No. 4 Cardinals Head East to Face Syracuse and Boston College

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The 4th-ranked University of Louisville volleyball team will hit the road for two more Atlantic Coast Conference matchups as the Cards travel to Syracuse on Friday and Boston College on Sunday.

First serve for Friday's match is slated for 6 p.m. in Syracuse, N.Y., with Sunday's match set for 1 p.m. in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

UofL recorded two sweeps over Notre Dame in a home-and-home series against the Fighting Irish this past week, taking the win in Louisville on Wednesday before besting the Irish in South Bend, Ind., on Saturday.

In Wednesday's match, outside hitter Anna DeBeer posted her fourth consecutive double-double with 10 kills and 10 digs, making it her ninth double-double on the season. Freshman outside hitter Payton Petersen recorded new career highs in kills (9), digs (5), and total attacks (29) during Wednesday's match. Defensive specialist Kamden Schrand served four aces on the week, with a career high three aces coming in Saturday's match. Across both matches, middle blocker Hannah Sherman knocked down 12 kills, two solo blocks, and six block assists to hit .588 on the weekend.

Freshman setter Nayelis Cabello was named ACC Freshman of the week for the fourth time this season for her work against Notre Dame. Cabello posted 33 assists and 10 digs on the weekend. In her first season, she owns eight aces, 412 assists, and 114 digs.

The match against Boston College will see a battle of the middle blockers when Louisville's Cara Cresse goes against BC's Julia Haggerty. In blocks per set, Cresse is fourth in the NCAA with 1.56, while Haggerty leads the nation with 1.99. Haggerty also owns an NCAA leading 169 total blocks of the Eagles' 271 on the season.

Quick Peek at the Cards

Setter Nayelis Cabello was named ACC Freshman of the Week on Nov. 4 for the fourth time this season.
On Sunday, Oct. 20, Louisville was named to the Top 16 by the NCAA Selection Committee. The Cards were picked 4th.
In the match against Wake Forest, Charitie Luper became the 26th Cardinal to join the 1,000 kill club. She now has 1,013 career kills, 530 of which have come at Louisville.
On Oct. 18, Charitie Luper was added to the AVCA Player of the Year Watchlist. She joins fellow Louisville players, Elena Scott and Anna DeBeer, on the list.
Anna DeBeer was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week and Cara Cresse was ACC Defensive Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 13
UofL's RPI is now No. 1 in the nation with the most difficult schedule in Division I NCAA Volleyball.
UofL is ranked No.1 in the nation in blocks/set (3.06) and No. 5 in opponent hitting (.138). Elena Scott is No. 43 in digs/set (4.68) and Cara Cresse is 4th in blocks/set (1.56).
The Cardinals have played nine opponents in the Top 25, and are 8-3 in those matches.
The Cards have swept 11 opponents and are 2-1 in five set matches.
Charitie Luper was named Best Outside Hitter and Elena Scott was Best Libero for the 2024 AVCA First Serve All-Star Team.
The win over No. 3 Wisconsin was the win over the highest ranked opponent since 2021 when the Cards beat No. 3 Pitt. The Cards' win against highest-ever ranked opponent was the W over No. 2 Texas in 2019.
Louisville was voted No. 3 in the ACC Coaches Preseason Poll with Cara Cresse, Anna DeBeer, Charitie Luper and Elena Scott were voted to the Preseason All-ACC squad.
The crowd of 14,126 at the KFC Yum! Center for the Nebraska game was a school record.
University of Louisville outside hitter Anna DeBeer and libero Elena Scott were named to the first-ever American Volleyball Coaches Association Watch List for its 2024 Division I Player of the Year Award, presented by Nike Volleyball.

Quick Peek at Syracuse

Bakeer Ganesharatnam is in his third season leading the Syracuse program. With the Orange, he is 26-54 overall and 8-40 in conference play.
The Orange started the 2024 season on a 12 match win streak, making it the team's best start since 2010.
Syracuse was awarded one of the AVCA's Team Academic Awards during the 2023-24 season.
The Orange are fourth in the ACC in team service aces with 142.
Syracuse is coming off a 0-2 weekend following losses to NC State and Wake Forest.

Quick Peek at Boston College

Head coach Jason Kennedy is in his seventh season at the helm of the Eagles' program. Kennedy owns an overall record of 112-95 and is 45-73 in the ACC.
BC was awarded one of the AVCA's Team Academic Awards for the 2023-24 season, and named 14 to the ACC All-Academic Team.
The Eagles are fourth in the NCAA and second in the ACC in blocks per set with 2.98 on the season. BC leads the ACC and are fourth in the NCAA in team total blocks with 271.
Senior middle blocker Julia Haggerty leads the NCAA in both blocks per set with 1.99 and total blocks with 169.
The Eagles are coming off a 2-0 weekend following sweeps of Wake Forest and NC State.

University of Louisville Athletics

No. 4 Cardinals Head East to Face Syracuse and Boston College

Players Mentioned

Nayelis Cabello

Cara Cresse

Anna DeBeer

Charitie Luper

Payton Petersen

Kamden Schrand

Elena Scott

Hannah Sherman

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