Volleyball Takes Streak Back on the Road

Concord Stats – W. Va. State Stats – Charleston Stats – Live Video (UC) – Live Stats (WVST)


LIVE COVERAGE
• Live video is available for the Concord-Charleston match on Friday while live in-game statistics will be offered for Concord's contest vs. West Virginia State on Saturday.

STANDINGS and RECORDS
• Thanks to their current winning streak, the Mountain Lions enter play this weekend with an overall record of 13-10 and a Mountain East Conference mark of 5-3. Charleston is 12-7 overall and 4-4 in conference play while West Virginia State starts the weekend 7-10 overall and 3-4 in the MEC.

• With eight conference contests remaining in the season, Concord is currently slotted fifth in the MEC standings with Charleston and West Virginia State right behind CU in sixth and seventh place, respectively.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• Concord has lost just once thus far in the month of October. Four out of Concord's last six victories have been 3-0 triumphs with the remaining two matches being four-set victories.

• On the year, Concord is 8-7 in three-set matches, 4-3 in four-set matches and 1-0 in five-set matches.

• As a team, Concord leads the MEC in aces (154) while ranking second in opponent attack percentage (.133), third in total blocks (183) and fourth in attack percentage (.198).

• Individually, five Concord players find themselves ranked in the league's top-10 in several statistical categories. Junior setter Amanda Walker leads the league in aces (39), senior middle hitter Jasmin Sutherland is second in attack percentage (.329), junior middle hitter Sarah Jones is sixth in kills (217), junior setter Nikki McMillan is seventh in aces (30) and junior outside hitter Brytni Willis is eighth in kills (209).

• Sutherland is making her final season in Athens one to remember. In addition to her outstanding attack percentage, which would be a Concord single-season record if the season ended today, Sutherland is also on pace to set career-highs in kills and blocks. She currently leads the Mountain Lions in blocks with 74 and ranks third in kills at 149.

• Walker is just five aces away from setting a new career-high, she had previously served up 44 aces as a freshman in 2011.

• Jones and Willis both went over the 200-kill mark in a season for the third consecutive year with their performances in wins last weekend against Notre Dame College and Urbana.

• After recording just eight blocks in her previous six matches, freshman middle hitter Lauren Richardson registered a combined nine blocks against Urbana and Notre Dame College.

• A win over Charleston would snap Concord's four-match losing streak against the Golden Eagles. The Mountain Lions will also be looking to reverse its recent trend against West Virginia State; Concord is just 1-4 against the Yellow Jackets since 2009.

Up Next
• The Mountain Lions will return home to the Carter Center after playing four straight away matches over the last two weeks to host MEC leader Wheeling Jesuit Oct. 29 at 7:00 p.m.