PITTSBURGH –The No. 7 University of Pittsburgh volleyball team (17-3, 8-1 ACC) swept Virginia (8-11, 1-8 ACC) 3-0 at the Fitzgerald Field House on Wednesday night. Pitt was led by graduate middle blocker Chiamaka Nwokolo who registered 10 kills, while hitting .600.
It did not take long for Pitt to get off to a hot start in the beginning of the first set as Olivia Babcock went on a 4-0 run early behind three Torrey Stafford kills. Virginia took a timeout, but once again, a 6-0 run from Stafford forced Virginia to take their second timeout, down 13-3. Nwokolo and Stafford combined for 11 of Pitt’s 16 kills in the set, and Pitt’s efficient offense was too much for Virginia to overcome. The Panthers earned the first set victory, 25-13.
Virginia hung with the Panthers at the beginning of set two, but a 6-0 service run from Chiamaka Nwokolo which included two aces caused the Cavaliers to take their first timeout at 11-5. Virginia tried to claw their way back in the match, but a Logan Mosley ace and Julianna Dalton kill forced Virginia to take their second timeout at 16-8. A 4-0 run behind the line from Babcock and a .312 hitting percentage in the set secured Pitt the second set win, 25-13.
Pitt started a bit shaky at the start of the third set, as it called a timeout down 3-7. A successful service run from Valeria Vazquez Gomez which forced three straight Cavalier errors tied the score up at 11-11. Both teams sided out at an impressive clip, but a Haiti Tautua’a ace pushed Pitt to go up 18-17, as…
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