Oct 06, 2022

MATCH DAY CENTRAL: Volleyball hosts Pittsburgh and Virginia

Clemson (10-6, 1-3 ACC) hosts No. 9 Pittsburgh & Virginia

MATCH SETUPS

Clemson: Roster | Schedule | Match Notes (PDF)

PREVIEW

Clemson hosts No. 9 Pittsburgh and Virginia in the third week of ACC action
The Tigers take a 10-6 overall record and 1-3 ACC record into the weekend after dropping a three-set match to No. 2 Louisville and defeating Notre Dame in five
As a team, Clemson is 22nd in team assists (787) in the NCAA and 27th in team kills (846)
In the ACC, the Tigers hold the top spot in digs (957) and total attacks (2,252) as of October 3

LAST TIME OUT

Clemson earned its first ACC victory of the 2022 season with a win over Notre Dame on Sunday, Oct. 2 in five sets
The victory snapped an eight-game losing streak against the Fighting Irish dating back to Oct. 17, 2014
Freshman Mia McGrath led the team with a career-high 15 kills and added 13 digs, another season-high
Clemson came in at 107 on the first RPI ranking of 2022 following the win

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 14 double-digit dig matches this season
Against Austin Peay, Taylor tallied 27 digs and has tallied 20+ digs in six matches this season
She leads the team and the conference with 284 total digs and is 34th 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 (238) and points (261.5), is sixth in total attacks (531) and is fourth in kills per set (3.90) and points per set (4.29)
She’s tallied at least 20 attacks in 14 matches this season and had 12 matches with double-digit kills

DEFENSE DRIVEN

Joining Devan Taylor in the back row has been junior Cate Long and 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 610 of Clemson’s 957 digs
The 957 digs lead the conference and sits 52nd in the NCAA

SLAVIK ASSISTS

Senior Mckenna Slavik has been the quarterback of Clemson volleyball’s offense for the past four seasons
Slavik sits seventh on Clemson’s career assist list with 3,304 total assists, 386 assists behind the sixth-place holder
This season, Slavik has 543 assists to sit third in the third in the conference and 67th in the NCAA – she leads the conference with 10.44 assists per set (34th in the NCAA)
She has clocked a single-game high of 52 kills on six occasions throughout her career, including two this season

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