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Irish Open 2020 Slate at Louisville

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Notre Dame opens its 2020 fall slate with a pair of road matches at ACC foe Louisville on Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26. First serve for Friday’s season-opening match is set for 2 p.m. ET inside L&N Federal Credit Union Arena. The match will be televised live on ACC Network in addition to being streamed live via ACC Network Extra. Saturday’s contest is slated for 4 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on ACC Network Extra.

NOTRE DAME at LOUISVILLE 
Location: Louisville, Ky.
How To Watch: Friday – ACC Network | Live Stream // Saturday – ACCN Extra
Live Stats: Click here
Twitter Updates: @NDVolleyball
Game Notes: Louisville

HISTORY VS. LOUISVILLE

• The Irish and Cardinals will be meeting for the 40th and 41st times this weekend.

• Notre Dame holds a 22-17 edge in the all-time series.

• The Irish will be looking to avenge a pair of losses to Louisville last season, including a five-set thriller inside Purcell Pavilion on October 16, 2019.

JUNIOR DUO EARNS PRESEASON ALL-ACC HONORS

• Junior outside hitter Charley Niego and junior setter Zoe Nunez were both named to the 2020 Preseason All-ACC Volleyball Team, the conference announced on September 9.

• Niego started all 29 matches and paced the Irish with a career-high 410 kills in 115 sets in 2019 while earning First Team All-ACC and AVCA All-East Coast Region honorable mention accolades. Niego also recorded career-highs with 326 digs, 53 total blocks and a team-best 33 service aces as a sophomore.

• Nunez earned First Team All-ACC accolades after racking up a career-high 1,219 assists in 115 sets for a mark of 10.60 assists per set a season ago. The Rockford, Illinois, native and 2019 AVCA All-East Coast Region honoree hit the 50-assist mark in eight matches in 2019, including a trio of 54-assist efforts against Louisville, Boston College and Miami.

FABULOUS FRESHMEN

• The Irish landed four recruits to compile their Class of 2024, which was ranked 10th nationally by PrepVolleyball.com.

• The class includes a trio of PrepVolleyball.com High School All-Americans in Aubrey Hamilton, Lindsey Miller & Hattie Monson.

• Charity McDowell, a 2019 Indiana All-State honoree, rounds out Notre Dame’s incoming freshman class.

• Monson was also tabbed a First Team All-American by VolleyballMag.com and Hamilton was named Wisconsin’s Gatorade Player of the Year while Miller was selected to compete in the 2019 Under Armour All-America Match.

HELPING HAND

• Zoe Nunez ranked second in the ACC in 2019 with 1,219 assists in 29 matches.

• Nunez’s mark of 10.60 assists per set was also the second-best in the conference a season ago.

• Entering her junior season, Nunez ranks eighth in program history with 2,332 career assists and her career mark of 10.60 assists per set currently stands sixth in Irish history.

DOUBLING DOWN

• Charley Niego earned a double-double in 14 matches in 2019, which tied for the 10th most in a single season in program history.

• Niego has racked up 27 double-doubles in her first two seasons with the Irish, which is tied for the tenth most in program history.

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