Volleyball | vs. DUKE | W, 3-0
    Set scores: 30-28, 25-21, 25-23
Season Record: 5-0
 
Georgia Improves to 5-0, Sweeps Duke on Friday
 
ATHENS, Ga.  – The University of Georgia volleyball team stayed perfect on the season, sweeping the Duke Blue Devils in straight sets (30-28, 25-21, 25-23) on Friday at Stegeman Coliseum to close out action at the 2025 Classic City Clash.
 
Georgia improves to 5-0 on the season with its fourth sweep to start 2025.
 
Fast Facts

• Junior Bianna Muoneke registered her second-straight double-double with 13 kills and 11 digs. She added three aces in the contest.
• Freshman setter Chloe Elarton recorded the first double-double of her career with 17 assists and 11 digs. The pair co-led the team in digs.
• Sophomore MK Patten laid down 10 kills, her second double-digit kill performance of the tournament.
• Redshirt-sophomore Tori Harper tied a career-high with eight blocks to lead the team. She also had a pair of aces.
• The Bulldogs trailed by seven (19-12) in the opening set, then won eight of the next 10 points to cut the Duke lead to one, 21-20. Duke drew set point 24-20, but a Harper serving run tied it at 24 to keep the set alive. After a lengthy battle, the Bulldogs used back-to-back blocks to win the set 30-28. Seven of Muoneke’s kills came in the first set.
• Georgia led by seven (12-5) in the third set, but Duke used an 8-1 run to tie it at 13. It was a back-and-forth battle after that. Tied at 23, a block and Muoneke’s 13^th kill sealed the sweep for the Bulldogs.

 
Key Quotes
Head Coach Tom Black
On the team’s readiness for the season. . .
“We have a lot of fight. This wasn’t our best-played match, but we found a way to do it. We had to get some swings out of system to do it, which isn’t always easy, but I was really proud that they found a way.”
 
#13 Bianna Muoneke | OH
On thoughts of the tournament…
“We worked really hard coming in this fall. We all had a goal, and I think we’re starting off and executing our plan that we’ve been talking about since summer and even spring. We just came in with that same mentality coming into this weekend.”
 
Up Next
Georgia is back in action on Tuesday at Clemson as part of the inaugural Showdown at the Net, featuring 16 SEC teams against 16 ACC teams. First serve in Clemson is at 6 p.m., streaming live on ACC Network Extra.