Duke extends home win streak

Duke's volleyball team stretched its home win streak this season to eight games with a 3-1 victory over Miami Friday.

The Blue Devils (13-6, 7-4 in the ACC) split the first two games of the match but sophomore setter Ali Hausfeld recorded her third career triple-double to help Duke take the final two games.

After falling in the second game by the margin of 30-19, the Blue Devils went to their locker room to regroup before the pivotal third game.

"We just talked about our defense a little bit after that game, and also our blocking, because we were not too disciplined on it in the first game and even less disciplined on it in the second," head coach Jolene Nagel said.

Duke came out strong following the adjustments, but Miami (10-9, 5-6) won seven straight points to take a 24-22 lead late in the third game. The Blue Devils attempted to slow the Hurricanes' momentum with two timeouts during the run, and came back to force a tie at 25. Duke closed out the crucial third game with a 4-0 run in which Ali Hausfeld tallied 3 assists and the final kill to take the game 30-27.

The Blue Devils continued their run into the fourth game, taking an early 6-0 lead. Miami fought back to tie the game at 15, but from there Duke did not trail and a pair of kills by sophomore Carrie DeMange closed the game and match in Duke's favor.

Both coaches and players were glad to be back in Cameron for the second of four straight ACC home matches, following a 1-3 road swing the previous two weeks.

"I really think that it helps playing at Cameron, it gives us a lot of energy," Hausfeld said.