Clemson Volleyball Team to host Maryland, Boston College this Weekend
Friday match will be the Tigers’ annual Dig Pink match.
CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson volleyball team welcomes Maryland and Boston College to Jervey Gym for a pair of matches this weekend. The Tigers and Terrapins play at 7:00 pm on Friday night, in the annual Dig Pink breast cancer awareness match. Clemson (12-8, 3-6 ACC) will then take on Boston College on Saturday night at 7:00 pm.
Maryland Terrapins - 7:00 pm Friday - Dig Pink
Livestats: ClemsonTigers.com
Video: TigerCast (ClemsonTigers.com) – Will not be available live, but will be available after the match for archives
· Friday night will mark Clemson’s Dig Pink match. It is the fifth straight season that Clemson will participate, and the Tigers are hoping to raise more than $4,000 this season.
· Clemson is 33-27 all-time against the Terrapins, who are currently 14-7 and 5-4 in the ACC, and coming off a win over #22 Florida State
· The Tigers have won eight straight in the series, dating back to a four-set loss in 2005
· Last year in Clemson, the Tigers took advantage of 11 service errors, while allowing no aces to win, 3-0. Natalie Patzin led Clemson with 10 kills. In College Park, Clemson hit .326 and had 11 blocks in a 3-0 win. Sandra Adeleye had 13 kills and six blocks in the win.
· Maryland is the top serving team in the conference, averaging 1.42 aces per set.
Boston College Eagles - 7:00 pm Saturday
Livestats: ClemsonTigers.com
Clemson leads the all-time series, 11-2, and ahs won the last 6 matchups
In 2009, 16 kills and five blocks from Alexa Rand helped Clemson to a 3-0 win in Clemson; In Chestnut Hill, the Tigers used a career-high 23 kills from Sandra Adeleye and 19 from Lia Proctor to win in four sets.
Boston College setter Cagla Sen played for the same club team as Cansu Ozdemir in Istanbul, Turkey.
Tsvetelina Dureva leads the Eagles and ranks fourth in the conference with a 3.35 kills per set average
Libero Kristen Baader’s 358 digs rank second in the conference
Dig Pink Information:
Fans have several options to participate in this year's event. Dig Pink T-Shirts will be sold at all home volleyball matches for ten dollars, with all proceeds from the sales of the t-shirts going to the Side-Out Foundation. Zeta Tau Alpha will also be selling shirts from Oct. 18-22 on the library bridge. Fans can also make a flat donation.
A new way the team will be raising funds is by auctioning off the pink jerseys they wear that night. Fans will be able to bid for the jerseys via a silent auction at the Promotions Table. Donations can also be made online. All funds raised will be donated to the Side-Out Foundation.
