Orange Fall to NC State in Raleigh

Friday, October 9

Raleigh, NC

7 PM

Syracuse University

5-9,0-5ACC

NC State

11-5,2-3ACC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Syracuse	21	25	14	12	1
NC State	25	22	25	25	3

Highlights

10/9/2026 9:27:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score Highlights

The Syracuse volleyball team dropped a 3-1 match in Raleigh on Friday evening at Reynolds Coliseum with scores of 21-25, 25-22, 14-25 and 12-25.

Kiernan Stamey led the Syracuse attack with 16 kills on a .244 hitting percentage. She added 10 digs for a double-double and four block assists. Charis Burge also posted a double-double, dishing out 25 assists and picking up 12 digs, and she led the Orange with three aces. Yuka Urano anchored the back row with 19 digs, the most of any player in the match.

Marie Laurio added seven kills and 10 digs, and Abby Nicholson led the Orange at the net with six block assists. Syracuse finished with eight blocks as a team.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Syracuse jumped out to a 3-0 lead in set one behind an Urano ace and led by as many as four early, but NC State answered with a 4-0 run to move ahead 11-8. The Orange cut the deficit to 17-19 before the Wolfpack scored three straight, and a late push from the Wolfpack gave them set one.

The Orange responded in the second set. Trailing 4-3, Syracuse reeled off eight straight points, with Laurio serving the final seven and the Orange taking an 11-4 lead. Syracuse led by as many as nine, 16-7. A block from Bo Nijenhuis and Emma Williams gave the Orange set point at 24-21 and Laurio finished it with a kill for a 25-22 win.

In set three, after Syracuse cut a 15-8 deficit to 15-12, the Wolfpack answered with a run, and the Orange dropped the set on a score of 25-14.

The Wolfpack led from the opening point of the fourth set. Syracuse got three blocks and an ace in the frame, but NC State used a run to build a 21-8 lead on the way to a 25-12 win and the match.

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

Kiernan Stamey led all players with 16 kills and added 10 digs for a double-double, plus four block assists.
Charis Burge recorded 25 assists and 12 digs for a double-double and served three aces.
Yuka Urano's 19 digs were the most by any player in the match.
Abby Nicholson led the Orange with six block assists.
Syracuse forced 14 NC State service errors against five of its own.
The Orange hit .195 in the second set, their best set of the match.
Syracuse and NC State each tallied 16 block assists, with the Wolfpack's one solo block making the difference in the team total, 9-8.