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Live Stats (Winston-Salem State)ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team will host West Liberty Friday night at the Carter Center before taking on Winston-Salem State in their final non-conference contest of the season Saturday at home. Both matches start at 5 p.m.
LIVE COVERAGEThe Concord University Sports Information Department will offer live in-game statistics and live streaming video for both home games. To access the live coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.
RECORDSConcord will enter the weekend with a record of 13-11 overall and 3-7 in the Mountain East Conference, putting them eighth in the conference standings.
West Liberty will come to Athens sporting an overall mark of 9-15 overall and 5-6 in league play. The Hilltoppers sit in seventh place in the MEC.
Winston-Salem State is 11-10 overall this season.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTESConcord is 5-2 over its last seven games that includes three-set sweeps over Davis & Elkins, Glenville State, West Virginia State and WVU Tech.
On Oct. 18 against WVSU, the Mountain Lions only trailed a total of five times over the course of three sets versus WVSU.
Senior middle hitter
Sarah Jones played one of her more complete games of the season, registering 12 kills, seven digs and six total blocks while only committing two errors in 23 attack opportunities.
In fact, the Mountain Lions played a clean game against West Virginia State as they only committed 15 errors as a team, the fifth-lowest total of the season. Over their last four matches, Concord has committed 15 or less errors in three of those contests.
After recording her 1,000
th kill recently, senior outside hitter
Brytni Willis needs just three more kills to pass Desiree Deck for third on the career kills list at CU with 1,030.
Meanwhile, Jones starts the weekend with 1,210 kills which is second on the all-time kills list at Concord.
Behind the play of Jones, who leads the team in blocks (82) and freshman middle hitter
Shea Hoffman who has recorded 66 blocks this season, the Mountain Lions are second in the MEC in total blocks (261) and third in blocks per set (1.95).
The Mountain Lions also rank in the top half of the conference in service aces (sixth/116).
Willis leads the team with 29 aces while senior libero
Amanda Walker (26) and senior setter
Nikki McMillan (24) both have surpassed 20 service aces this season.
SCOUTING WEST LIBERTYJust like the Mountain Lions did earlier this season, West Liberty is coming off a five-set victory against Notre Dame Tuesday night.
The Hilltoppers are ranked sixth in the league in assists per set (10.73) while Chelsea Byrge is seventh in the MEC in assists per set (6.56).
Last season versus Concord, Peyton Miller led West Liberty with 10 kills in a three-set sweep for WLU.
SCOUTING WINSTON-SALEM STATEThe Rams have three players that have totaled at least 140 kills in Olivia Owens (194), Sydney Holland (191) and Jasmine Smith (145).
WSSU will be looking to end a four-game skid after previously winning seven in a row.
Winston-Salem State have one mutual opponent this season in West Virginia State. WSSU lost to the Yellow Jackets to begin the season in four sets while CU swept WVSU in its last match.
UP NEXTConcord will conclude its nine-match homestand with UVa.-Wise October 28.
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