OMAHA, Neb. The Irish racked up 17 total blocks and Charley Niego earned a team-high 12 kills as No. 22 Notre Dame downed Army in (23-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-11) on Wednesday afternoon inside the CHI Health Center Omaha.
The win propels the Irish to the round of 32 for the 12th time in program history. The Irish will look to advance to the Sweet 16 for the seventh time when they take on tenth-seeded Oregon tomorrow (April 15) at noon ET.
Niego added 11 digs to notch her ninth double-double of the season and eighth in 11 matches this spring. Caroline Meuth also hit the double-digit kill mark with 10 while Zoe Nunez collected 30 assists.
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The Irish enter the NCAA Tournament with a 14-3 record (14-3 ACC) and finished the regular season second in the ACC standings, Notre Dame’s best finish since joining the conference in 2014.
This will be the first ever meeting between Notre Dame and Army.
Notre Dame posted five sweeps in the spring portion of its 2020-21 campaign, including a road straight-set win at #23 Georgia Tech in its penultimate match of the regular season.
The Irish are one of four ACC teams to reach the NCAA Tournament and are joined by Georgia Tech, Louisville and Pittsburgh.
Notre Dame owned a 3-1 mark against those other three ACC tournament teams this season, including road sweeps of Louisville and Georgia Tech.
ATLANTA #22 Notre Dame dominated from start-to-finish in a road sweep (25-21, 25-18, 25-20) of #23 Georgia Tech on Thursday night inside O’Keefe Gymnasium.
With the win, the Irish improve to 13-3 overall and 13-3 in ACC play heading into the final day of the ACC regular season. Notre Dame can earn its first ACC Championship, and 18th regular season conference title in program history, with a win over Duke on Friday and a Louisville loss to North Carolina.
Charley Niego led all players with 17 goals and three service aces while adding five digs and three blocks. Caroline Meuth notched eight kills and hit .500 while Aubrey Hamilton also added eight kills. Zoe Nunez collected 38 assists in the three sets.
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