Florida State went up 2-0 in its ACC match Sunday with visiting No. 10 Georgia Tech. But all that did was give more playing time to Julia Bergmann, who had 38 kills and led the Yellow Jackets to a reverse sweep.
Fourth-ranked Nebraska was two points away from losing its Big Ten match at Northwestern in the fourth set, but pulled it out and then cruised in the fifth. But in the fifth, with the Huskers up 9-3, Northwestern setter Sienna Noordermeer chased a ball and crashed into the stands. The game was delayed for a long time before she was taken out on a stretcher.
There are only four matches on the Monday NCAA Division I volleyball schedule and none on Tuesday. Three of Monday’s matches are in the SWAC when Alabama A&M plays Florida A&M, Grambling plays Southern and Arkansas-Pine Bluff plays Prairie View. Fresno State plays at San Diego State in the Mountain West.
ACC: Julia Bergmann had three kills in the first set and five more in the second. And then she warmed up as the 6-foot-5 Brazilian led Georgia Tech (18-5, 11-3) to a 14-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-10 victory at Florida State (16-9, 8-6). Bergman had 38 kills with 12 errors on 77 attacks to hit .338 and had an assist, 11 digs, two blocks — one solo — and three aces. One of those aces, a short, ended the fourth set, and she ended the match with another.
Bergmann’s 38 kills ties the school record and marked the fourth time this year she’s had 30 or more kills. Her teammates totaled 28 kills, 14 by Bianca Bertolino. She had 20 digs and two blocks.
Florida State got 17 kills from Audrey Koenig, who had an ace and 10 digs. Emily Ryan had 12 kills and hit .350 and had five blocks, one solo …
No. 5 Louisville (22-2, 13-1) came back to beat visiting North Carolina (15-10, 7-7) as Claire Chausee had 24 kills and hit .380 to go with eight digs in the 17-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-23 victory …
Seventh-ranked Pittsburgh (24-2, 14-0) won its 14th in a row, 26-24, 25-11, 18-25, 25-15 at Boston College (17-11, 5-9) as Courtney Buzzerio had 13 kills and Julianna Dalton and Valeria Vazquez Gomez had 12 each …
Duke (14-11, 5-9) swept at Wake Forest (13-12, 5-9) behind 20 kills by Gracie Johnson, who had three errors in 38 attack an hit .447 to go with four digs and two blocks, one solo … NC State ( 13-12, 7-7) won in four at Notre Dame (9-15, 4-10) as Martyna Leoniak had 15 kills and Vanja Bukilic and Amanda Rice had 14 each … Miami (15-9, 8-5) had to go five…
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