Grieve Reaches 1,000 Kills in Sweep of Syracuse
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Redshirt junior outside hitter Angela Grieve surpassed 1,000 career kills and the University of Miami volleyball team extended its winning streak to five matches with a 3-0 sweep of the Syracuse Orange Friday evening at the Knight Sports Complex.
Grieve finished with a match-high 19 kills and hit .389 in the victory.
Miami (18-9, 11-5 ACC) dominated from start to finish, winning the opening set 25-21, and claiming set’s two and three 25-18, and 25-17, respectively.
The Hurricanes logged double-digit aces for the second time this season and held Syracuse (11-16, 7-10 ACC) to zero aces. It’s just the second match this season in which Miami’s opponent failed to record an ace.
Senior setter Savannah Vach registered a match-high 32 assists and senior middle blocker Janice Leao logged six blocks for the Hurricanes.
Viktoriia Lokhmanchuk paced the Orange with 14 kills.
Miami heads back on the road to take on Duke Sunday, Nov. 20 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. First serve is set for 1 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra.
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