No. 2 Cardinals Head to Miami and Florida State to Open ACC Slate

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – No. 2 University of Louisville volleyball head south to Florida to play at Miami on Friday at 7:00 p.m. ET and at Florida State on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Sunday's game will be televised on ESPN.

The Cardinals are coming off an impressive week with wins against in-state rival No. 15 Kentucky and cross-country opponent No. 5 Stanford. UofL was led by fifth year Claire Chaussee who recorded 16 kills (.371), six digs, and two blocks against Kentucky and 19 kills (.310) and four digs against Stanford. Due to a stellar performance, Chaussee was named ACC Player of the Week. Middle blockers Amaya Tillman recorded 19 kills and 7 blocks while Cara Cresse had 11 kills and 17 blocks through both matches. Setter Raquel Lazaro notched two double-doubles with 46 assists and 14 digs against Kentucky and 39 assists and 11 digs against Stanford. Sophomore libero Elena Scott had 33 digs, 3 aces, and 11 assists.

UofL is now 9-1 on the season and 5-1 against ranked opponents heading into conference play.

Miami
Louisville and Miami have met 14 times with the Cards leading the series 11-3. UofL has won five in a row including a sweep at L&N Federal Credit Union Arena in 2021. Led by coach Jose "Keno" Gandara in his tenth season, the Hurricanes are 7-4 this season. Notable losses include a 3-2 loss to both No. 21 Oregon and No. 25 UCF. Miami returns 2021 AVCA East Coast All-Region honorable mention nominee Angela Grieve. Grieve, a 6-0 redshirt-junior, leads the team in kills with 126 hitting .202 and has 11 aces, 70 digs, and 15 blocks. Freshman Flormarie Heredia Colon is also a key player for the Hurricanes. The 6-0 outside hitter has notched 111 kills hitting .245, 3 aces, 25 digs, and 13 blocks.

Florida State
Louisville and FSU have met for the 24^th time with the Seminoles leading 14-10. The Cardinals swept FSU in 2021. Coach Chris Poole is headed into his 15^th season with the Seminoles. Their current record is 8-3 with notable losses to No. 12 Florida and No. 22 Creighton. FSU returns key offense to the lineup in sophomore Audrey Koenig and senior Emma Clothier. Koenig, a 6-3 outside hitter, was named to the 2021 ACC All-Freshman Team and has 110 kills hitting .214 with 17 aces, 86 digs, and 16 blocks. Clothier, a 6-2 middle blocker, was named a 2021 AVCA All-East Region member and to the 2021 All-ACC First Team. So far this season, she has recorded 83 kills hitting .352, eight aces, 28 digs, and 29 blocks.

Notes:
In 2022, UofL has had 7 sets go "overtime" with a 6-1 mark in deuce games. In 2021, UofL had 11 deuce sets with an 8-3 mark in deuce games.

Conference Openers
UofL is 5-3 in ACC Opening matches.
UofL was 1-0 in AAC Opening matches.
UofL was 8-0 in Big East Opening matches.
UofL was 9-1 in Conference USA Opening matches.
Since 1995, UofL is 23-4 in conference openers.

Team Rankings
As a team, Louisville is ranked first in the ACC in hitting percentage (.297) and second in opponent hitting percentage (.165), first in blocks (104 total) and blocks per set (2.97), and second in service aces per set (2.03).

Cardinals in the ACC Rankings
Cara Cresse – 1^st in blocks with 1.41 blocks/set
Anna DeBeer - 7th in service aces with 0.42 aces/set
Aiko Jones – 10^th in service aces with 0.40 aces/set
Raquel Lazaro – 4th in assists with 9.56 assists/set
Amaya Tillman – 5^th in blocks with 1.25 blocks/set, 7^th in hitting % with .364
Elena Scott - 5^th in digs with 4.09 digs/set

NCAA Team Rankings
Hitting Percentage: No. 11 (.297)
Blocks/Set: No. 7 (2.97)

Reloading from Historic 2021 Run
In 2022, statistically, the Cardinals return:
Kills: 74%
Service Aces: 72%
Points: 72%
Digs: 83%
Blocks: 62%

Louisville at Home
Sets Lost Matches Lost
Last Season: 6 0
This Season: 4 1

No. 2 Cardinals Head to Miami and Florida State to Open ACC Slate

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Players Mentioned

Claire Chaussee

Cara Cresse

Anna DeBeer

Aiko Jones

Raquel Lazaro

Elena Scott

Amaya Tillman

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