two matches against Georgia Tech (Nov. 23) and Boston College (Nov. 26) to earn a share of the championship. The ACC volleyball champion is determined based on the regular-season record, as there is no ACC volleyball tournament. If Pitt wins both matches, the tiebreaker goes head-to-head (the two are 1-1 head to head) so then moves to set scores and Louisville is 5-3 in sets with Pitt which would make UofL the automatic qualifier for the ACC. Â
About the Cards
Louisville moves to 16-1 in ACC play and 25-2 on the season with one match left in the regular season. The Cardinals swept No. 7-ranked Pitt on Senior Night Friday night 25-15, 25-21, and 25-18. Claire Chaussee recorded her 20th double-digit kill performance on the season with 13 kills, three aces, three digs, and one blocks. Nena Mbonu added nine kills, one dig, and one block. Aiko Jones had eight kills hitting .583, three aces, three digs, and four blocks. Amaya Tillman led the team with six blocks and had six kills hitting .556. Raquel Lazaro recorded 32 assists, five digs, and two blocks, while Elena Scott had 13 digs, four assists, and one ace.Â
About the Irish
Notre Dame lost their lone match over the weekend with a 3-0 loss against NC State 25-20, 25-17, and 25-23 on Saturday night. The Irish moved to 9-16 on the season and 4-11 in ACC play. Avery Ross and Lucy Trump led the team with ten kills each against NC State. Ross added one block and two digs and has 204 kills on the season with 94 digs and 21 blocks. Trump also recorded one ace, one block, and six digs and leads the team in kills this season with 214. The outside hitter has 22 aces, 154 digs, and 37 blocks. Sophomore setter Phyona Schrader notched 25 assists, one block, and seven digs against NC State and has 142 kills, 778 assists, 16 aces, 302 digs, and 46 blocks on the season. Kaylyn Winkler, who leads the team in blocks this season with 83, had five kills hitting .625, two blocks and two digs against NC State.Â
ACC Winning Streak Snapped
Louisville had the nation's second-longest winning streak against conference opponents. The Cardinals won 38 consecutive league matches before losing to Pitt on Oct. 23, 2022. The last team to beat Louisville was Pitt ... two years to the day ... on Oct. 23, 2020. WKU has the longest streak in the nation at 58 straight in CUSA.
Chaussee Earns 3rd Player of the Week
Chaussee led fourth-ranked Louisville with 13 kills in the No. 4 Cards' sweep of No. 7 Pitt on Senior Night. The Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, native recorded her 20th match with double digit kills and also had three aces and three digs. Chaussee shined in the third set against the Panthers, recording two of her three aces and three of her 13 kills - the final kill securing the match for Louisville.Â
Chaussee Named Player of the Week
Chaussee had a career-high 27 kills and her fourth double-double of the season adding 10 digs to lead the No. 5 University of Louisville volleyball team to a comeback win over No. 13 Georgia Tech after dropping the first two sets on Friday in Atlanta. Â On Sunday, she tallied 10 kills, an ace and a season-high four blocks to lead the Cardinals to a 25-22, 25-11, 25-18 win over North Carolina. The 10 kills helped her to her 19th outing with double digit kills.
Chaussee Joins 1,000 Kill ClubÂ
Claire Chaussee joined the 1,000 Career Kill Club after her first kill in the match against Wake Forest.Â
Jones Joins 1,000 Kill ClubÂ
Aiko Jones joined the 1,000 Career Kill Club after her sixth kill in the match against North Carolina.Â
Wins Against Ranked Teams
Louisville is tied with Ohio State for most wins over ranked teams with 10.
Mbonu to the Rescue
Nena Mbonu stepped in for the injured Anna DeBeer and got her first start of the season against Miami and hit .636 with 8 kills against the Hurricanes. She is currently hitting .221 with 139 kills and 21 blocks in her seventeenth match as a starter this year.
Team Rankings
As a team, Louisville is ranked first in the ACC in hitting percentage (.287) and second in opponent hitting percentage (.137), first in blocks (288 total) and blocks per set (3.02), fourth in service aces per set (1.56), and third in kills per set (13.34) and assists per set (12.12).
Cardinals in the ACC Rankings
Aiko Jones – 4th in service aces with 0.40 aces/set
Anna DeBeer – 3rd in service aces with 0.42 aces/set
Raquel Lazaro – 5th in assists with 9.96 assists/set
Amaya Tillman – 1st in blocks with 1.49 blocks/set, 7th in hitting % with 0.341
Elena Scott – 5th in digs with 3.87 digs/set
Claire Chaussee – 6th in kills with 3.88 kills/set, 6th in points with 4.23 pts/set
Phekran Kong – 3rd in blocks with 1.29 blocks/set
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NCAA Team Rankings
Hitting Percentage: No. 9 (.291)
Blocks/Set: No. 3 (3.00)
Opp. Hitting Percentage: No. 7 (.147)
NCAA Individual Rankings
Amaya Tillman – No. 8 in blocks/set (1.49)
Reloading from Historic 2021 Run
In 2022, statistically, the Cardinals return:
Kills: 74%
Service Aces: 72%
Points: 72%
Digs: 83%
Blocks: 62%
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