Sep 29, 2022

MATCH DAY CENTRAL: Volleyball at Louisville and Notre Dame

Clemson (9-5) at No. 2 Louisville & Notre Dame

MATCH SETUPS

Clemson: Roster | Schedule | Match Notes (PDF)

PREVIEW

Clemson travels to Louisville and Notre Dame for its first ACC road matches of the season
The Tigers take a 9-5 record into the weekend after dropping two matches at home this past weekend to Virginia Tech and Wake Forest
As a team, Clemson is 14th in team assists (699) in the NCAA, 16th in kills (751) and 28th in service aces (98)
In the ACC, the Tigers hold the top spot in digs and total attacks as of September 26

GREAT CATE

Junior Cate Long has been leading the charge for the Tigers over the past four matches
In the last four matches, she has clocked double-digit kills in each posted two double-doubles vs. Samford and Virginia Tech
Against Virginia Tech, Long finished with a career-high 21 kills off 55 attacks surpassing her previous best of 15
She is second on the team with 15 aces – including clocking four at ETSU earlier this season

DIGGING DEVAN

Sophomore Devan Taylor has started at libero in every match this season
The sophomore set a new career-high with 29 digs to open ACC play this season against Virginia Tech
Taylor finished with 28 digs against South Carolina and has tallied 13 double-digit dig matches this season
Against Austin Peay, Taylor tallied 27 digs and has tallied 20+ digs in five matches this season
She leads the team and the conference with 255 total digs and is 29th in the NCAA

CAM CAN

Junior Camryn Hannah has been Clemson’s go-to attacker since she stepped onto campus in 2020 and owns the role well
Hannah leads the conference in kills (220) and points (243.5), is second in total attacks (485) and is third in kills per set (4.00) and points per set (4.43)
She’s tallied at least 20 attacks in 13 matches this season and had 11 matches with double-digit kills

DEFENSE DRIVEN

Joining Devan Taylor and Cate Long in the back row has been freshmen Becca Micelle and Mia McGrath
Between the four of them, they tallied 453 digs through non-conference play – the most by four players, excluding a setter, through the non-conference schedule since 2018 (481)
The four of them currently have 520 of Clemson’s 836 digs
The 836 digs lead the conference and sits is 42nd in the NCAA

COLLEEN’S SUMMER

Junior Colleen Finney took advantage of all of Clemson’s resources for success away from the court
Finney went to on the inaugural POWER trip to Chicago with other career driven women
She took a trip to Las Vegas in July for the Sports Business Classroom Business of Basketball Immersive Experience to learn more about the business side of sports
Read more about Colleen’s summer here

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