Concord Plays West Virginia State, Charleston on the Weekend

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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team will seek to carry its momentum from a clutch five-set win over UVa.-Wise Tuesday on the road 7:00 p.m. Friday versus West Virginia State before closing out the home schedule against Charleston 5:00 p.m. Saturday.

LIVE COVERAGE
The West Virginia State Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics of Friday night's match while the Concord University Sports Information Department will have coverage, both live video and stats, of Saturday's match. To access the live coverage, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• Concord is 8-22 overall this season and 6-6 in the Mountain East Conference.

• CU is in seventh place in the conference standings and is just a half game behind Shepherd and West Liberty for fifth place.

• Against UVa.-Wise Tuesday, freshman outside hitter Alexi Pranckus collected a career-high 21 kills while sophomore middle hitter Shea Hoffman had a season-high 12 kills and a career-high nine blocks.

• Tuesday was the 12^th time that Pranckus has gone over 10 kills this season, a team-high.

• With 29 more kills, Pranckus can record 300 kills for the season.

• Hoffman's nine blocks aided the Mountain Lions in having 10 team blocks for the match which was the second time in three matches Concord has had double-digit blocks.

• Freshman middle hitter Brooke Heck added 17 kills in Tuesday's win and elevated her season hitting percentage to .350, which is third in the MEC.

• In MEC games this season, Heck is hitting .385 which is also third in the league.

• Over her last five matches, Heck has hit .400 or better in four of them.

• Sophomore setter Casey Mandeville went over 800 assists for her career as she matched her season-best with 29 assists versus UVa.-Wise. The Plain City, Ohio native is just one of nine players to have 800 or more assists in a career at Concord.

• Freshman setter Jayden Jacobs equaled her career high in assists with 32 against the Cavaliers, and with 31 more assists Jacobs can tally 500 assists this season.

• In Tuesday's match, sophomore middle hitter Alexis Elliott hit a season-best .400 as she notched nine kills in 20 attempts with just one error.

• Earlier this season, Concord split two matches with WVSU and Charleston as they defeated the Yellow Jackets in four sets and falling to UC.

• Heck combined for 24 kills and seven kills in the two matches against UC and West Virginia State.

• Sophomore outside hitter Lisette Roldan had season-best 14 kills in the victory over WVSU.

SCOUTING WEST VIRGINIA STATE
• West Virginia State is 7-15 overall and is in 10^th place in the MEC with a 3-9 mark.

• Kendra Benson paced the Yellow Jackets with 14 kills at Concord earlier this season.

•  Rebekah Baldwin leads West Virginia State this season with 157 kills.

SCOUTING CHARLESTON
• UC is 15-8 overall and 10-2 against conference foes. The Golden Eagles are in third place in the MEC.

• Mia Herrod registered 15 kills for Charleston in the previous matchup with Concord.

• UC's Randi Estrada is second in the league in hitting percentage at .352.