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Syracuse University's volleyball team hits the road again this weekend, still looking for its first ACC win.
The Orange lost at NC State 3-0 and at 12th-ranked North Carolina 3-0 this past weekend. The women have won just two of the last eight matches they've played.
The team was led offensively by junior outside hitter, Silvi Uattara. She finished the weekend with 18 kills.
"I think it was a really good fight against UNC. We were playing really smart. Actually, I think it was a really good game," Uattara said.
Uattara said although the Orange lost, she thinks everyone's been giving 100 percent, including redshirt sophomore outside hitter, Valeriya Shaipova.
Shaipova tore her ACL last October and she said she's been working hard to get stronger since then. Last year, she contributed more offensively. She collected 129 kills during the 2013 season with only playing 64 out of 122 sets, due to her injury.
Last weekend, she used her long, 6'3 frame, to help her team with blocking and digging.
"I'm trying to help in the block, sometimes in defense...if I can do hitting which I did last year, but I'm trying to help somehow," Shaipova said.
She said she doesn't think she'll be back to her full playing ability until the end of October.
Looking Ahead
The Orange travel this weekend to Notre Dame on Friday and Boston College on Sunday.
"We've been practicing and playing for so long all those tournaments all all those practices...conference, that's what we're here for, and it's quite exciting," Uattara said.
Uattara said they're not looking at where the teams are in the rankings right now because everybody in the conference is improving a lot.
"I think that we just have to focus on ourselves first and we have to make sure we're ready for the game," Uattara said. "That we're digging like crazy, running for every ball and hitting at everything."
Last year the Orange began its' conference schedule 0-4 and inished its' first season in the ACC tied for fifth.
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