Irish Travel to No. 8 Pitt and Virginia

The Irish are on a 4 sport successful streak as they head again out on the street this weekend to tackle No. 8 Pitt on Friday, Oct. 21 and face Virginia on Sunday, Oct. 23.

Friday, Oct. 21 – Notre Dame @ No. 8 Pitt – 7:00 p.m. (ACCNX | Reside Stats)
Sunday, October 23 – Notre Dame @ Virginia – 1:00 p.m. (ACCNX | Reside Stats)

Notre Dame Recreation Notes (PDF)

SETTING THE STAGE 

• Notre Dame is on a 4 sport successful streak as they journey to face the No. 8 Pitt Panthers on Friday, Oct. 21, and the Virginia Cavaliers on Sunday, Oct. 23.

• Each video games this weekend can be broadcasted on ACC Community Further. 

HISTORY VS. PITT

• This would be the forty first assembly between the Irish and the Panthers with Notre Dame main the general collection 25-15. 

• The Irish have misplaced the final two matchups with the newest being final yr (10.22.21), the place the Irish fell in 5 units at residence (18-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-19, 10-15). The final Notre Dame win was on Oct. 16, 2020 because the Irish defeated the Panthers at residence in 5 units (22-25, 17-25, 25-21, 25-20, 17-15). 

• The longest ND successful streak was from 1992-2002 the place the Irish received 15 straight matches in opposition to the Panthers. 

HISTORY VS. VIRGINIA 

• This would be the twelfth assembly between the Irish and the Cavaliers with Notre Dame main the general collection 6-5. 

• Notre Dame has received the final 5 matchups in opposition to Virginia as they’ve been on a successful streak since 2017. The final Cavalier win in opposition to the Irish was Nov. 13, 2016 in Purcell Pavilion.

LAST WEEKEND RECAP VS. WAKE FOREST AND VIRGINIA TECH
•  The Irish completed the weekend 2-0 as they took down Wake Forest in a 5 set thriller (17-25, 25-23, 25-21, 14-25, 15-13) and defeated the Hokies in 4 (25-21, 20-25, 25-20, 25-22). Regardless of trailing 11-5 in set 5 in opposition to Wake Forest, the Irish have been capable of rally again to take residence the set 5 win and lengthen their successful streak.

• Paris Thompson led the weekend with 31 kills, tallying 15 kills in opposition to Wake Forest and 16 in opposition to the Hokies.

• Setter Phyona Schrader dished out 85 assists and tallied 44 digs on the weekend. 

• Avery Ross completed with 24 kills on the weekend adopted by Lauren Tarnoff who completed with 21 kills and 10 blocks, with seven of these 10 blocks coming from the win over Wake Forest. Kaylyn Winkler additionally tallied 17 kills for the Irish together with eight blocks. 

• Winkler and Tarnoff capped off the Wake Forest win with a block from the 2 attackers to finish set 5 and provides the Irish their third consecutive win on Friday.