Sep 11, 2024

MATCH DAY CENTRAL: Volleyball at App State

Clemson (3-2, 0-0 ACC) at Black & Gold Invitational

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PREVIEW

The Clemson Tigers (3-2) head to Boone, N.C. to compete in the Black & Gold Invitational after going 1-1 at the GATA Challenge.
Clemson will first face off against host team App State on Thursday, September 12 at 7:00 P.M. before going on to face Wofford on Friday, September 13 at 3:30 P.M. and Winthrop on Saturday, September 14 at 1:00 P.M. All matches will be broadcast on ESPN+.
This will be the 15th meeting between the Tiger and Mountaineers. Clemson leads the all-time series 12-2 and won the latest meeting 3-1 in 2019.
Friday will be the eighth match that Clemson has played against Wofford. The Tigers lead the series 7-0 and won the most recent meeting 3-0 in 2023.
When Clemson and Winthrop meet on Saturday, it will be the 42nd match between the two schools. Clemson leads the all-time series 28-13 and won the latest meeting 3-1 in 2023.

GATA CHALLENGE RECAP

The Tigers won the first-ever meeting against Maryland Eastern Shore, 3-1.
Mia McGrath and Kennedy Wagner led the Tigers offensively with 15 and 14 kills, respectively. Neea-Maria Joki and Devan Taylor each notched three and two aces, respectively, while four more Tigers also recorded an ace. Defensively, seven different Tigers recorded a block.
The Tigers dropped a tight 1-3 match against Georgia Southern.
Azyah Dailey, Joki and McGrath each finished with 10+ kills in the match with Dailey leading the team at 18 kills. Joki, McGrath and Taylor each had two aces with Joki recording a team-high and career-high seven blocks. Katherine Sandt, Claire Luoma and Taylor each notched 10+ digs on the afternoon and Sandt nearly matched her career-high in assists with 41 to grab her third double-double.

REACHING NEW HEIGHTS

Taylor continues to move closer to 1,400 career digs and is 59 digs away from capturing the fourth-most digs all-time as a Tiger. Her 105 digs ranks as fifth-most in the ACC and her 4.16 digs per set is the sixth-highest in the ACC.
Against Georgia Southern, Dailey nearly matched her career-high in kills after notching 18 against the Eagles and recording 19.0 points. The senior currently ranks in the top-15 in the ACC in kills per set with a team-high 3.44.
McGrath is second on the team and top-25 in the ACC with 3.05 kills per set. The junior is leading the team in points with 71.5 and total kills with 58 after recording 30.5 points and 26 kills during the weekend.
Through two weeks of action, Sandt has recorded three double-doubles on the year. Sandt’s 171 assists ranks as the fifth-highest in the ACC and her 9.00 assists per set is sixth in the ACC and top-100 nationally.
Indigo Young tied her career-high in blocks vs. Georgia Southern after recording seven on the afternoon. The graduate transfer currently leads the team with 18 blocks and has a top-20 mark in the ACC with .95 blocks per set.

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

Joki, Luoma and Addi Rains each made their Clemson debuts during the Western Michigan Tournament.
Joki has started all five games for the Tigers and is third on the team with 47 kills and 2.47 kills per set, good for the third-highest in the ACC for all freshman. The Finland-native also leads the team with seven aces.
Luoma is tied for second for the Tigers with six aces on the year and has sole possession of second place in aces per set (min. 50% of team sets played).
Rains is fourth on the team with 2.11 digs per set and had a career-high nine digs vs. Georgia Southern.

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