Muoneke Lifts Bulldogs to 3-1 Victory Over Notre Dame Tuesday

Tuesday, September 8

Athens, Ga.

7:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

4-2,0-0SEC

Notre Dame

1-3,0-0ACC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Notre Dame	25	20	9	17	1
Georgia	20	25	25	25	3

Muoneke Lifts Bulldogs to 3-1 Victory Over Notre Dame Tuesday

September 08, 2026 | Volleyball

Box Score

Volleyball | vs. Notre Dame | W, 3-1
Set scores: 20-25, 25-20, 25-9, 25-17
Season Record: 4-2

Muoneke Lifts Bulldogs to 3-1 Victory Over Notre Dame Tuesday

ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia volleyball team beat the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-9, 25-17) on Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum as part of the 2026 Showdown at the Net between the SEC and the ACC.

Georgia climbs to 4-2 on the season.

FAST FACTS

Graduate outside Bianna Muoneke led the Bulldogs with a season-high 27 kills on a season-best .426 hitting percentage. It was also her third double-double of the 2026 campaign with a season-best 14 digs and third. Additionally, she added two service aces and two blocks.
A third of Muoneke's kills (9) came in the first set alone. That number tied a Georgia set record of kills in a set, set twice before, last done by Ann Dylla in the third set at Northern Colorado on Sept. 4, 2010. Muoneke finished the match with eight kills in the fourth.
Graduate middle Tori Harper recorded a career-high 10 kills, the first double-digit kill match of her career. She did it on a .471 percentage with a team-best three blocks.
Senior Alyssa Worden led the team with 15 digs.
As a team, Georgia hit a season-best .323 hitting percentage.
The Bulldogs won the third set 25-9, starting with an 11-0 serving run by Ana Julia Bleeker. Notre Dame's nine points tie for the fifth-fewest points allowed by Georgia in program history (four times before, last vs. Boston College on Sept. 13, 2024.

KEY QUOTES
Head Coach Tom Black
On what they have learned about the team through the season…
"We've learned a lot. I think we can serve and pass at a high level when we're on our game. Our first-ball offense can be really strong, our blocking can be really strong, and then there's stuff to work on, too. As long as the effort's there, I think we can get to a pretty good place this season."

Bianna Muoneke | Gr. | OH
On what fired the team up after the first set…
"We're excited about winning, but we're not happy with how we came out. We're really going to dive into practice, and we talked about how we don't want to regret anything."

On the team's mindset of going into another tournament this weekend…
"We have to do our job, and we have to recover well. We're talking about it, and we have to be really responsive for these teams that are going to come in and give us a hard time."

UP NEXT
Georgia is back on the road this weekend, heading to Mobile, Alabama for the South Alabama Invitational. The Bulldogs will take on Tulane on Friday, Sept. 11 to open action. They will then play host South Alabama on Saturday, Sept. 12. Georgia will close out tournament action against Kennesaw State on Sunday, Sept. 13.