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North Carolina Volleyball Defeats No. 13 Clemson, 3-1
October 9, 1999 | Volleyball
Oct. 9, 1999
Clemson, S.C. - The North Carolina volleyball team defeated No. 13 Clemson 3-1(6-15, 15-9, 15-10, 15-5) Saturday night at Jervey Gym. The Tar Heels ended the Tigers 16-match winning streak, handing the team its first loss of the season. At the same time, the Tar Heels extended their winning streak to 12.
Casey Simpson led North Carolina with 23 kills and 17 digs. Tori Seibert had 17 kills, four errors and 29 attempts for a .448 attack percentage and added five blocks for the Tar Heels. Shannon Smith recorded 13 kills and nine blocks, while Asa Gustavsson had 15 kills and 12 digs. Freshman Eve Rackham also had a big night with 72 assits, 11 digs, four blocks and a .500 hitting percentage(six kills, 12 attempts, 0 errors). As a team, the Tar Heels outhit the Tigers .339 to .233. They also had 15 team blocks to Clemson's seven.
Clemson senior Alison Coday had 26 kills and 10 digs in the match, while senior middle blocker Cindy Stern added 21 kills, 10 digs and six blocks. Senior Skye Frost hit .462 with six kills, no errors and 13 attempts. Freshman setter Jessi Betcher had 59 assists, 18 digs and five kills, and sophomore Jodi Steffes had 13 digs and kills. Senior Emily Gorla had eight kills and eight digs.
Clemson (16-1, 5-1 ACC) will play at Maryland next Friday at 7:00 p.m. North Carolina improves to (14-3, 6-0 ACC) with the win and will next travel to Raleigh to take on N.C. State Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
