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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team has two more non-conference matches before Mountain East Conference play starts as it hosts Winston-Salem State 7:00 p.m. Tuesday before traveling to UVa.-Wise 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: Live in-match statistics will be available for both matches courtesy of Concord and UVa.-Wise.
Video: Live streaming video will also be provided for the non-conference tilts.
RECORDS
Concord is 2-3 on the season.
Winston-Salem sports a mark of 0-2.
UVa.-Wise is 2-7 in 2021.
CAREER NIGHTS
A match after junior middle hitter
Amber Hall posted a career-best 21 kills and sophomore setter
Kristin Lough went for a personal-best 26 assists in a win over WVU Tech, the Mountain Lions had two more career performances in a four-set victory at Emory & Henry Friday. Senior defensive specialist
Kelli Ellison had a career-best 24 digs in the win and followed it up with 21 more digs in a loss to Indiana (Pa.) Saturday. Freshman outside hitter
Hannah Steele posted 23 kills in the win at E&H as she set a career high and nearly set the program record for kills in a match, held by Amber Miller with 25 against Alderson-Broaddus in October 2010.
AMONG THE BEST
Hall begins play this week ranked 10
th in Division II in hitting percentage at .434. The Massillon, Ohio native hit .450 in four matches last week, including a mark of at least .475 in three of the four matches. Additionally, Hall had at least 10 kills in all four matches and accounted for 15 of Concord's 26 kills in a loss to Seton Hill. Hall is fourth in the MEC in kills per set at 3.45. With a balanced offensive attack, senior setter
Imani Rodgers is seventh in the league in assists per set (5.8). Meanwhile, Hall (0.85) and senior right side
Peyton Wiseman (0.61) rank fourth and 10
th, respectively, in the league in blocks per set.
FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS
Wednesday night will be the 14
th all-time meeting between Concord and UVa.-Wise in volleyball with CU owning an 11-2 advantage in the series. Wednesday night will be the first time for assistant coach
Morgan Milligan going against her alma mater as Milligan played both libero and setter for the Cavaliers from 2016-19. It will also be the first trip to southwestern for the Mountain Lions since a five-set victory October 1, 2019. Rodgers dished out a then-career high 40 assists. Hall had 11 kills while senior outside hitter
Jessica King added seven kills. Additionally, senior middle hitter
Sheridan Herron grew up 40 miles from UVa.-Wise's campus. For Tuesday night, Concord and Winston-Salem State will match up for just the fourth time in series history with CU owning a 2-1 edge. The last meeting came in 2017 as WSSU won in four sets.
WINSTON-SALEM STATE AT A GLANCE
The Rams played two matches at the Golden Eagle Invite as they lost to Newberry and Ohio Dominican. WSSU will be 10 days between matches since its defeat to ODU. Winston-Salem State has a negative hitting percentage at -.026. Breona Young has eight kills and is hitting .194 this season.
UVA.-WISE AT A GLANCE
The Cavaliers started conference play this past weekend as it went 0-3 against Limestone, Newberry and Anderson. Cassidy Farley is third on the team in kills with 52, but is hitting .289 this season. Farley is also the team leader in blocks per set (0.90). UVa.-Wise is allowing opponents to hit .205 this season. Adison Minor leads the Cavaliers in kills with 62, but owns just a .060 hitting percentage.
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