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ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team continues a four-match road trip when it visits West Virginia State 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Salem 7:00 p.m. Thursday and West Virginia Wesleyan 7:00 p.m. Friday.
LIVE COVERAGE
Stats: Live in-match statistics of the contests involving the Mountain Lions will be available throughout the week.
Video: Live streaming video will also be provided during the matches.
RECORDS
Concord seeks to end a brief four-match losing streak as CU checks in at 2-5.
West Virginia State is 9-2 having won four straight matches.
Salem is 2-12 this season.
WVWC enters the week looking for its first win of the season at 0-8.
RETURN TO PLAY
Tuesday marks the start of Mountain East Conference matches for Concord. During the spring season—when CU only played conference contests—senior middle hitter
Sheridan Herron finished the year by notching double-digit kills in four of six matches, including 12 kills to go with a .409 hitting percentage against Wesleyan. Herron also added a career-best 18 kills against Glenville State in the next-to-last match of the season. Junior middle hitter
Amber Hall was equally strong down the stretch of the spring MEC season as she had 10 or more kills in four of the final six matches. Additionally, Hall hit at least .350 in four of the final six matches of the spring. Senior setter
Imani Rodgers had a career-best 42 assists in the next-to-last match of the year versus Glenville State.
GETTING DEFENSIVE
In last week's defeat at UVa.-Wise, freshman outside hitter
Hannah Steele recorded her first career double-double in just her seventh match as she finished with 12 kills and 11 digs. In her just second career start, freshman defensive specialist
Kaylee Spees rolled up 22 digs, a career high, versus the Cavaliers. Spees is the first freshman with 20 or more digs in a game since
Lindsay Maddox in 2017 when she collected 29 against West Liberty. Meanwhile, Steele is the first CU freshman with a double-double since Alexi Pranckus had nine in 2015. In terms of blocks, Concord is third in the MEC with 1.90 per set led by Hall's 0.88 blocks per set.
OPPOSITE ENDS
The Mountain Lions begin the week ranked fourth in the MEC in hitting percentage at .214. West Virginia State has the highest mark in the conference at .271, but West Virginia Wesleyan is hitting just .006 on the year. CU will have to climb over a very stifling WVSU defense that allows opponents to hit just .110 on the season, tied for first in the MEC. Wesleyan's opponents are hitting .283 this year, the best percentage for opponents in the league. Last year, Concord hit just .032 in a three-set loss at Wesleyan and notched a percentage of .085 at WVSU.
WEST VIRGINIA STATE AT A GLANCE
Jenna Dufresne, one of the best players in the MEC, is averaging just under 4.5 kills per set which ranks second in the conference. Gabrielle Bullock is just outside the top 10 in kills per set with 2.56. During its four-match winning streak, the Yellow Jackets have dropped one set and for the season have only lost seven games. WVSU libero Rachelle Madison is averaging 4.19 digs per set which is seventh in the conference, just behind Concord's
Kelli Ellison at 4.4 digs per set.
SALEM AT A GLANCE
Salem will be playing its fifth MEC school Thursday night as it welcomes in Concord. Previously, the Tigers are 1-3 against the MEC this season when their lone win coming in five sets against Glenville State. Salem lost to Alderson-Broaddus, Davis & Elkins and West Liberty. The other victory for SU came in a sweep of Lincoln (Pa.) September 18.
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
Lexi Tatum combined for 31 kills in seven sets against Concord last season as the Bobcats swept CU at home and won in four sets at the Carter Center. Friday night will be the home opener for WVWC as it travels to Charleston Tuesday night to begin league competition. Joelle Lalla is tied for sixth in the conference in blocks per set (0.83). Â
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