@DUKEVB #GODUKE 2020 VOLLEYBALL GODUKE.COM SCHEDULE School W-L ACC OVERALL: 3-0 // ACC: 3-0 Duke 3-0 3-0 Notre Dame 3-0 3-0 Home: 2-0 // Away: 1-0 2020 Miami 3-1 3-1 Louisville 2-1 2-1 SEPTEMBER All times Eastern DUKE UNIVERSITY Syracuse 2-2 2-2 23 NC State* W, 3-2 VOLLEYBALL Virginia Tech 2-1 1-1 26 NC State* W, 3-1 Georgia Tech 1-1 1-1 FRIDAY // OCTOBER 9 SATURDAY // OCTOBER 11 North Carolina 1-1 1-1 Clemson 0-0 0-0 OCTOBER NORTH CAROLINA (1-1, 1-1 ACC) NORTH CAROLINA (1-1, 1-1 ACC) Florida State 0-0 0-0 2 at Virginia* W, 3-0 Chapel Hill, N.C. Chapel Hill, N.C. Virginia 1-1 0-1 3 at Virginia* POSTPONED Carmichael Arena Carmichael Arena Boston College 0-2 0-2 ACC Network Extra ACC Network 9 Virginia Tech* POSTPONED NC State 0-2 0-2 6:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Pittsburgh 0-2 0-2 9 at North Carolina* ACCNX 6:30 pm Wake Forest 0-2 0-2 10 Virginia Tech* POSTPONED LEADING OFF STANDINGS ACC 11 at North Carolina* ACCN 5:30 pm Following several changes to the 2020 fall schedule, the 14th-ranked Duke volleyball team will make the short * ACC match trip down Tobacco Road to take on North Carolina Friday, Oct. 9 and Sunday, Oct. 11. Friday’s match will start at 6:30 p.m. on ACC Network Extra before Sunday’s 5:30 p.m. ACC Network matchup. VS LAST TIME OUT 1-1 W-L 3-0 MEDIA INFORMATION The 14th-ranked Duke volleyball team continued its powerful start to the 2020 season with a 3-0 sweep on DUKE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS the road against Virginia (25-23, 25-17, 25-18) Friday evening in Charlottesville, Va. 110 KILLS 149 Sarah Leggett Assistant Director of Communications Boasted by a season-high .319 team hitting percentage, senior Payton Schwantz and sophomore Gracie 12.2 KILLS/SET 12.4 Cell Phone: (757) 621-9341 Johnson combined for 25 kills on just four total errors as Schwantz hit a whopping .440 percent to Email: [email protected] Johnson’s .417 for the match. Junior Lily Cooper also had a solid showing with six kills and no errors to hit 108 ASSISTS 127 .462 percent. Schwantz recorded her first double-double of the season with 13 kills and 11 digs to go along ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Tyler Beck with three aces and three blocks. 12.0 ASSISTS/SET 10.6 Assistant Director, Communications Cell Phone: (269) 369-3744 BLUE BLOOD RIVALRY Email: [email protected] 299 ATTACKS 431 The Tar Heels lead the all-time series (62-56) against the Blue Devils and are riding a three-match win streak over Duke. Duke dropped both matches against North Carolina in 2019 as the Tar Heels prevailed 3-1 (22-25, 33.2 ATTACKS/SET 35.9 26-24, 25-18, 25-20) in Cameron Indoor Stadium on November 7 before a 3-0 sweep (26-24, 25-20, 25-20) in Carmichael Arena on November 21. Duke’s last victory in Carmichael Arena was November 2, 2018 when 13 ACES 20 the Blue Devils dominated in 3-0 fashion. 1.4 ACES/SET 1.7 SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS The Tar Heels enter the weekend 1-1 overall and in conference play and haven’t played a match since 127 DIGS 208 September 25. North Carolina took down Virginia Tech (3-1) before dropping a five setter (3-2) in Blacksburg. North Carolina boasts three with 20+ kills in its first two matches led by Aziah Buckner (29), Parker Austin 14.1 DIGS/SET 1 7. 3 (23) and Destiny Cox (20). 17.5 BLOCKS 35.0 LEADING THE NATION Duke enters the weekend leading the nation in opponent hitting percentage (.105) and is third in blocks 1.94 BLOCKS/SET 2.92 per set (2.92). .187 HITTING% .209 In their season opener versus NC State on Sept. 23, the Blue Devils limited the Wolfpack to a .078 and .099 hitting percentage for the weekend. Duke’s block was stellar at the net against NC State, recording 16.0 total .228 OPP HITTING% .105 team blocks on Wednesday before 11.0 on Saturday. In Charlottesville, Duke limited Virginia to a .155 clip and registered 8.0 total team blocks. 12.7 OPP KILLS/SET 10.3 | 1 | on Tuesdays. NORTH CAROLINA WELCOME TO BLOCKTOBER Duke’s block was outstanding through its first three matches of the TAR HEELS SQUAD WELCOMES DORFMAN TO season with 35.0 total team blocks (2.92 blocks/set). The Blue Devils’ STAFF 1-1 1-1 best middle blockers from the 2019 season have already made an impact OVERALL ACC Duke volleyball head coach Jolene Nagel has announced the addition as Lily Cooper and Lizzie Fleming combine for 30 blocks and four solo. of Holly Dorfman to the Blue Devil staff. Dorfman will serve as the JOE SAGULA Fleming is third in the conference with 16, (1.33 blocks/set) followed director of volleyball operations for the 2020 campaign. Dorfman comes HEAD COACH by Cooper in seventh with 14 (1.17). Gracie Johnson (9, 0.75), Payton to Durham after obtaining a Master’s in Sport Administration from Schwantz (9, 0.75) and Ade Owokoniran (8, 0.67) round out Duke’s Belmont University in May of 2020 after graduating from Transylvania RPI HOME ROAD NEUTRAL ACC blocking presence. N /A 0-0 1-1 0-0 University in May of 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science. Series Record ....................................................... 56-62 While at Belmont, Dorfman served as a volleyball graduate assistant LET’S KNOCK IT DOWN First / Last Meeting.................................... 1971 / 2019 for over one year. She assisted with drills in practices, monitoring Duke featured four players with 20+ kills in the first three contests Under Jolene Nagel ...............................................16-26 student-athletes academics, kept weekly academic reports, created Current Streak .............................................................L3 as senior Payton Schwantz leads the team with 36 and a .284 hitting and organized team events on and off campus for community service, HISTORY percentage with just nine errors. Sophomore Gracie Johnson checks personal development and health and wellness and created scouting in with 32 kills, followed by juniors Ade Owokoniran and Lily Cooper reports each week for upcoming matches. Dorfman has been around with 25 and 24, respectively. Duke volleyball for years and has been an assistant at Duke’s volleyball camp for nine summers. Duke has hit .209 through the first three matches, but has limited its opponents to just a .105 clip to lead the nation and the conference. BROADCAST INFORMATION CAN YOU DIG IT? The ACC Network officially launched August 22, 2019 as the conference’s first broadcast network. Duke has racked up 208 total digs in the first three contests to rank second in the ACC as five Blue Devils reached the 20+ dig plateau. Junior Duke will have two matches broadcast on ACC Network this season, libero Mackenzie Cole leads the pack with 53 (4.42 digs/set) to rank fifth including the season opener with NC State on Sept. 23. The team’s road in the ACC, followed by setter Alex Springate (38), Payton Schwantz matchup against North Carolina on Oct. 11 will also be on the network. (35), Gracie Johnson (28) and Ade Owokoniran (28). QUICK FACTS All other matches can be streamed on ACC Network Extra via THREE JOIN 2020 CLASS WatchESPN. 1971 Nagel announced the addition of three to the 2020 class as Franky FIRST YEAR OF PROGRAM DOUBLE-DOUBLES Harrison (graduate, OH), Georgia Stavrinides (freshman, MB) and Sydney OH, GRACIE JOHNSON, SO. All-Time Program Record .................................960-544 Yap (freshman, S) came to Durham. 11 kills, 10 digs NC State September 23 Most Victories in a Season.............................. 39 (1976) Harrison comes to Durham as a graduate student from South Carolina OH, ADE OWOKONIRAN, JR. where she was a member of the Gamecock beach volleyball team the last 10 kills, 13 digs NC State September 26 four years while Stavrinides brings a wealth of international volleyball OH, PAYTON SCHWANTZ BY THE NUMBERS knowledge from Cyprus. Yap hails from from Plano, Texas where she 13 kills, 11 digs at Virginia October 2 played for Texas Advantage Volleyball (TAV). S, ALEX SPRINGATE, JR. 20 NCAA Tournament Appearances 20 assists, 16 digs NC State September 23 BIGGER THAN BLUE CAMPAIGN 11 ACC Regular Season Titles 19 assists, 16 digs NC State September 26 LAUNCHES 7 ACC Tournament Titles Duke volleyball players Mackenzie Cole, Ade Owokoniran and Kincey 45 All-ACC Selections Smith recently spearheaded a powerful collaboration with the University 36 All-Region Honorees of North Carolina volleyball team called Bigger Than Blue. Alongside 2020 PRESEASON ACC the North Carolina’s Ryan Shannon, the four student-athletes joined 21 All-Americans COACHES POLL forces to start this initiative to stand united against social injustice in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. 1. Pitt 2. Louisville 3. Georgia Tech SHARE THE MIC PARTNERSHIP 4. Notre Dame DUKE UNIVERSITY 5. Florida State LAUNCHES 6. Syracuse Location ........................................................Durham, N.C. The Duke volleyball program is excited to announce the start of the 7. North Carolina Founded ......................................1838 as Trinity College T8. Boston College Share the Mic campaign, a partnership with NC Central’s volleyball team. T8. Miami Enrollment .................................................................6,994 Spearheaded by assistant coach Kellie Catanach Johnson, Share the 10. Duke Colors ..............................Duke Blue (PMS 287) & White Mic is intended to help increase the visibility of NC Central’s program, 11.