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#21 Volleyball Downs Syracuse Behind Career Days From Malone & Cozza
October 19, 2025 | Volleyball
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - No. 21 Carolina volleyball extended its win-streak to nine and moved to a perfect 8-0 in ACC play with a four-set (25-23, 23-25, 25-11, 25-13) win over Syracuse.
Freshman Bridget Malone and Sienna Cozza had career days. Malone had a career-high nine kills and Cozza had a career-high 22 assists.
It was a back-and-forth first frame with each side feeling each other out, but a 4-0 Carolina run to get to the first set media break gave it a 15-13 lead. Jackie Taylor came out of the break with an ace to make it 16-13. UNC used another run to force a timeout from the Orange, making it 22-18. A 3-0 Syracuse run made it 22-21 before Taylor put an end to it with a kill. Chelsea Thrope closed it out with a kill to win the first set 25-23. On her 21st birthday, Zoe Berhendt racked up nine first-set assists.
Tied at 4-4 early in the second, the Tar Heels used a 4-0 run to give themselves some distance. That grew to a 9-2 extended run before Syracuse used their second and final timeout of the set. Syracuse climbed back into it with a 7-1 run to make it 16-15 Carolina, before a Tar Heel timeout. Cuse knotted things up at 22-22 forcing UNC to use its last timeout of the set. The Orange took the second set, ending the set on a 6-1 run despite the Tar Heels hitting .375 in the frame.
Bridget Malone didn't play in the first two sets but was a spark plug in the third. She guided UNC to a 13-8 lead behind five kills, forcing a Syracuse timeout. A 4-0 Heels run, with two more kills from Malone, pushed the lead to 17-10 and caused the Orange to call another timeout. Seven kills in the set is only one shy of her career high for a match, which she has done twice. The Tar Heels pulled the third set out 25-14 to get back in the driver's seat.
A 7-1 Carolina run broke a 3-3 tie in the fourth to give it control. It was all Tar Heels after that, never letting Syracuse have hope and rolled to a 25-xx win to clinch the match.
UNC heads back to Chapel Hill now for two straight weekends at home with four matches.
Freshman Bridget Malone and Sienna Cozza had career days. Malone had a career-high nine kills and Cozza had a career-high 22 assists.
It was a back-and-forth first frame with each side feeling each other out, but a 4-0 Carolina run to get to the first set media break gave it a 15-13 lead. Jackie Taylor came out of the break with an ace to make it 16-13. UNC used another run to force a timeout from the Orange, making it 22-18. A 3-0 Syracuse run made it 22-21 before Taylor put an end to it with a kill. Chelsea Thrope closed it out with a kill to win the first set 25-23. On her 21st birthday, Zoe Berhendt racked up nine first-set assists.
Tied at 4-4 early in the second, the Tar Heels used a 4-0 run to give themselves some distance. That grew to a 9-2 extended run before Syracuse used their second and final timeout of the set. Syracuse climbed back into it with a 7-1 run to make it 16-15 Carolina, before a Tar Heel timeout. Cuse knotted things up at 22-22 forcing UNC to use its last timeout of the set. The Orange took the second set, ending the set on a 6-1 run despite the Tar Heels hitting .375 in the frame.
Bridget Malone didn't play in the first two sets but was a spark plug in the third. She guided UNC to a 13-8 lead behind five kills, forcing a Syracuse timeout. A 4-0 Heels run, with two more kills from Malone, pushed the lead to 17-10 and caused the Orange to call another timeout. Seven kills in the set is only one shy of her career high for a match, which she has done twice. The Tar Heels pulled the third set out 25-14 to get back in the driver's seat.
A 7-1 Carolina run broke a 3-3 tie in the fourth to give it control. It was all Tar Heels after that, never letting Syracuse have hope and rolled to a 25-xx win to clinch the match.
UNC heads back to Chapel Hill now for two straight weekends at home with four matches.
Team Stats
UNC
SU
Kills
64
41
Errors
19
21
Attempts
124
140
Hitting %
.363
.143
Points
76.0
51.0
Assists
62
38
Aces
6
4
Blocks
6
6
Game Leaders
Kills
17
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
14
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
0
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