No. 2 Volleyball Beats Clemson

Friday, September 30

LOUISVILLE, KY

7:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

12-1,3-0ACC

Clemson

9-6,0-3ACC

Clemson

Louisville

September 30, 2022 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Cards sweep Tigers 25-22, 25-19, 25-20

By: Cortney VanLiew

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Led by 19 kills from Claire Chaussee, the No. 2 University of Louisville volleyball team swept Clemson 25-22, 25-19, and 25-20 Friday night at the L&N Federal Credit Union Arena.

Louisville extends its unbeaten streak in the ACC play to 32 straight matches and moves its record to 12-1 overall and 3-0 in ACC play. Elle Glock had a career-high 34 assists in her first start in the Cardinal uniform. Glock also recorded three digs and one block. Chaussee had 19 kills, hitting .531 with seven digs. Aiko Jones had ten kills, hitting .444, with one ace, two blocks, and four digs. Nena Mbonu recorded nine kills and one block. Amaya Tillman had six kills, two aces, and one dig. Libero Elena Scott notched a team-high 13 digs. The Cardinals hit .333 with three aces, five blocks, and 38 digs.

Clemson hit .179 as a team and had three aces and three blocks. Clemson moves to 9-6 on the season and 0-3 in ACC play.

The Cardinals continue ACC play on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. against No. 11 Georgia State in the L&N Federal Credit Union Arena. The match will be streamed on ESPN. This will be the third time the Cards have been televised on the flagship station.

Set by Set Recap

Set 1
In typical Cardinal fashion, UofL began the match with a block from Jones and Phekran Kong. The Cardinals and the Tigers continued to trade points until UofL jumped out to a two point lead led by four kills from Chaussee. A kill from Camryn Hannah gave the Tigers the 10-9 lead. A kill from Jones evened the score at 11-11. Back-to-back kills from Chaussee and Jones pushed the score to 13-11. A 4-0 scoring run for Clemson put the Tigers up 15-13 heading into the media timeout. Kills from Chaussee and Tillman tied the score at 17-17 and forced Clemson to use their first timeout. The Cardinals took the lead at 19-17 with a kill from Mbonu. Back-to-back kills from Hannah gave Clemson a 20-19 lead forcing Louisville to call a timeout. Mbonu's two kills gave UofL the lead at 21-21. Team defense from the Cards made Clemson call a timeout at 23-22. The Cardinals won the first set 25-22 with kills from Jones and Mbonu. UofL hit .531 led by Chaussee who had seven kills hitting .875.

Set 2
Louisville jumped out to a 3-1 lead to start the second set. A stuff block from Mbonu and Kong and an ace from Tillman pushed Clemson to use their first timeout at 8-4. A 3-0 scoring run for the Tigers brought the score within one. Another stuff from Jones and Kong pushed the lead to 11-8. A kill from Jones with an assist from Scott extended the score to 14-11. Clemson called another timeout at 16-11 after 3-0 run for the Cards. A kill from Scott gave UofL another point after the timeout. A timely kill from Kong gave UofL the 21-15 lead. Another kill from Scott extended the lead to 22-16. The Cards took set point with an open net kill from Chaussee. UofL won the second set 25-19 on a kill from Chaussee who leads the Cards with 11 kills. Mbonu and Jones both have eight kills, while Glock has 24 assists.

Set 3
Clemson took the lead early in the third set with a 3-0 scoring run to make the score 3-1. The Cardinals quickly answered back with kills from Chaussee and Tillman to tie the score at 4-4. A kill from Mbonu tied the score at 8-8. The teams continued to battle back and forth until the Cardinals went on a 2-0 scoring run to extend the score to 11-9. Another big swing gave the Cardinals a three point lead. An ace from Tillman pushed the score to 17-12. UofL was forced to call a timeout after a 3-0 scoring run for the Tigers. Clemson brought it within two before the Cardinals scored on a kill from Jones. The Tigers used their final timeout at 21-17. A kill from Chaussee gave the Cards match point at 24-18. UofL won the set three 25-20 on another kill from Chaussee.