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Glenville State StatsATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team will be seeking its first Mountain East Conference win when it travels to West Virginia Wesleyan 7:00 p.m. Friday and Glenville State 1:00 p.m. Saturday.
RECORDS• Concord enters Friday with a record of 8-8 overall and 0-4 in MEC play.
• WVWC is 3-7 overall and 2-3 against league foes while Glenville State is 1-14 overall and 0-5 versus MEC competition.
MOUNTAIN LION NOTES• CU is coming off of a gut-wrenching five-set loss to UVa.-Wise Tuesday night.
• Senior outside hitter
Brytni Willis tallied her eighth double-digit kill performance of the season after recording 19 kills against the Cavaliers. Willis was just one kill off her season-high of 20.
• Senior middle hitter
Sarah Jones joined Willis with 10 or more kills by totaling 14 against UVa.-Wise.
• Jones and Willis have been among the MEC kill leaders all season and entering play Friday Jones is fourth in kills per set (3.4) while Willis is seventh (3.1).
• Jones has also tallied the seventh-best hitting percentage in the conference (.277).
• Also among the conference leaders in service aces per set is Willis and senior libero
Amanda Walker who  sits eighth (.39) and ninth (.38), respectively.
• Senior setter
Nikki McMillan has had at least 10 assists in five of her last six matches including 21 against UVa.-Wise.
• Walker needs four service aces to move past Holley Kimbrell for eighth all-time at Concord with 142.
• Additionally, Jones needs seven total blocks to surpass Katrina Street for fourth at Concord with 336 total blocks.
• CU ranks fifth in the MEC in total blocks per set with 148.
• Jones and freshman middle hitter
Shea Hoffman have tallied the most blocks for CU as they have 41 and 29 respectively.
• Two other Mountain Lions have at least 20 blocks in freshman middle hitter
Alexis Elliott (31) and sophomore middle hitter
Lauren Richardson (24).
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SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN• Erin Bond has the eighth-best hitting percentage in the MEC (.274) and is ninth in kills per set (2.9).
• Paulina Nottingham leads the Bobcats with 8.4 assists per set, ranking fifth in the conference.
• West Virginia Wesleyan is coming off a three-game victory over Glenville State Tuesday night.
SCOUTING GLENVILLE STATE• Concord has won six straight matches against Glenville State dating back to the 2010 season.
• Kayla Lowers is the Pioneers leading attacker with 79 kills this season.
• Glenville State has 66 total blocks this season.
UP NEXTConcord will play host to Notre Dame College October 10 in the first of nine straight home dates.
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