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Jim Quist @ACCTheQ –
The ranks of Division I women’s college volleyball coaches have spoken and the preseason numbers are out. Four ACC teams are among those in the AVCA Preseason Top 25. Three of those teams will start their seasons with challenges to other preseason favorites on Friday, August 27th as teams across the conference begin play. This year the ACC Network will carry 21 games with 20 featuring head to head conference matchups (see schedule below).
An interesting mix to the ACC volleyball picture is the addition of Shannon Wells as the new head coach at Virginia. Wells comes to the Cavaliers from Florida where she was an associate head coach for four years. She led the recruiting efforts for her seven year run with the Gators.
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Who are the top 5 teams in the poll that everyone else will be chasing?
- #1 Texas
- #2 Wisconsin
- #3 Kentucky
- #4 Washington
- #5 Nebraska
Volleyball
AVCA Preseason Top 25 – ACC
- #9 Pitt
- #13 Louisville
- #24 Georgia Tech
- #25 Notre Dame
Early Season Matchups – (Friday, August 27 and Saturday, August 28)
- No. 24 Georgia Tech opens against No. 12 Penn State
- No. 25 Notre Dame against No. 16 Western Kentucky
- No. 9 Pitt faces No. 23 Rice on Friday and then on Saturday they take on No. 18 Washington State
ACC Volleyball On ACCN
| Date | Time (ET) | Matchup | Network |
| Wed, Sep. 15 | 8 p.m. | Georgia State at Clemson | ACCN |
| Wed, Sep. 22 | 8 p.m. | Syracuse at Boston College | ACCN |
| Sun, Sep. 26 | 1 p.m. | Miami at Notre Dame | ACCN |
| Wed, Sep. 29 | 8 p.m. | Virginia at Pitt | ACCN |
| Fri, Oct. 1 | 8 p.m. | North Carolina at Miami | ACCN |
| Sun, Oct. 3 | 3 p.m. | Duke at Virginia | ACCN |
| Wed, Oct. 6 | 8 p.m. | Florida State at Miami | ACCN |
| Fri, Oct. 8 | 5 p.m. | Clemson at Pitt | ACCN |
| Wed, Oct. 13 | 8 p.m. | Georgia Tech at Clemson | ACCN |
| Sun, Oct. 17 | 1 p.m. | Pitt at Florida State | ACCN |
| Wed, Oct. 20 | 8 p.m. | NC State at North Carolina | ACCN |
| Sun, Oct. 24 | Noon | Pitt at Louisville | ACCN |
| 4 p.m. | Duke at NC State | ACCN | |
| Fri, Oct. 29 | 5 p.m. | Notre Dame at Duke | ACCN |
| Fri, Nov. 12 | TBA | North Carolina at Virginia Tech | ACCN |
| Mon, Nov. 15 | 7 p.m. | Louisville at Notre Dame | ACCN |
| Fri, Nov. 19 | 2 p.m. | Boston College at Virginia Tech | ACCN |
| TBA | Pitt at Georgia Tech | ACCN | |
| Wed, Nov. 24 | 3 p.m. | Wake Forest at Miami | ACCN |
| TBA | Louisville at Pitt | ACCN | |
| Fri, Nov. 26 | 1 p.m. | Virginia at Boston College | ACCN |
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