Oct 15, 2024

GAMEDAY CENTRAL: Volleyball in Home and Home Series Against Georgia Tech

Clemson (8-9, 0-6 ACC) plays Georgia Tech (11-4, 3-3 ACC) in Atlanta before welcoming them to Clemson

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PREVIEW

The Clemson Tigers (8-9, 0-6 ACC) will play Georgia Tech (11-4, 3-3 ACC) twice this week in a home and home series against the Yellowjackets.
The Tigers will first travel to Atlanta, Ga. to play Georgia Tech on Wednesday, October 11 at 7 p.m. before welcoming the Yellowjackets to Jervey Gym on Friday, October 13 at 3 p.m. for Clemson’s Professor and Staff Appreciation match.
This will be the 81st meeting between the two programs. Historically the series between Clemson and Georgia Tech has been even with the all-time record being 39-41 in favor of Georgia Tech.

RPI LOOKOUT

In the second RPI rankings of the season, the Clemson Tigers were placed 69th in adjusted RPI.
The Tigers have faced fierce competition midway through the season with the team having already played seven games against opponents within the top-50, including three within the top-10.
Clemson ranks 12th in the ACC in terms of RPI and has 15 total contests with teams in the top-50 of RPI, including two this week against Georgia Tech, who ranks within the top-25.

THE INTERSECTION OF AMBITION & HARD WORK

Senior libero Devan Taylor cemented herself in Clemson Tigers’ lore by surpassing 2024 Clemson Hall of Famer, Julie Rodriguez, to claim the sole possession of the second most career digs in Clemson history during the match against Louisville. Taylor currently has 1,576 digs in her career.
The team captain is also a defensive stalwart. The Texan’s 292 digs and 4.79 digs per set are both the second-highest marks in the ACC. Taylor additionally has a top-30 digs per set rate in the nation.
A link to Taylor’s journey as a collegiate student-athlete can be found here.

FROM SETBACKS TO SUCCESS

Team captain Azyah Dailey recently had a feature story released on ClemsonTigers.com going into her nontraditional journey to Division I volleyball.
The senior is one of the leading attackers on the team with the third-highest total attacks, total kills, kills per set and total points for the Tigers. Dailey is also a threat on the defensive end with her being the fourth-highest on the team in total blocks and blocks per set.
Link to the full story can be found here.

THE KIDS WILL BE ALRIGHT

Neea-Maria Joki continues to dominate the service game with a team-high 25 aces and 0.42 aces per set. Both marks are good for the highest by any freshman in the ACC while being the seventh-highest total and tied for the seventh-highest aces per set in the ACC. The freshman additionally sports 2.58 kills per set, the third-highest rate on the team and the fourth-highest by a freshman in the ACC.
Lejla Hadžiredžepović showed out in her first game action as a Tiger. The Icelandic pin attacker notched 15 kills in her starting debut and led both Clemson and Notre Dame in kills and points. Hadžiredžepović has recorded a total of 29 kills, 3.22 kills per set and 32.0 points in her first nine sets with the Tigers.
Claire Luoma and Addi Rains, a pair of freshman defensive specialists and liberos, have also seen substantial amounts of playing time throughout the season. Luoma has notched the fifth-most aces for the Tigers on the year, with four of those coming in collegiate debut against Loyola Chicago. The Indiana-native Rains has the fifth-highest digs per set for the Tigers.

WELCOMING “NEW” JERVEY GYM

In the Tigers opening match at “New” Jervey Gym, Clemson completed a thrilling reverse sweep over the Kennesaw Owls, 3-2.
The Tigers have averaged over 1,000 fans in attendance in each home game this season.
Following the conclusion of the 2023 home slate, Clemson began upgrades to Jervey Gym that included re-allocating more than 14,000 square feet of space and raising the roof of Jervey Gym by 15 feet.
Admission to all home matches inside Jervey Gym is free and open to the public. Fans can learn more about parking, entrance and more can be found here.
The Volleyball Suite directly off the gym will be complete with a team meeting room, lounge, locker room, and student-athlete amenities.
The match day fan experience has also been upgraded to include new lighting, bleachers and sound system. There will also be a brand-new video board and a premier ACEs Club Lounge (slated to open in 2025).
Jervey Gym upgrades is in partnership with the Performance and Wellness Center (P.A.W.) that will include the strength and conditioning center, as well as the wellness and recovery space that will house athletic training and the Bistro for dining.

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