No. 3 Louisville Heads South to Face Florida State and Miami

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 3-ranked University of Louisville volleyball team will travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to take on Florida State on Friday, Oct. 23 before heading to Coral Gables, Fla., to face (RV) Miami on Sunday, Oct. 25. Friday's matchup is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET and will be streamed on ACCNX, while Sunday's contest will begin at 3:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ACC Network.

The Cards hit the road for the first time since Oct. 3 after playing four consecutive matches at home in L&N Federal Credit Union Arena. UofL has won 24 of 25 sets in conference play to take the sole lead in the ACC standings with an 8-0 record. Louisville also looks to extend winning streaks against both FSU and Miami. The Cardinals have won the last six matches against the Seminoles and last nine contests against the Hurricanes.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville has earned seven wins over ranked opponents in its first 20 matches of the season, making them one of five programs to win at least seven ranked matches this year.
UofL continues to rank among the best offenses in the NCAA through the first half of the season. Through 20 matches, the Cards rank third nationally in team hitting percentage (.313) and fifth in kills per set (14.27).
The Cardinals also remain as one of the top defenses in the country this year, leading the ACC and ranking seventh nationally in opponent hitting percentage (1.51). Louisville also ranks sixth in the NCAA with 2.98 blocks per set.
The Cards enter the weekend ranked third in the AVCA/Taraflex Coaches Poll, their seventh consecutive week ranked within the top five nationally. UofL comes in at No. 3 for the third straight week, tying its season-high ranking that was first achieved in the Sept. 14 poll.

PLAYER NOTES

Outside hitter Chloe Chicoine was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Oct. 19 after averaging 5.33 kills per set on a .384 hitting percentage to lead UofL's offense to sweeps over Duke and North Carolina. On Oct. 16 against Duke, the senior recorded 18 kills with a stellar .607 clip, the highest hitting percentage of her career in a match where she tallied at least 10 kills. Chicoine also posted 14 kills against North Carolina on Oct. 18, her 17^th match eclipsing the double-digit kill mark this season.
Libero Payton Petersen continues to cement herself as one of the best at the position in the country, currently ranking third in the ACC with 4.23 digs per set. The junior was one of 16 players added to the AVCA National Player of the Year Watch List on Oct. 8, becoming one of just three liberos to be featured on the list. She totaled 14 digs against North Carolina on Oct. 18, her 14^th match surpassing the double-digit kill mark.
Setter Nayelis Cabello aims to add to her dominant season after notably earning back-to-back ACC Setter of the Week honors on Sept. 7 and Sept. 14. The junior ranks 14^th nationally and second in the conference with 10.68 assists per set. Cabello also tops the team with 11 double-doubles this year.
Middle blocker Brooke Bultema has unleashed offensively in the month of October, averaging 3.18 kills per set on an excellent .531 hitting percentage across five matches. On Oct. 16 against Duke, the senior notched eight kills on an eye-popping .636 clip. Bultema rounded out her weekend on Oct. 18 against UNC with seven kills and eight blocks.

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Brooke Bultema

Nayelis Cabello

Chloe Chicoine

Payton Petersen

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