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This Week in ACC Volleyball

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - Atlantic Coast Conference Volleyball kicks off the second week of league play this week, beginning with a midweek matchup between historic in-state rivals, Duke and No. 25 North Carolina on Wednesday, October 1, at 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network.
 
Miami sits atop the league standings with a 2-0 conference and 12-1 overall record. Stanford, Louisville, Pitt, North Carolina and California also remain undefeated after the first week of conference play.
 
The ACC will feature one ranked Top 25 matchup this week as No. 6 Louisville travels to Stanford, California, to take on No. 4 Stanford on Sunday, October 5, at 5 p.m. ET on ESPN.
 
In addition to the Blue Devils and Tar Heels on Wednesday, Georgia Tech and No. 5 Pitt at noon ET on Sunday, October 5, will also air on the ACC Network.
 
In the most recent AVCA/Taraflex Poll, Stanford led the ACC in the No. 4 spot, with Pitt (No. 5), Louisville (No. 6), SMU (No. 11), Miami (No. 22) and North Carolina (No. 25) filling out the rest of the Top 25.
 
Noting ACC Volleyball
  • Pitt’s Olivia Babcock was named ACC Offensive Player of the Week while California’s Sophia Johnson earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors. Pitt’s Brooke Mosher earned ACC Setter of the Week honors while Stanford’s Logan Parks was named ACC Freshman of the Week.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Miami’s Flormarie Heredia Colon leads the nation in points per set with 6.12.
  • 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 946 victories in 39 seasons. Duke’s Jolene Nagel ranks fifth on that list with 716 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.