Concord Finishes Four-Game Road Set at West Virginia Wesleyan

ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team travels to Buckhannon, W.Va. to face West Virginia Wesleyan in a Mountain East Conference matchup starting at 7:00 p.m.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The West Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information Department will provide live statistics and video for the match.
 
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LIVE VIDEO
 
SERIES HISTORY
WVWC leads 28-12
 
LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN
October 3, 2023: Concord 3 – West Virginia Wesleyan 1 (Athens, W.Va.)
October 25, 2022: West Virginia Wesleyan 3 – Concord 0 (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
September 23, 2022: West Virginia Wesleyan 3 – Concord 2 (Athens, W.Va.)
November 2, 2021: Concord 3 – West Virginia Wesleyan 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
October 1, 2021: West Virginia Wesleyan 3 – Concord 1 (Buckhannon, W.Va.)
 
CONCORD AT A GLANCE
2023 Record: 14-12
MEC Record: 4-7
Home Record: 5-5
Away Record: 4-6
Neutral Record: 5-1
 
BLOCK PARTY
In Friday's game against Fairmont State, Concord reached a new season-high for total blocks in a game with 14. Senior middle hitter Csayjah Whitelow set a new career-high with eight total blocks against the Falcons, besting her previous record of seven total blocks against Lees-McRae earlier this season. Two other Mountain Lions recorded new career-highs in total blocks as freshman middle hitter Meagan Poticher finished with six and freshman outside hitter Meg Williams tallied five. Senior middle hitter Kyndra Pilant assisted on six blocks in the contest, two blocks shy of her career-high eight blocks set against Emory & Henry earlier this season. Freshman outside hitter Chloe Thompson, freshman right side Natalie Brown, and sophomore right side Maddie Bohan all shared one total block.  
 
WELCOME TO THE RECORD BOOK
While on the Mountain Lions' four-game road stretch, Williams cemented herself into the Concord volleyball record book. In Wednesday's match against King she picked up her 340^th kill on the season, passing Holly Kimbrell's mark of 339 kills in 1999 that stood as tenth most in program history. After Friday's meeting against Fairmont State, Williams sits at 353 kills in her freshman campaign. She currently ranks eighth in program history for kills in a single season and four regular season games left to play. She ranks third in the MEC in kills per set (3.76) and second in the conference in total points per set (4.21).
 
PREVIOUS MATCHUPS
CU defeated the Bobcats 3-1 earlier this season in the Carter Center. The Mountain Lions hit .292 in the match with Williams (19) and Thompson (15) cracking double-digit kills. Williams and Thompson also collected double-doubles in the game, as they were the only Concord players to reach double-digit digs. Freshman setter Paige Richmond and freshman setter Declyn Tooze split the setting duties as they picked up 28 and 23 assists, respectively, and each had a service ace. Brown and Pilant both finished the contest with two total blocks. Of qualified hitters, Williams hit .486 in the match while Pilant swung an average of .386. Thompson went for .286, and Whitelow hit .200.
 
WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE
2023 Record: 6-16
MEC Record: 1-10
Home Record: 4-7
Away Record: 2-9
Neutral Record: 5-1
 
SCOUTING THE BOBCATS
Senior outside hitter Hope Acre-Reed leads WVWC this season with 205 kills. Sophomore defensive specialist Alexis Moeschler leads the team in service aces (25) and aces per set (0.34). Senior defensive specialist Autumn Molenhouse leads the Bobcats in digs, as she has collected 223 on the season. When the Bobcats faced CU earlier this season, senior outside hitter Makenzie Yates led WVWC with 15 kills and posted a hitting percentage of .333. As a team, the Bobcats totaled eight blocks in the match with four assisted blocks from Acre-Reed and four assisted blocks from freshman middle hitter Bhrooke Axe.