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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team hosts Wheeling 6:00 p.m. Friday and West Liberty 11:00 a.m. Saturday in a pair of Mountain East Conference matches inside the Carter Center.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: The Concord University Sports Information Department will have live in-match statistics of both contests.
Video: Live streaming video will be provided for Friday and Saturday courtesy of Concord.
RECORDS
CU improved to 4-9 this season by defeating Glenville State Tuesday to earn its first MEC win.
Wheeling is 14-4 and remains unbeaten in conference play at 5-0.
West Liberty dropped to 11-10 overall after losing in five sets to Wheeling, and its conference record is 2-3.
HITTING MACHINE
In Tuesday's sweep at Glenville State, the Mountain Lions hit a season-best .373 which was the fifth-highest hitting percentage in any MEC match this season and also the second highest in a conference-only contest. Freshman outside hitter
Hannah Steele had a percentage of .481 while senior middle hitter
Sheridan Herron (.455) and junior middle hitter
Amber Hall (.438) were close behind. Steele enters Friday having hit at least .200 in seven of her last eight matches. Herron has 19 kills and just two errors in her last three matches which equates to a hitting percentage of .425. Tuesday night's performance was CU's highest hitting percentage in a match since September 2017, also against Glenville State.
BRINGING THE POWER
Concord has not allowed an opponent to record double-digit blocks this season—the closest was West Virginia Wesleyan with nine blocks in four sets. CU ranks second in the MEC in fewest blocks per set allowed, 1.47. This weekend, the Maroon and Gray faces two of the best blocking teams as West Liberty ranks second in the MEC in blocks per set (1.98) and Wheeling sits fourth (1.84). The Mountain Lions rank fourth in the MEC in hitting percentage (.195). Hall, Herron and Steele are all three just outside the top 10 in the league in hitting percentage with Hall's .284 leading the way.
BLOCK PARTY
CU is just behind West Liberty and Wheeling in blocks per set as the Maroon and Gray sits fifth in the MEC at 1.82. Individually, Hall is averaging 0.79 blocks per set—eighth in the MEC—while Herron is just behind at 0.76 for ninth. Steele averages 0.40 blocks per set and senior right side
Peyton Wiseman checks in at 0.35. And since starting to playi all the way around the court, senior setter
Imani Rodgers has four blocks in her last five matches. West Liberty counters with Madison Clayton who is one of two players in the MEC averaging over a block per set (1.1). Teammate Nina Billotto is fifth in blocks per set, 0.89. Â
WHEELING AT A GLANCE
Friday night will be the first time since 2011 that Wheeling isn't ranked when it faces the Mountain Lions. The Cardinals have been pressed to five sets five times already this season and are 4-1 in those matches. WU's .253 hitting percentage trails only West Virginia State in the MEC. Lexi Reinart and Lexi Smith are both hitting at least .290 this season and both have tabulated at least 130 kills . Former West Virginia High School two-sport standout (basketball and volleyball) from Magnolia, Maddy Winters, is hitting .313 this season with 130 kills.
WEST LIBERTY AT A GLANCE
Clayton and West Virginia State's Jenna Dufresne are the only two players in the MEC with at least 200 kills season. Clayton is hitting .310 this season to go along with her blocking prowess. Libero Nyia Setla is third in the conference in digs per set (5.53), just ahead of Concord senior
Kelli Ellison (4.85). Katelynn Fritz has 140 kills this fall, but is hitting just .099. Ten of the 21 matches for the Hilltoppers have gone either four or five sets.
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