The Miami Hurricanes volleyball team was defeated by the Kansas Jayhawks Thursday night at the Bob Delaney Sports Center, ending their successful season in the opening round of the 2022 NCAA Division ...
"[Spearman] is a walking double-double and we are not surprised because we see it every day in practice," head coach Katie Meier said. "She had a game where the team needed her and she completely stepped up."
Reeling from a 45-3 blowout at the hands of in-state rival Florida State, the Miami Hurricanes needed a big win to keep their hopes of bowl eligibility alive – and they got it. The ‘Canes never trailed on their way to a 35-14 victory over Georgia Tech at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
“When you go through something like this and you’re rebuilding a program and you get hit in the face like this, you gotta be tough enough to look each other in the eye and stick together and go to work,” head coach Mario Cristobal said.
“I am proud of the way we competed and battled tonight,” Miami head coach Jose “Keno” Gandara said in a Miami Athletics release. “We were good in some areas but obviously didn’t do enough to win. Give credit to Pitt, they’re a good team. We’ll learn what we can from tonight and be ready for Virginia on Sunday.”
UM now sits at 2-3, a disappointing start for a team that was ranked at the start of the season. Here are four takeaways from its loss against the Tar Heels.
“The win was great for Daphnee, but I believe she has a lot left in the tank,” coach Cody Halsey said in a Miami Athletics release. “She was very patient and stayed under control for the entirety of the race. It’s exciting to think what she can do in three weeks.”
The University of Miami volleyball team fell NC State, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon at Reynolds Coliseum. Riding a two-game winning streak, the Hurricanes (9-6, 2-2 ACC) tried to pick up their third Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) win of the season, but it did not go their way.