Volleyball Travels To Notre Dame, No.5 Louisville For Back-To-Back ACC Matchups

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Carolina volleyball team is on the road this weekend for back-to-back Atlantic Coast Conference matches, first heading to South Bend for a matchup at Notre Dame, before traveling to No. 5 Louisville.

First serve against the Fighting Irish is on Friday at 6:30 p.m., while the Tar Heels take on the Cardinals on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches will be streamed on ACCNX.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. Notre Dame (9-13, 4-8 ACC)
Series: Notre Dame leads the series 9-7
Last time: Notre Dame won 3-0 on Nov. 5, 2021, in Chapel Hill
Trend: Notre Dame has won four of the last five matchups

vs. No. 5 Louisville (20-2, 11-1 ACC)
Series: The series is tied at 8-8
Last time: Louisville won 3-1 in Chapel Hill on Nov. 7, 2021
Trend: Louisville has won the last five matches

NOTABLES

This will be Charley Niego's, a 2022 graduate, first time returning to South Bend as a member of the Tar Heels. Niego was a four-year starter for the Irish from 2018-21
Carolina leads the ACC in service aces, averaging 1.90 per set. Parker Austin ranks second in the conference in aces per set and Maddy May ranks ninth (only freshman in the top-10). Louisville ranks second and Notre Dame ranks twelfth in the league
Mabrey Shaffmaster ranks No. 4 in the ACC in kills per set, averaging 3.95 kills and has tallied double-digit kills in 12 of the last 13 matches
Anita Babic was named the ACC Freshman of the Week for the third straight week on Monday, the second weekly honor of her career and Carolina's fifth ACC Freshman of the Week honor of the season (Maddy May has two). Babic is the only freshman to in the ACC to earn three honors this season
Maddy May has tallied seven straight matches with double-digit digs
Parker Austin has served an ace in five straight matches
Kaya Merkler leads the team with 94 total blocks on the season. She is just three blocks shy of matching her total blocks from the 2021 season (97)
Anita Babic currently ranks No. 6 of any freshman in program history with 736 assists, while Maddy May ranks No. 6 in digs with 286 on the season

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