NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Seniors Charley Niego and Zoe Nunez were each named to the 2021 Preseason All-ACC Volleyball Team, the conference announced on Friday morning (Aug. 20).
The Irish were also tabbed fourth in the ACC Preseason Coaches Poll, behind Pitt, Louisville and Georgia Tech.
Niego and Nunez earn preseason All-ACC nods after being named to the conference’s First Team for the second consecutive season in 2020. Both players were also AVCA All-East Coast Region standouts last year, and Niego was named an Honorable Mention AVCA All-American for the second time in 2020.
2021 ACC Volleyball Preseason All-ACC Team
Camryn Hannah, Clemson, So., RS/OH
Mackenzie Cole, Duke, Sr., DS/L
Emma Clothier, Florida State, Jr., MB
Julia Bergmann, Georgia Tech, Jr., OH
Mariana Brambilla, Georgia Tech, Sr., OH
Anna DeBeer, Louisville, So., OH
Tori Dilfer, Louisville, Gr., S
Aiko Jones, Louisville, Jr., OPP
Anna Stevenson, Louisville, Gr., MB
Savannah Vach, Miami, Jr., S
Melissa Evans, NC State, Gr., OPP
Charley Niego, Notre Dame, Sr., OH
Zoe Nunez, Notre Dame, Sr., S
Serena Gray, Pitt, Sr., MB
Kayla Lund, Pitt, Gr., OH
Chinaza Ndee, Pitt, Gr., RS/MB
Marina Markova, Syracuse, Jr., MB
Polina Shemanova, Syracuse, Sr., OH
2021 ACC Volleyball Preseason Coaches Poll
Pitt (195 points, 13 first-place votes)
Louisville (182 points, two first-place votes)
Georgia Tech (168 points)
Notre Dame (159 points)
Florida State (135 points)
Syracuse (127 points)
North Carolina (113 points)
Miami (106 points)
Duke (96 points)
NC State (92 points)
Clemson (62 points)
Boston College (44 points)
Virginia Tech (38 points)
Wake Forest (33 points)
Virginia (25 points)
Up Next
- The #25 Irish open the 2021 campaign next weekend (Aug. 27-28) by playing host to the Golden Dome Invitational.
- Notre Dame meets #16 Western Kentucky on Friday (Aug. 27) at 7 p.m. ET before taking on Oakland and Loyola Chicago on Saturday (Aug. 28) at 11 a.m. ET and 7 p.m. ET
- All Irish matches next weekend will be streamed via ACC Network Extra and admission for all 2021 Notre Dame volleyball home contests is free.
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