2014 Senior Class

Volleyball

Concord Set for Regular Season Finale Versus Glenville State, W.Va. Wesleyan

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team will conclude its regular season with home matches versus Glenville State 7:00 p.m. Friday and West Virginia Wesleyan 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics as well as live streaming video for both matches. To access the live coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

RECORDS
• Concord enters the weekend with a record of 16-13 overall and 5-9 in the Mountain East Conference. The Mountain Lions occupy the eighth and final playoff spot heading into the final weekend of play.

• Glenville State comes to Athens with a record of 1-27 overall and 0-14 in league competition.

• WVWC has a record of 10-10 overall and 9-5 in the MEC. The Bobcats are the fourth-best team in the conference.

PLAYOFF SCENARIOS
• Concord and UVa.-Wise begin the weekend tied in the standings, but the Mountain Lions own the tiebreaker having won five sets against the Cavaliers while UVa.-Wise only won three sets versus CU. They split the season series with Concord winning in three sets and UVa.-Wise winning in five sets.

• The Mountain Lions and the Cavaliers will face the same opponents this weekend.

• The only way CU would be eliminated from the postseason would be finishing one game worse than UVa.-Wise in the standings.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• Prior to Friday's night contest, Concord will recognize six seniors  in defensive specialist Megan Fisher, middle hitter Sarah Jones, setter Nikki McMillan, libero Amanda Walker, outside hitter Brytni Willis and setter Whytni Willis. Senior night festivities will begin at 6:15 p.m.

• Jones and B. Willis are the two of the most decorated players to ever wear a Concord uniform.

• They currently second and third in school history in career kills with Jones notching 1,325 and B. Willis  tallying 1,093. Jones is also second in CU lore in hitting percentage (.252).

• The duo of McMillan (141) and Walker (156) are two of the more reliable service specialists in school history ranking 10th and 7th respectively.
McMillan (847), Walker (971) and B. Willis and (996) occupy spots 10, eight and seven on the career digs list at CU.

• Additionally, Willis is just four digs away from becoming the only player in Mountain Lion history that has recorded 1,000 digs and 1,000 kills in her career.

• Jones is the only player in school history to have 1,000 or more kills and at least 400 blocks in a career. The Woodbridge, Virginia native is second all-time with 410 blocks.

• Against Charleston Nov. 1, McMillan recorded her first 500-assist season at Concord and now has 1,794 assists, fourth all-time at Concord.

• Before making the switch to libero this season, Walker was a setter for the Mountain Lions. In her career Walker has amassed 947 assists. The Virginia Beach, Virginia native is the only CU player to have more than 900 assists and 900 digs in a career.

• W. Willis has been one of the most versatile players for head coach Kate Southcott having played in 113 matches over her career. She has played both setter and right side at CU.

• Meanwhile, Fisher will celebrate her senior night after just three years on the court. The Pembroke, Virginia native is on track to graduate in just six semesters of classes.
Fisher has appeared in 12 matches over her three-year playing career.

• The 2014 senior class has compiled 62 wins over the last four wins which is the most a four-year team has combined to win at CU since 1993-1996 when the Maroon and Gray won 65 matches.
 
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Players Mentioned

Megan Fisher

#4 Megan Fisher

DS
5' 1"
Sophomore
Sarah Jones

#8 Sarah Jones

MH
6' 0"
Senior
Nikki McMillan

#1 Nikki McMillan

S
5' 6"
Senior
Amanda Walker

#6 Amanda Walker

DS
5' 8"
Senior
Brytni Willis

#9 Brytni Willis

OH
5' 9"
Senior
Whytni Willis

#5 Whytni Willis

S
5' 9"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Megan Fisher

#4 Megan Fisher

5' 1"
Sophomore
DS
Sarah Jones

#8 Sarah Jones

6' 0"
Senior
MH
Nikki McMillan

#1 Nikki McMillan

5' 6"
Senior
S
Amanda Walker

#6 Amanda Walker

5' 8"
Senior
DS
Brytni Willis

#9 Brytni Willis

5' 9"
Senior
OH
Whytni Willis

#5 Whytni Willis

5' 9"
Senior
S