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Nov. 15, 2006
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –
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The Virginia volleyball team concludes the home portion of its schedule with matches on Thursday (Nov. 16) and Friday (Nov. 17) at Memorial Gym. The Cavaliers host ACC front-runner Duke on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and wrap the home portion of their schedule with “Senior Night” on Friday at 7:00 p.m. against Wake Forest. UVa will honor fourth-years Emily Kirkwood (Tampa, Fla./Plant), Lindsay Osco (Houston, Texas/Elkins) and Emily Perilli (Thompson’s Station, Tenn./Page) before Friday’s match against Wake Forest. Admission is free of charge.
In addition to Gametracker, the matches against Duke and Wake Forest will be streamed live on ACC select. The address is www.accselect.com There is a charge for the service.
Virginia enters the weekend with a 21-6 overall record and a 14-4 mark in the Atlantic Coast Conference. UVa has won a school record eight consecutive ACC matches and is coming off a 3-1 (26-30, 30-24, 30-20, 30-26) win at Miami (Nov. 11). The Cavaliers are in second place in the ACC standings, three games behind Duke, and two games ahead of third place Clemson.
Duke is having a tremendous season at 24-3 overall and 17-1 in the ACC. The Blue Devils’ only conference loss is a 3-2 setback at Georgia Tech (Oct. 27). Duke has won its last six matches, including a 3-0 (30-26, 30-19, 30-11) win at Boston College on Nov. 12. The Blue Devils won the initial meeting with UVa this season 3-1 (30-22, 30-25, 24-30, 30-22) in Durham on Oct. 6. Duke leads the all-time series against Virginia 33-13. The two teams split a pair of meetings last season with both teams winning by 3-1 scores on their home floors. Duke won 23 of the first 26 meetings in the series, but since the 1998 season the series is tied at 10-10.
Wake Forest enters weekend play with a 14-13 overall record and a 10-8 mark in ACC play. The Demon Deacons have lost six of their last nine contests, but posted a 3-1 (30-20, 30-25, 30-32, 30-27) win over Maryland (Nov. 12) in their last action. In the first meeting of the season between the two teams, Wake came away with a 3-0 (30-18, 30-27, 30-23) win in Winston-Salem on Oct. 7, snapping the Cavaliers’ four-match winning streak in the series. The series between UVa and Wake is knotted at 15-15.