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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team finishes up a two-match road swing at West Virginia Wesleyan 7:00 p.m. Tuesday before playing host to Charleston 7:00 p.m. Friday in a pair of Mountain East Conference contests.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: Both the Concord and West Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information Departments will provide live statistics of the matches
Video: Live streaming video will also be available for the matches.
RECORDS
The Mountain Lions are 0-2 this season.
West Virginia Wesleyan defeated Charleston in five sets in its only match of the season.
Charleston is 0-2 after losses to WVWC and Davis & Elkins last week.
AMONG THE LEADERS
Senior defensive specialist
Lindsay Maddox racked up 41 digs across two matches last week, including 25 in four sets versus Davis & Elkins. The Amherst, Virginia native now has 1,328 digs for her career which is the second-most among active players in Division II. On the all-time list at Concord, Maddox is eighth on the all-time list, and is now 71 digs away from passing Diane Miller (1986-89) for seventh. In nine sets versus WVWC last season, Maddox had 41 digs while she totaled 61 digs in nine sets against Charleston.
TAG TEAM
In the loss to Davis & Elkins, freshman setter
Kristin Lough and junior setter
Imani Rodgers combined for 43 assists with each player tallying 20 or more assists. Lough dished out 23 assists in her first collegiate match with Rodgers adding 20 assists against the Senators, and another 16 assists at West Virginia State. Rodgers is 76 assists away from surpassing for her career. While the setters were dishing out assists, senior outside hitter
Kirsti Pouncy aided the effort in digs against Davis & Elkins as she notched 14 digs for her first career double-double. Pouncy had a career-best 13 kills versus D&E.
STRONG START
Sophomore middle hitter
Amber Hall and junior middle hitter
Sheridan Herron each had stellar performances in the first two matches of the season. Hall leads CU with 18 kills while Herron is third on the team with 13. Last week, the duo combined for 31 kills to just eight errors with both hitting better than .260 on the season, including a .325 percentage for Hall. Meanwhile, Herron needs 148 attack attempts to qualify for the CU record books in hitting percentage, but at her current pace Herron's .167 career average would rank just outside the top 10 in program history.
GOING THE DISTANCE
Concord was locked up in seven five-set matches last season, including one each against West Virginia Wesleyan and Charleston. CU took a five-setter from the Bobcats on the road while falling in five sets at home to Charleston. Sophomore outside hitter
Hailey Buchanan helped the Mountain Lions clip WVWC with a team-best 12 kills in the contest. Herron added 10 kills and four blocks. Hall had 12 kills at home against UC while Buchanan added another 10. Rodgers passed out 17 assists and had seven digs.
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
Lexis Tatum had 13 kills and nine digs in the win over Charleston while Michela Ayers threw in 12 kills. Makenzie Yates had 15 digs in the match, and Payton Hefner collected 41 assists in the victory over UC.
CHARLESTON AT A GLANCE
The Golden Eagles had a better hitting percentage (.213-.141) than West Virginia Wesleyan, and had four more kills (52-48), but Charleston committed 19 service errors in the contest. Charleston was swept in straight sets versus Davis & Elkins. Beyonce Andrews has tallied 18 kills and is hitting .552 in two matches. Mackenzy Johnson has 40 assists in eight sets of play.
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