|| Virginia Volleyball || Virginia Volleyball Virginia drops weekend finale to Miami, 3-1

Charlotteville, Virginia – After taking Florida’s first conference win of the season on Friday (October 14), Virginia’s volleyball team (9-10, 1-7 ACC) won the 25-25 on Sunday afternoon (October 16). Lost by 22. 29-31, 12-25, 7-25 to Miami (11-8, 4-4 ACC) at Memorial Gymnasium.

Virginia is led by outside hitter Grace Turner, who finished Sunday with 16 kills on 38 swings. Setter Gaby Easton had a season-high 36 assists, while libero Haley Velázquez had a career-best 15.

Miami was led by Angela Grieve (20 kills) and Nia Anderson (14 kills).

how it happened

• After Miami started the first game with an 8-7 lead, the Cavaliers turned the momentum in their favor with a 7-1 run to gain a 14-9 advantage. Miami took the lead for UVA with his 4-0 Hurricanes run, and he eventually tied the score at 22-22.His 7th kill of Turner’s frame followed by his 15th kill^th A career block solo gave the Foos a set point of 24-22. On the next play, Miami recorded his eighth offensive error in the set, cementing the game No. 1 in his 25-22 favor in UVA. 333 in the first, but Turner led the Cavaliers with seven kills and batted .
• The second set, which featured 19 ties and five lead changes, was closely contested throughout as neither team led by more than three points. 348 with 19 kills, six UVA service errors proved to be the second difference.Miami was setting points with his 24-21, but the Cavaliers It was his third straight win that saw him tie the score at 24–24. After Turner and Berecia Yung recorded back-to-back kills, Virginia set the points at his 26-25. Once again, Turner finished the set with his seven kills. This included his draw at 29-29, UVA’s final point of the game. However, back-to-back Hurricanes defeats gave Miami his 31-29 win of the set and a 1-1 tie heading into the break. Yung had a sensational performance late in the second set, with three of his four total kills after Miami scored the first set point.
• Coming out of the break, the Hurricanes jumped out to a 7–0 lead and never looked back. Miami went on to create unanswered scoring runs of 5 and 4 points in the third round, which the Hurricanes won handily 25-12. Virginia had just 8 kills in the third game, while Miami had 15.
• The Cavaliers held a 2-1 lead early in the fourth before Miami scored 11 straight points. The Hurricanes scored eight of his nine points in the final, scoring his 25-7 in the fourth and his 3-1 of the match.

Note

• Outfielder Grace Turner (15 kills) has led the Cavaliers in kills in 13 of UVA’s 19 games so far this season.
• Setter Gaby Easton had a season-high 36 assists.
• In his second career start with the libero, Heyli Velasquez recorded a career-high 15 digs.
• Both teams combined for 60 points in the second set, the most points scored in a single set in Virginia’s game this season.
• With the win, Miami improved to an all-time 10-20 series record against Virginia and won their last 11 matches against the Cavaliers.

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Virginia will play four games next weekend at Mem Gym, which hosts No. 2 Louisville (17-2, 8-0 ACC) and Notre Dame (9-9, 4-4) at 7pm Friday (October 21). continue the homestand. ACC) Sunday (October 23) 1:00 PM Both games are set to stream on ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) via the ESPN app available through participating TV providers operating the ACC Network.

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