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NC State Volleyball Season Recap
12/15/2016 1:32:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
The NC State volleyball team turned in a very successful season under the direction of first-year head coach Linda Hampton-Keith and her staff, finishing with a 20-12 overall record and a 13-7 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play.
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Below is a list of noteworthy accomplishments and performances from the season.
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Team Achievements
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Accomplishments
- First top-10 win in program history at 10th-ranked Florida State…Story Link
- First-ever win at Miami and first season sweep against the Hurricanes…Story Link
- 13 ACC wins BREAKS the program record...Story Link
- Collected nine sweeps, including six in ACC play, which is the most ACC sweeps in program history
- Defeated Boise State, conference champion in the Mountain West, and SMU, American Athletic Conference champion
- Currently 66 in the NCAA RPI, after finishing last season at 154...jumping nearly 100 spots
- Two players selected to the All-ACC Team for the first time since 1995 (Julia Brown & Maggie Speaks)...Story Link
- Two players earned All-Region honors for the first time since 1988...Story Link
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Season Records
- Most assists per set during the program's rally-scoring era at 12.81 and most total assists in a single-season with 1,563
- Second most total kills with 1,642 and best kills per set average at 13.46
- Second best attacking percentage at .226
- Second most digs total digs 1,900 and digs per set 15.57
- Best reception percentage in program history at .952
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Match Records
- Broke the program record for highest attacking percentage in an ACC match at Clemson and then broke the program's rally-scoring era record against Virginia Tech with a .458 clip
- Most team assists in a match during the rally-scoring era with 69 against SMU...Story LinkÂ
- Most team aces in a three-set match with 13 versus McNeese State during the rally-scoring era...Story Link
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Individual Accomplishments
- Maggie Speaks broke the rally-scoring era program record for assists in a single match with 64 against SMU...Story Link
- Rachel Eppley became just the third player in the rally-scoring era to reach 1,000 digs versus UT Arlington...Story Link
- Eppley also broke the program record for aces in an ACC match versus Virginia with six and equaled the program record in any match...Story Link
- Julia Brown broke the rally-scoring era program records for most kills in a match with 31 against Syracuse and most kills in a single season with 489Â
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Below is a list of noteworthy accomplishments and performances from the season.
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Team Achievements
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Accomplishments
- First top-10 win in program history at 10th-ranked Florida State…Story Link
- First-ever win at Miami and first season sweep against the Hurricanes…Story Link
- 13 ACC wins BREAKS the program record...Story Link
- Collected nine sweeps, including six in ACC play, which is the most ACC sweeps in program history
- Defeated Boise State, conference champion in the Mountain West, and SMU, American Athletic Conference champion
- Currently 66 in the NCAA RPI, after finishing last season at 154...jumping nearly 100 spots
- Two players selected to the All-ACC Team for the first time since 1995 (Julia Brown & Maggie Speaks)...Story Link
- Two players earned All-Region honors for the first time since 1988...Story Link
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Season Records
- Most assists per set during the program's rally-scoring era at 12.81 and most total assists in a single-season with 1,563
- Second most total kills with 1,642 and best kills per set average at 13.46
- Second best attacking percentage at .226
- Second most digs total digs 1,900 and digs per set 15.57
- Best reception percentage in program history at .952
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Match Records
- Broke the program record for highest attacking percentage in an ACC match at Clemson and then broke the program's rally-scoring era record against Virginia Tech with a .458 clip
- Most team assists in a match during the rally-scoring era with 69 against SMU...Story LinkÂ
- Most team aces in a three-set match with 13 versus McNeese State during the rally-scoring era...Story Link
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Individual Accomplishments
- Maggie Speaks broke the rally-scoring era program record for assists in a single match with 64 against SMU...Story Link
- Rachel Eppley became just the third player in the rally-scoring era to reach 1,000 digs versus UT Arlington...Story Link
- Eppley also broke the program record for aces in an ACC match versus Virginia with six and equaled the program record in any match...Story Link
- Julia Brown broke the rally-scoring era program records for most kills in a match with 31 against Syracuse and most kills in a single season with 489Â
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