CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball regular season winds down as competition continues to heat up. The league kicks off another week of play beginning on Wednesday, November 19.
 
With just two more weeks of league play left, Stanford (23-4), Louisville (22-4) and Pitt (22-4) are currently tied at the top of the conference standings, with identical league records at 14-2. SMU (21-5) and North Carolina (20-5) follow close behind at 13-3 in conference play.
 
This week features one ranked matchup this week as No. 15 North Carolina travels south to Miami, Florida, to take on the Hurricanes on Sunday, November 23, at 1 p.m. ET on ACCNX.
 
In the most recent AVCA/Taraflex Poll, Pitt led the ACC in the No. 4 spot with Stanford (No. 5), Louisville (No. 7), SMU (No. 8), Miami (No. 14) and North Carolina (No. 15) filling out the rest of the Top 25. The ACC has the most teams of any conference in both the top 10 and top 15 with four and six, respectively.
 
Noting ACC Volleyball

• Miami’s Flormarie Heredia Colon and SMU’s Malaya Jones shared ACC Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Louisville’s Cara Cresse was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week. Miami’s Ariana Rodriguez and SMU’s Averi Carlson shared ACC Setter of the Week honors, while Georgia Tech’s Anna Fiedorowicz was named ACC Freshman of the Week for matches played November 10-16.
• The ACC has the most teams in the current NCAA DI Volleyball RPI Top 10, headlined by Pitt (No. 4), Stanford (No. 7), SMU (No. 8), and Louisville (No. 9).
• The NCAA DI Volleyball Committee released its Top 16 Rankings on Sunday, October 19, which included four ACC programs: Pitt (No. 3), SMU (No. 5), Louisville (No. 6) and Stanford (No. 11).
• Miami’s Flormarie Heredia Colon leads the nation in kills with 624, kills per set with 6.18, total points with 704.0 and points per set with 6.97.
• Stanford’s Kevin Hambly reached his 400th career win on Friday, November 14, in an upset win over No. 3 Pitt.
• SMU earned its highest ranking in program history at No. 7 in the AVCA DI Volleyball Top 25 poll released on Monday, October 20.
• The ACC finished non-conference play with an overall record of 129-55 (.701), headlined by 10 wins against AVCA Top 25 teams and the inaugural ESPN Events “Showdown at the Net” title, after winning nine of the 16 matches against the SEC.
• Miami’s Heredia Colon, Pitt’s Olivia Babcock and Stanford’s Elia Rubin were named as semifinalists for the AVCA Division I Player of the Year.
• Pitt head coach Dan Fisher reached his 400th career win on September 10, in the Panthers’ win over No. 3 Kentucky. 
• SMU’s Malaya Jones was named the AVCA Division I National Player of the Week on Tuesday, September 2.
• Pitt’s Olivia Babcock was named the AVCA Division I National Player of the Week on Tuesday, October 21.
• Pitt was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2025 ACC Volleyball Championship for the second straight year by the league’s volleyball head coaches.
• Ten ACC standouts were named to the AVCA Division I Player of the Year Watch List. The list included Chloe Chicoine (Louisville), Cara Cresse (Louisville), Flormarie Heredia Colon (Miami), Safi Hampton (North Carolina), Olivia Babcock (Pitt), Bre Kelley (Pitt), Favor Anyanwu (SMU), Jaydn Livings (SMU), Malaya Jones (SMU) and Elia Rubin (Stanford).
• Florida State’s Chris Poole ranks first among active NCAA Division I coaches with 953 victories in 39 seasons. Duke’s Jolene Nagel ranks fifth on that list with 717 career wins.
• Louisville’s Dan Meske, NC State’s Megan Wargo-Kearney and Wake Forest’s Jeff Hulsmeyer are all in their first year as head coach of their programs.

 
Weekly Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Wednesday, November 19
California at #5 Stanford | 10 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Friday, November 21
Boston College at #8 SMU | 2 p.m. | ACCNX
Wake Forest at Virginia Tech | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Notre Dame at Clemson | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
#15 North Carolina at Florida State | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
#7 Louisville at Georgia Tech | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Syracuse at #4 Pitt | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Duke at #14 Miami | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
NC State at Virginia | 7 p.m. | ACCNX

Sunday, November 23
Louisville at Clemson | 1 p.m. | ACC Network
#15 North Carolina at #14 Miami | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Notre Dame at Georgia Tech | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Boston College at #4 Pitt | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
NC State at Virginia Tech | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Duke at Florida State | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Wake Forest at Virginia | 1 p.m. | ACCNX
Syracuse at #8 SMU | 2 p.m. | ACCNX
#5 Stanford at California | 4 p.m. | ACCNX