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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – After a thrilling home weekend split, The Virginia Volleyball team (15-4, 5-3 ACC) hits the road for a nationally televised midweek contest against Syracuse (12-8, 0-8 ACC) on Wednesday (Oct. 23) at 7 p.m.

Match Information

Matchup: Virginia (15-4, 5-3 ACC) at Syracuse (12-8, 0-8 ACC)
Date/Time: Wednesday, Oct. 22 • 7 p.m.
Location: Women’s Building (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Watch: ACC Network
Live Stats: Statbroadcast

SEASON OVERVIEW

  • This year marks the 46th season of Virginia Volleyball, which held its inaugural season in 1979.
  • In 45 complete seasons, UVA is 681-767 (.470) all-time.
  • The Cavaliers have six home matches remaining this season, starting Nov. 1 against No. 1 Pittsburgh.
  • Head coach Shannon Wells is in her fourth season at the helm.

SERIES HISTORY

  • Syracuse leads the series 11-4 over Virginia. The Cavaliers took the only match during the 2023 season between the two squads in four sets (25-18,25-16,14-25,25-16). That win snapped a nine-match win streak by the Orange.
  • For a complete list of series results, visit the Virginia Volleyball Record Book.

LAST TIME OUT

  • The Cavaliers opened the weekend by sweeping the Duke Blue Devils for the first time since 2004 before dropping a five-set thriller to North Carolina on Sunday.
  • In the match with the Blue Devils, Elayna Duprey and Kate Dean each had a match-high 10 kills, while Dean, Abbey Tadder and Brooklyn Borum had four blocks each.
  • In the weekend finale against North Carolina, Borum and Tadder paced the Virginia offense on Sunday with 12 kills each in the contest. In addition, Kate Johnson added a career-high five aces to the Cavalier attack.

HOT START

  • Virginia is off to its best start since 2003, when the Cavaliers won 17 of the first 20 matches of the season.
  • UVA is off to its first 5-3 start in ACC play since 2006.
  • The North Carolina match snapped a seven-match home win streak for the Cavaliers, which was the longest of its kind for Virginia since 1998.

VIRGINIA WELCOMES SEVEN NEWCOMERS IN 2024

  • Of UVA’s 16 players on its 2024 roster, seven of them are new to the program.
  • The Cavaliers’ roster features three transfers Kadynce Boothe (OH) from Tennessee, Kate Dean (MB) from Eastern Illinois and Elayna Duprey (OH) from Virginia Tech.
  • Virginia’s freshmen, who made up the nation’s No. 26 signing class of 2023 according to PrepDig.com, consist of Sarah Brodner (OH/RS), Zoey Dood (S), Teagan Hogan (DS/L) and Becca Wight (RS).

HOOS IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS

  • As a team, Virginia ranks top 100 in a number of categories nationally including opponent hitting percentage (.167/29th), team total blocks (168.5/77th) and blocks per set (2.34/80th).
  • Milan Gomillion, Tadder and Dean lead the way in the individual rankings. Tadder ranks 86th nationally in total blocks with 81. Gomillion’s 305 digs on the season place her 87th nationally and her digs per set mark of 4.24 also ranks her 86th in the country. Following back-to-back stellar weekends, Dean ranks 34th in the country with a .383 hitting percentage.

 

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