Raleigh, N.C. - Hurricane freshman outside hitter Lane Carico (pictured) hammered out a match-high 13 kills to lead the University of Miami Volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep over North Carolina State Friday night at venerable Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes' 25-22, 25-15, 25-19 win allowed eighth-year head coach Nicole Lantagne Welch to register the 150th win of her career.
FIU (25-6, 13-6 ACC) trailed for much of the first set as NCSU's Lindsay Benac helped the homestanding Wolfpack to four consecutive points off starting serve. UM's senior right side hitter Ashley Woods ended the run with a kill, cutting the UM deficit at 4-1. The Hurricanes rallied late after trailing by as many as 10-3 when Woods, sophomore Katie Gallagher and junior Genny Mayhew punched in kills to cut the N.C. State lead at 13-12. The Orange and Green took the lead for good in the frame following an attack error charged to the Wolfpack--one of five in the set. The UM defense limited them to just .136 hitting in the set (11-5-44), while hoisting a .239 hitting percentage (17-6-46) themselves. UM claimed the 25-22 win with a kill from freshman Carico and blocks from Woods and senior Angelica Ellis.
UM was led by three players in double-figures for kills, most notably Carico's 13-kill performance. Not to be lost was Ellis (10) and Mayhew (10) as the duo accounted for 20 of Miami's 47 kills in the match. Carico added 13 digs to notch another double-double while teammate Cassie Loessberg collected a match-high 13 digs and two assists.
Now Miami has to play in Tallahassee next week in it's final regular season game vs. Florida State for second or third place depending how Duke plays out it's schedule. A victory almost insures that the Hurricanes will be NCAA Tournament bound.
MIAMI – In the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Championships, the FIU volleyball team lost to New Orleans 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-19) on Friday night at U.S. Century Bank Arena.
New Orleans entered the contest as a hot team winning their past six matches and only losing three sets over that span. FIU (27-6) struggled to find any consistency and hit only .132 compared to UNO’s .237.
“New Orleans was just better and they outplayed us” said FIU head coach Danijela Tomic. “I don’t think we had a chance, maybe in the second set a little bit.”
This loss will affect FIU 's NCAA seeding. No matter where they are seeded we are very proud of this team and wish them a strong showing in the tournament.
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