Duke Collects 1,000th Program Win, Defeats Loyola Maryland

Thursday, August 31

Durham, N.C.

6:30 p.m.

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Loyola Maryland

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Loyola Maryland

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Duke Collects 1,000th Program Win, Defeats Loyola Maryland

8/31/2023 9:33:00 PM | Volleyball

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DURHAM – The Duke volleyball team secured its 1,000th win in program history Thursday with a 3-1 (25-15, 26-28, 25-13, 25-23) victory over Loyola Maryland at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

The Blue Devils were led by sophomore Kerry Keefe with a career-high 24 kills and just three errors to hit .538 percent for the match. Graduate student Gracie Johnson added 15 in the win as Duke hit .295 percent as a squad.

Duke split time between setters Millie Muir and Emma Worthington as they dished 12 and 35 assists, respectively, while libero Madison Bryant tallied 17 digs. Six different Blue Devils registered two blocks while Johnson added five aces to lead the squad at the service line.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke opened the match hitting an impressive .417 clip in the first set, its best performance in a set this season. Johnson tallied three consecutive aces to help Duke to an early 6-0 lead en route to the 25-15 victory. Keefe notched five kills in the opening set.
The Greyhounds bounced back with a .417 hitting percentage of their own and tied the match (1-1) after two sets.
Duke's offense continued to click in the second frame despite dropping the set as Johnson hit .308 with six kills and just two errors on 13 swings.
Even at 1-1, the Blue Devils continued their strong offense, posting a .324 clip in the third. Johnson and Keefe combined for 10 kills and just one error to lead the offensive contingent.
The fourth set featured 11 ties as Duke held a 2-1 advantage. Keefe continued her strong performance with 10 kills and just one error on 13 swings to hit .692 percent. Muir started the fourth set and ended the match with a career-high 12 dimes.

NOTABLES

Duke becomes the 43rd program in NCAA Division I history to reach the 1,000-win plateau.
Duke moves to 2-2 in 2023.
This was head coach Jolene Nagel's 685th career victory and her 482nd at the helm of the Blue Devils.
Duke moves to 1-0 all-time against Loyola Maryland.
The Blue Devils are now 265-92 at home since Jolene Nagel took over in 1999.
The second set featured 20 tie scores and 32 for the match.
With her five aces tonight, Johnson now owns 132 for her career to rank eighth in program history.
The Greyhounds were led by Morgan Crawford with 12 kills to hit .333 percent.

QUOTE

"We were excited to get the win tonight! We are grateful to all of those who came before us since the beginning of volleyball at Duke to hit 1,000 wins as a program! Our serve was helpful to us tonight, but we needed to touch more balls on the block and dig to transition to play a cleaner match." - head coach Jolene Nagel