ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team concludes its 2023 regular season with a road trip against Mountain East Conference South Division foe Glenville State Friday at 7:00 p.m.
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LIVE COVERAGE
The Glenville State Sports Information Department will provide live video and statistics for the match.
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LIVE VIDEO
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LIVE STATS
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SERIES HISTORY
CU leads 36-18
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LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST GLENVILLE STATE
October 10, 2023: Concord 3 – Glenville State 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
November 4, 2022: Glenville State 3 – Concord 0 (Glenville, W.Va.)
October 4, 2022: Glenville State 3 – Concord 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
November 12, 2021: Concord 3 – Glenville State 2 (Athens, W.Va.)
October 12, 2021: Concord 3 – Glenville State 0 (Glenville, W.Va.)
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CONCORD AT A GLANCE
2023 Record: 16-13
MEC Record: 6-8
Home Record: 6-6
Away Record: 5-6
Neutral Record: Â 5-1
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DIGGIN' IT
Friday's match will pit two of the MEC's best liberos in Concord's freshman defensive specialist
Allie Davis and Glenville State's fifth-year defensive specialist Lindsay Winkler. As a freshman, Davis has started and played in all 104 sets in 29 games for the Mountain Lions this season. She ranks fifth in the MEC averaging 4.37 digs per set. Davis has seven 20-dig games in 2023 including a career-high of 29 digs against King (TN) back on October 25 and has recorded at least 10 digs in seven straight games. Winkler has spent all five years of her collegiate career at GSU. Earlier this season, she eclipsed 1,000 digs in her career and ranks 10
th in the conference in digs per set (3.39). Winkler has also started in 27 of 28 games this season for the Pioneers.
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ROAD BLOCK
Over its last five contests, CU has tallied block totals of 10, nine, eight, four, and a season-high of 14 blocks against Fairmont State. In that span, senior middle hitter
Csayjah Whitelow has led CU with 24 assisted blocks, while senior middle hitter
Kyndra Pilant has assisted on 16 blocks while also collecting three solo blocks. Freshman right side
Natalie Brown (11) and freshman outside hitter
Meg Williams (10) also have assisted on double-digit blocks over the last five games. Freshman middle hitter
Meagan Poticher recorded her career-high of six total blocks against Fairmont State. Glenville State's Katerzyna Niderla ranks 51
st in Division II with 1.00 blocks per set, good for fourth in the MEC. Niderla had two blocks against CU earlier this season and has 14 blocks in her last six games played.
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PREVIOUS MATCHUPS
The Mountain Lions swept the Pioneers earlier this season in the Carter Center during the Concord Triangular. Freshman outside hitter
Chloe Thompson swung for 16 kills in the match on a .517 hitting percentage. CU tied its season-high for service aces in a match against GSU with 11 aces in the match. Freshman setter
Paige Richmond tied the program record with eight service aces in the game. Senior right side
Reese Turner and Pilant each collected four total blocks in the contest.
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GLENVILLE STATE AT A GLANCE
2023 Record: 11-17
MEC Record: 4-10
Home Record: 4-6
Away Record: 5-5
Neutral Record: 2-6
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SCOUTING THE PIONEERS
Niderla is second in the MEC in hitting percentage (.336) and blocks per set (1.00). When the Mountain Lions and Pioneers met earlier this season, she led GSU with 12 kills with a hitting percentage of .455. Senior setter Sarah Grainger ranks second in NCAA Division II in aces per set (0.69) and sixth in the MEC in assists per set (7.49). Sophomore right side Rita Kelly is second on the team in kills (208), kills per set (2.45), and total blocks (66.0). Senior outside hitter Sydney Goodrich is second on the team in digs (269) and service aces (22).
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