No. 10 Pitt Powers Past Duke

Friday, September 30

Durham, NC

6:30 PM

Pitt

13-2,4-0ACC

Duke

9-5,0-3ACC

Pittsburgh

Duke

9/30/2022 10:07:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

DURHAM, N.C. – No. 10 Pitt (13-2, 4-0 ACC) recorded its first sweep of ACC play, powering past Duke (9-5, 0-3 ACC) on Friday night inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Panthers played one of their most complete games of the season, dispatching Duke, 25-10, 25-23, 25-11. Pitt sided out at 77.3 percent while hitting .322 as a team in a dominant display.

"I'm always happy to get road wins in the ACC and this one was especially good since Duke is such a good defensive team," head coach Dan Fisher said. "It was really nice to out dig them. Offensively, I was pleased with how consistent we were. I didn't think we had a lot of dips in our level and I definitely felt like we had a very balanced attack. Hai to Pitt!"

QUICK HITS

Courtney Buzzerio led the team for the seventh match in a row with 10 kills, her 11^th double-digit kill game of the year.
She did so on .563 hitting, marking her fifth .400+ hitting match of the season.
Buzzerio stuffed the stat sheet, making two aces, five assists and a pair of blocks. It was her third multi-ace match of the season.
Rachel Fairbanks led the team with 15 assists, adding a pair of aces for her sixth multi-ace match of the year.
Ashley Browske led the defense with 11 digs, marking her eighth 10+ dig performance.
She recorded her 150^th dig of the season tonight, finishing with 157.
Serena Gray made seven kills on .333 hitting, bringing her career total to 991.
Julianna Dalton recorded four blocks tonight, tying her season high. It was her second straight four block night and fourth-such match this year.
Pitt has now won six consecutive matches against Duke and three in a row at Cameron Indoor, the longest such streak in program history.
The Panthers have won their first four road matches of the season, extending their road winning streak to eight matches dating back to last year. Pitt is 20-1 in its last 21 road matches.
Pitt has started ACC play 4-0 for the sixth time in the last seven years.

SET 1: PITT 25 – DUKE 10
Pitt used a 14-1 run to break open the match early, 15-3. Gray and Buzzerio served throughout the run as Duke struggled to find an answer. Buzzerio got the lead to 15 points, 21-6, holding onto that until the end of the set. Pitt hit .333 as a team while Duke was held to -.069. Dalton led the team with four kills and a solo block in a dominant opening set.

SET 2: PITT 25 – DUKE 23
The Panthers took the lead early on, leading by as many as five points, as late as 17-12. But Duke fought to stay in it, climbing back to tie the match with a 5-0 run. But Pitt stayed in control, weathering the storm and ending the set on a 5-1 run with kills from Vazquez Gomez, Buzzerio and Gray. Nwokolo and Buzzerio ended the set with a block, putting Pitt in front by two sets. Gray and Buzzerio led the offense with four kills apiece while Browske and Fairbanks made three digs. Nwokolo led the way at the net, making three blocks, including the set winner.

SET 3: PITT 25 – DUKE 11
Pitt returned to its dominating ways at the start of the third, winning 13 of the first 16 points to go in front by 10. Duke never got within less than nine points for the rest of the match as Rachel Jepsen delivered the final blow, making her first career ace on set point. Pitt finished with a 91 sideout percentage in the set in an all-around great performance. Julianna led the offense with four more kills as six Panthers delivered multiple kills, while also holding Duke to 0.69 hitting.

UP NEXT
Pitt stays in North Carolina, completing the three-match road trip with a Sunday afternoon tilt against High Point (9-6, 2-0 Big South). The battle of the Panthers will take place on Sunday at 1 p.m. from inside the Millis Center in High Point, N.C. and can be streamed live on ESPN+.

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