No 7 Cardinals Sweep Clemson to Extend Streak to Ten

Sunday, November 23

Clemson, SC

1:00 p.m.

University of Louisville

24-4,16-2ACC

Clemson

16-14,4-14ACC

Louisville

Clemson

November 23, 2025 | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Nancy Worley

CLEMSON, S.C. -- Payton Petersen had 13 kills, hitting .393 with 13 digs and two blocks to lead the University of Louisville to a 25-16, 25-12, 25-21 sweep at Clemson in Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball action Sunday afternoon.

UofL extends its winning streak to ten and moves to 24-4 and 16-2 in league play. Cara Cresse added seven kills and a match-high nine blocks. Kalyssa Blackshear hit .400 with seven kills and three digs. Setter Nayelis Cabello had three kills, 35 assists and five blocks.

Clemson (16-14, 4-14) hit .062 with no aces and two blocks. The Tigers were led by Mia McGrath's 11 kills. Mia Moore added 10 kills and Addi Rains had 11 kills.

In the first set, Louisville blew out to a 15-5 lead, using .455 hitting and four blocks to catch Clemson flat-footed at the start. The Tigers got not closer than eight at 18-11 on a kill by Mia Moore, as the Cards pulled away from the Tigers for the 25-16 win.

The second set mirrored the first as UofL breezed out to a 10-3 lead on two straight kills from Cara Cresse and force Clemson to burn a timeout. The break did not chill the UofL momentum as the Cards went on a 5-0 run ignited by a serving run by Chloe Chicoine to go up 16-7. After Clemson used its final timeout of the set, UofL increased the lead to 10 at 21-11 on a kill and a block by Cresse. UofL hit set point at 24-12 on a Clemson hitting error and then took the set on a block from Hannah Sherman and Chicoine.

In the third set, Clemson took its first lead at 5-4 on a kill by Moore but two Tiger errors later, UofL grabbed the lead back on a block by Cresse at 6-5. UofL never trailed again although the Tigers chipped away at the lead and after a 5-1 Clemson run to get to 17-14, UofL called timeout. In fact, Clemson cut the lead to one at 18-17. UofL did not falter, spreading the lead again to four at 22-19 on a CU serving error. UofL hit set point at 24-1 on a kill by Kalyssa Blackshear before Payton Petersen combined with Cresse for a block to give the Cards the 25-21 win.

The Cardinals will face rival Pitt in Pittsburgh Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. on ESPN before hosting Stanford on Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. in L&N Federal Credit Union Arena.