Volleyball Gameday: Wake Forest vs. NC State

11/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

Nov. 27, 2015

By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeVolleyball)

Gameday Central \| Wake Forest vs. NC State
vs. NCSU	Saturday, Nov. 28, 1:00 p.m.
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. (Reynolds Gymnasium)
Coverage	\| Live Video \| Twitter Updates
Information	Wake Forest Notes (PDF)

Deacons Finish Season Against NC State
• Wake Forest will end its season on Saturday with a home match against NC State. The Demon Deacons will celebrate Senior Day.
• Opening serve is slated for 1 p.m. at Reynolds Gymnasium.
• The Deacs will look to avenge a 3-1 loss at NC State from Oct. 2.

Last Time Out
• The Demon Deacons fell in straight sets to 22nd-ranked North Carolina at home on Wednesday afternoon.
• With Deacon digs leader Caroline Wolf out of the lineup, Sophia Dodd posted a double-double with 13 assists and a team-best 13 digs. Rachel Burau registered 25 assists.
• Matalee Reed had a match-high 12 kills. Lynch and Kylie Long had nine kills apiece, while Hanna Lee had eight on eight attacks.

Thank You, Seniors
• The Deacs will honor their four seniors, Matalee Reed, Sam Boesch, Megan Miller and Anna Carley, on Saturday.
• The foursome has combined for 1,331 kills, 2,127 digs and 331 blocks in 396 matches played.
• Miller's 1,198 digs are the fourth-most in program history.
• Reed's 237 total blocks are 15th in school history. She is also 16th in career kills, going into Saturday's contest with 855.

Milestone Tracker
• Sophomore Caroline Wolf became is eighth on Wake Forest's all-time digs list with 1,057. Her 534 digs on the season are the second-most in the ACC and put her 17 digs away from breaking Wake Forest's single-season digs record of 550 by Megan Thornberry in 2008.
• Kylie Long is the seventh Deacon to post a 400-plus-kill season with 414 this season. She has the 10th-most kills in one year in program history.
• Wolf was named the ACC Co-Player of the Week on Oct. 19 after racking up a career-best 42 digs at Notre Dame. That total was the second-most in a four-set match in ACC volleyball history, as well as the most in the NCAA in a four-set match in 2015.

Among the ACC's Best
• Going into Saturday, Hanna Lee and Matalee Reed are fourth and fifth in the ACC, respectively, in aces with marks of 0.32 and 0.31 per set.
• Kylie Long is fourth in the league in kills with 414. Her 3.57 kills-per-set mark slots her eighth.
• Caroline Wolf's 534 digs are second in the league, while her digs-per-set mark of 4.68 is third.

Scouting NC State
• Looking to snap a four-match losing skid, NC State goes into Saturday with a 15-16 record and a ledger of 4-15 in ACC play.
• Kaitlyn Kearney is fourth in the conference with 141 total blocks, while and Blayke Hranicka is seventh with 136. Hranicka is also fifth in the league with a .357 hitting percentage.