Concord Opens Up MEC Play

Live Stats (Charleston) - Live Video (Charleston) - Live Stats (W.Va. State) - Live Video (W.Va. State)

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team embarks on the beginning of the Mountain East Conference play 7:00 p.m. Friday at Charleston before returning home Saturday for a 5:00 p.m. contest against West Virginia State.

LIVE COVERAGE
The University of Charleston Sports Information Department will provide live in-game statistics as well as video while the Concord University Sports Information Department will also supply live stats and video for Saturday's match. To access the live coverage options, follow the links at the top of the page or click here.

RECORDS
• CU is 1-13 this season.

• The Golden Eagles are 4-6 overall and 0-1 in the league.

• West Virginia State is 3-6 overall this season.

THE COACHES
• Concord's Kate Southcott is 85-129 in seven seasons at CU.

• Jenna Brown of Charleston is in her second season, and has a record of 13-24 overall.

• WVSU's Shannon Gerencir is 202-204 in 14 seasons.

MOUNTAIN LION NOTES
• Concord will be seeking to win its first conference-opening match since 2012 when it knocked off then-WVIAC foe Bluefield State to start the league slate.

• Over her last six games, freshman middle hitter Brooke Heck has hit at least .200 or better in five of those matches.

• Additionally, Heck has committed three or less errors in 13 of 14 matches this season and the most errors she has committed in a match is four.

• The Huntington, West Virginia native leads the Mountain Lions in hitting percentage at .299 this season in 194 chances.

• Last week, sophomore setter Casey Mandeville notched her fifth 20-assist match of the season after dishing out 21 assists versus Edinboro.

• All of last season, Mandeville only had two matches with 20 or more assists.

• Over the weekend, freshman libero Erin Shannon posted back-to-back matches of 20 or more digs, and finished with a career-high 26 digs against EU.

• Last season, the Mountain Lions lost two, five-set matches to Charleston.

• Against the Golden Eagles, sophomore outside hitter Lisette Roldan posted 16 kills in two matches while sophomore middle hitter Shea Hoffman added eight kills at UC.

• The Mountain Lions swept a two-game regular season series against West Virginia State a season ago, beating WVSU 3-0 at home and 3-1 on the road.

• At West Virginia State, Roldan tied her career-best with 12 kills.

SCOUTING CHARLESTON
• Mia Herrod leads the Golden Eagles with 110 kills.

• As a team, UC is hitting .219 this season while holding its opponents to .194.

• Charleston has last both five-set matches it has played this season.