Hurricanes Volleyball Handles Wolfpack, 3-0
Oct. 25, 2009
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Coral Gables, Fla. – Christine Williamson and Lici McGee combined for 27 kills in helping lead the University of Miami past visiting NC State, 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-20), Sunday afternoon in an ACC volleyball match-up inside the James L. Knight Sports Complex in Coral Gables, Fla.
Miami (13-8, 6-5 ACC) set the tone early in the first set as to whom would be the “go-to” players on the day. Sophomore Christine Williamson and junior Lici McGee stepped up for the `Canes in a key 5-1 UM run that pushed the `Canes out in front, 15-11.
McGee collected six kills in the first set while teammate Williamsons added five in helping lead UM to a 25-18 opening set victory.
In the second set, NC State (7-18, 0-10 ACC) stood toe-to-toe with Miami following a UM attack error, allowing the Wolfpack the push, 6-6. Later, Miami used a kill from Williamson and consecutive Wolfpack errors to go ahead, 9-6. The Hurricanes never allowed the set to become tied again.
Sophomore Lane Carico came up with five of her 10 kills in the match during the second set, as well as posting a service ace. Miami collected the 25-16 win to go ahead 2-0 in the match.
UM hit a match-high .387 clip in the second frame, bringing in 17 kills on 31 swings.
The third set saw six ties and five lead changes as NC State jumped out to a 7-4 advantage after Lisa Kretchman and Isis Gardner stamped kills for the Wolfpack. Miami was also called for two attack errors during a critical 4-2 NC State run.
The Hurricanes battled back behind Ali Becker and Ariell Cooke, each collecting kills during a 4-1 UM run that knotted the score at 8-all. But the Wolfpack answered with a service ace from Kelly Wood following another UM attack error, to reclaim the lead, 11-9.
With the Wolfpack leading 12-10, Miami began a 9-3 run with Carico’s kill off the NC State block attempt, and teammate Williamson poured in three consecutive kills to put UM ahead, 19-14.
Williamson had five kills in the final set while Becker and Carico each tallied four to help UM claim the 25-20 set-point, and ultimately the match.
The win for Miami was the fourth shutout at home on the year and the seventh overall on the campaign.
NC State was led by Keri DeMar with eight kills and seven digs, and teammate Margaret Salata chipped in with six kills and three blocks (two assisted). Setter Alex Smith had 20 assists and 13 digs for a double-double effort.
Miami was led by Williamson’s career-high tying 14 kills and three digs. McGee jumped into double-digits with 13 kills while toting a .571 clip (13k-1e-21ta) hitting on the day. She also picked up two block assists.
Lane Carico had a double-double effort with 10 kills and 13 digs, added one block assist and an ace. Setter Nrithya Sundararaman had 42 assists and five digs, while senior libero Cassie Loessberg topped the team on defense with a match-high 15 digs.
The `Canes get back to action again on Friday, Oct. 30 when they travel to Blacksburg, Va., to take on the Virginia Tech Hokies at 7 p.m.
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