Hurricanes Sweep Blue Devils on Senior NightHurricanes Sweep Blue Devils on Senior Night

Hurricanes Sweep Blue Devils on Senior Night

Volleyball

The No. 14 ranked University of Miami volleyball team (23-5, 13-4 ACC) swept the Duke Blue Devils (5-23, 2-15 ACC), 3-0, on Friday night at the Knight Sports Complex.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The No. 14 ranked University of Miami volleyball team (23-5, 13-4 ACC) swept the Duke Blue Devils (5-23, 2-15 ACC), 3-0, on Friday night at the Knight Sports Complex.

The Hurricanes tallied 41 kills, 36 digs, five blocks and nine aces. Senior Flormarie Heredia Colon became the all-time leader in kills in program history as she led the team with 20 kills, while redshirt sophomore Ariana Rodriguez notched 31 assists and 10 digs.

Miami started on a 8-5 lead with early kills and a block from Logan Wiley. They maintained the lead with six kills from Heredia Colon until Duke came back to tie it at 17. Miami took set one, 25-20.

Set two started tight again, but Miami broke it open with a serving run from Heredia Colon, earning back-to-back aces to take an 8-5 lead. Duke closed the gap late, pulling even at 22-22, but Miami closed the door with a Heredia Colon kill and a Rodriguez ace to finish the frame, 25-22.

The Hurricanes completely took over in set three. Rodriguez and Danilovic sparked a 5-0 run that pushed the lead to 12-6. Miami maintained the lead throughout the set as Jazmin Vergara secured two late kills, along with many Duke errors. Miami took the final set, 25-14.

Miami will remain home to host No. 15 UNC on Sunday.