Mountaineers Top Blue Devils, 3-1

Friday, September 19

Boone, N.C.

6 PM

Duke University

3-7,0-0ACC

App State

8-2,0-0Sun Belt

Duke

App State

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Mountaineers Top Blue Devils, 3-1

9/19/2025 8:42:00 PM | Volleyball

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BOONE, N.C. – The Duke volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision (25-18, 25-18, 22-25, 25-21) at Appalachian State on Friday evening inside the Holmes Convocation Center to open the Mountaineer Classic.

The Blue Devils (3-7) and Mountaineers (8-2) were even at 15-15 in the fourth set and Duke trailed by just one at 18-17, but ASU took seven of the final 11 points to capture the match.

Freshman Ashby Zubchevich led the way for the Blue Devils with a career-high 16 kills while Taylor Williams was just behind with 15. Mailinh Godschall paced the squad with 20 digs while Nikki Quinn tallied a team-high 20 assists.

How It Happened

Set One – Duke 18, App State 25

With neither team able to gain a lead of more than three points in the early going, the set was locked at 13-13. Duke tallied the next two points to go ahead 15-13 and led 16-14 before App State closed the set on an 11-2 run.

Set Two – Duke 18, App State 25

The Mountaineers pulled away early in the set with a 5-0 run to break a 4-4 tie. A service error halted the string and made it a 9-5 lead, but App State captured the next four points to take a commanding 13-5 advantage. Duke did not tally more than two consecutive points the rest of the way as ASU closed out a 2-0 match lead.

Set Three – Duke 25, App State 22

The Blue Devils bounced back in the third set. After ties of 3-3, 7-7 and 9-9, Duke jumped ahead 16-11 backed by three kills and a block assist from Ngozi Iloh. Duke led 22-17 and 24-19 before the Mountaineers made it interesting with three consecutive points to trim the Blue Devil lead to 24-22. Iloh had the answer again with a set-clinching kill.

Set Four – Duke 21, App State 25

The two sides matched each other nearly point for point with App State clinging to an 18-17 advantage. A three-point run made it a 21-17 advantage for the Mountaineers. Trailing 22-18, the Blue Devils had a three-point string of their own to trail just 22-21 and force an ASU time out. A final three-point stretch, this one by App State, closed the set and match.

Notes

The Blue Devils drop to a 3-7 overall record, while the Mountaineers improve to an 8-2 ledger.
Duke drops to a 0-3 road record.
The Blue Devils see their all-time series lead trimmed to 21-9.
Charlotte Glass recorded her 200th career assist. She finished with 11 to move her career total to 210 assists.
Millie Muir crossed the 100-assist plateau for the season with her 12 in the contest increasing her year's total to 104.
Mailinh Godschall reached 50 assists this season with her three in the match.
Zoë Gillen-Malveaux carded three block assists to give her three or more in eight matches this season.
Taylor Williams booked 15 kills to reach double digits for the seventh time this season.