CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The 2025 Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball season continues this week over another six-day stretch, beginning with two midweek matchups in the state of North Carolina on Tuesday, September 16, as Wake Forest takes on East Carolina in Greenville, North Carolina, at 6 p.m. ET and No. 25 North Carolina hosts App State in Chapel Hill at 6 p.m. ET.
 
The ACC will feature two ranked top 25 matchups this week. No. 5 Pitt will travel to University Park, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, September 17, to take on in-state foe No. 13 Penn State at 7 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. On Thursday, September 18, No. 3 Louisville will also be hosting an in-state rival as No. 6 Kentucky will head to Louisville, Kentucky, for a 6 p.m. ET match on ESPNU.
 
In the most recent AVCA/Taraflex Poll, Louisville led the ACC in the No. 3 spot with Stanford (No. 4), Pitt (No. 5), SMU (No. 10), Georgia Tech (No. 23) and North Carolina (No. 25) filling out the rest of the Top 25. The ACC has the most teams of any conference in both the Top 5 and Top 10.
 
Noting ACC Volleyball

• The ACC’s overall non-conference record currently sits at 103-40 (.720) with a 9-9 record (.500) against AVCA Top 25 teams.
• Miami’s Flormarie Heredia Colon was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week while Louisville’s Cara Cresse earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Stanford’s Logan Parks and Clemson’s Katherine Sandt shared ACC Setter of the Week honors while Stanford’s Erika Sayer was named ACC Freshman of the Week.
• The ACC won the inaugural “Showdown at the Net,” hosted by ESPN Events, after winning nine of the 16 matches against the SEC. ACC teams won four out of five ranked matchups, headlined by No. 7 Pitt’s upset sweep over No. 3 Kentucky in the Shriners Children’s Showdown at the Net on September 10.
• 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 was voted the preseason favorite to win the 2025 ACC Volleyball Championship for the second straight year by the league’s volleyball head coaches.
• Seven 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), Olivia Babcock (Pitt), Bre Kelley (Pitt), Malaya Jones (SMU) and Elia Rubin (Stanford).
• Florida State’s Chris Poole ranks first among active NCAA Division I coaches with 943 victories in 39 seasons. Duke’s Jolene Nagel ranks fifth on that list with 715 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)
Tuesday, September 16
Wake Forest at East Carolina | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
App State at #25 North Carolina | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Wednesday, September 17
#5 Pitt at #13 Penn State | 7 p.m. | BTN
UC Davis at California | 10 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Thursday, September 18
#6 Kentucky at #3 Louisville | 6 p.m. | ESPNU
ETSU at Virginia Tech | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Coastal Carolina at Miami | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
#25 North Carolina A&T at Wake Forest | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX
#10 SMU at Stephen F. Austin | 7 p.m. | ESPN+
Georgetown at Clemson | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Harvard at Boston College | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Friday, September 19
Norfolk State at Clemson | 11 a.m. | ACCNX
Virginia at Troy | 5 p.m.
Michigan at Notre Dame | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Siena at Syracuse | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
#10 SMU at UTEP | 6 p.m.
Duke at App State | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
FGCU at Miami | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
Charleston Southern at Clemson | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Kansas State at #25 North Carolina | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Georgia at #23 Georgia Tech | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Stonehill at Boston College | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Hawai’i at #4 Stanford | 9:30 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Saturday, September 20
Florida State at Georgia Southern | 2 p.m. | ESPN+
Miami at FIU | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Wake Forest at Old Dominion | 3 p.m. | ESPN+
Virginia at Ohio State | 3 p.m. | BTN
Duke at Davidson | 4 p.m. | ESPN+
California at LSU | 6 p.m.
St. John’s at Syracuse | 6 p.m. | ACCNX
NC State at VCU | 6 p.m. | ESPN+
Bryant at Boston College | 7 p.m. | ACCNX
Texas State at #4 Stanford | 7:30 p.m. | ACCNX
 
Sunday, September 21
NC State at Old Dominion | 2 p.m.
Notre Dame at Michigan | 3 p.m. | BTN
California at #19 USC | 4 p.m.
East Carolina at #25 North Carolina | 4 p.m. | ACCNX
UCLA at #4 Stanford | 6 p.m. | ACCNX

Monday, September 22
Western Kentucky at #3 Louisville | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX