Irish Fall To NC State

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-7, 2-5) fell to NC State (10-5, 5-2) in three sets (18-25, 21-25, 16-25) at Purcell Pavilion on Friday evening. Morgan Gaerte finished with a team-best 13 kills. The Wolfpack posted an early 11-5 lead over the Irish until Notre Dame responded with a 6-0 run, which included three service aces from Sydney Palazzolo. NC State extended their lead to five at 20-15, forcing an Irish timeout, before going on to take set one 25-18. Trailing 6-2 to start the second, a Lucy Trump ace capped off a 5-0 run from...