{"id":6158,"date":"2013-09-24T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2013-09-24T20:26:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T00:26:21","slug":"duke-carolina-volleyballers-each-weekly-acc-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=6158","title":{"rendered":"Duke, Carolina volleyballers win weekly ACC honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dukevolleyball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dukevolleyball-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"dukevolleyball\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dukevolleyball-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dukevolleyball.jpg 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a>Duke sophomore outside hitter Elizabeth Campbell and North Carolina sophomore middle blocker Victoria McPherson were named Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball co-Players of the Week, after each powered their teams to a win against a ranked opponent. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to Campbell\u2019s honor, Blue Devils\u2019 defensive specialist Sasha Karelov scored Freshman of the Week honors.<\/p>\n<p>McPherson, who helped the 14th-ranked Tar Heels extend their program-best start to 11-0, was instrumental in a 3-0 sweep of then-No. 16 Illinois on Friday and a victory over Indiana on Saturday in the ACC\/Big Ten Challenge. For the weekend, McPherson averaged 2.71 kills per set, 1.43 blocks per set, 0.71 digs per set and had a hitting percentage of .368.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell totaled a team-high 36 kills over the weekend, leading Duke to wins over then-No. 16 Illinois and Indiana in the ACC\/Big Ten Challenge. The Parker, Colo., native averaged 5.14 kills per set and also led the Blue Devils with a .338 hitting percentage. <\/p>\n<p>Campbell hit a match-high .478 versus Indiana, knocking down 13 kills, while also contributing seven digs, three blocks and a service ace. She followed that performance with a 23-kill effort against the Illini, helping Duke to its first win over a ranked opponent since 2011. She registered three blocks and added 11 digs against the Hoosiers to pick up her first double-double of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Karelov was a key component in Duke\u2019s victories over Indiana and then-No. 16 Illinois. For the weekend, she was second among Duke players, averaging 4.43 per set, and helped the Blue Devils limit the two teams to a combined .138 hitting percentage. She posted nine digs in Duke\u2019s sweep of the Hoosiers on Friday evening, then totaled a career-best 22 digs in the Blue Devils\u2019 victory over the Illini. On serve receive, she committed just one error in 34 chances over the two matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duke sophomore outside hitter Elizabeth Campbell and North Carolina sophomore middle blocker Victoria McPherson were named Atlantic Coast Conference volleyball co-Players of the Week, after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,79,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-duke-blue-devils","category-featured-stories","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-82-id","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6158"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6163,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158\/revisions\/6163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}