ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team returns from a three-game road stretch to host Mountain East Conference South Division leader West Virginia State at the Carter Center Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
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LIVE COVERAGE
The Concord University Sports Information Department will provide live video and statistics for Tuesday's match.
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SERIES HISTORY
WVSU leads 27-24
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LAST FIVE MEETINGS AGAINST WEST VIRGNIA STATE
October 1, 2024: West Virginia State 3 – Concord 0 (Institute, W.Va.)
October 24, 2023: West Virginia State 3 – Concord 0 (Institute, W.Va.)
September 26, 2023: West Virginia State 3 – Concord 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
October 18, 2022: West Virginia State 3 – Concord 0 (Institute, W.Va.)
September 20, 2022: West Virginia State 3 – Concord 0 (Athens, W.Va.)
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CONCORD AT A GLANCE
2024 Record: 12-13
MEC Record: 5-4
Home Record: 8-0
Away Record: 4-7
Neutral Record: Â 0-6
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HEATING UP
Over her last four games, sophomore outside hitter
Chloe Thompson has swung for double-digit kills in all four outings. It is the second time this season the Shady Spring, W.Va. native has logged four consecutive matches in double figures. Thompson has totaled 48 kills in those four games while hitting .222 and averaging 3.42 kills per set. She raised her season total to 2.91 kills per set and now ranks inside the top 10 in the conference alongside sophomore outside hitter
Meg Williams (3.11). Thompson has also served an ace in all four contests, as well as recording a block in three out of the last four games.
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ON THE CUSP
Following her 27-dig performance against West Liberty Saturday, sophomore defensive specialist
Allie Davis is just 58 digs away from 1,000 in her career and is 82 digs away from putting her name in the CU record book as she would enter the top 10 in career digs. Davis has already surpassed her mark of eight 20-dig games in 2023 to posting 12 20-dig outings through just 25 games this fall. The Jonesborough, Tenn. native has also logged at least 20 digs in three straight games. Against West Virginia State earlier this season, she picked up exactly 20 digs in three sets on the road, tied for the third-most in three set matches in the MEC. In fact, Davis owns five of the top-10 highest dig performances in three-set matches in the conference in 2024. She heads into Tuesday's matchup second in the league in digs per set (4.93) and ranks 45
th nationally.
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Alongside Davis on the defensive end, senior middle hitter
Kyndra Pilant is closing in on the program record book as well. Pilant has recorded 249 total blocks in her career for CU, seven blocks shy of passing Sheridan Herron's (2017-2021) 255 blocks for 10
th in program history. Of Pilant's 249 blocks, 44 are solo blocks, and she is 17 away from passing Desiree Deck (2001-03) and Kayla Martin (2007-10) with 60 solo blocks who tied for 10
th in school history. Pilant has swatted at least six blocks in two of her last three games played and sits in fifth in the MEC in blocks per set (1.12).
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WEST VIRGINIAÂ STATE AT A GLANCE
2024 Record: 14-9
MEC Record: 8-1
Home Record: 5-1
Away Record: 5-0
Neutral Record: 4-8
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SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS
WVSU leads the MEC South Division at 8-1. Senior outside hitter Hannah Steele (3.33 kills per set) and senior outside hitter Maureen Matthews (3.23 kills per set) pace the attack for West Virginia State. Two of the league's best blocking units will meet, as the Yellow Jackets lead the MEC averaging 2.33 blocks per set while CU ranks fifth at 2.05 blocks per set. Junior middle hitter Nicole Gartner Custodio leads the conference and is 32
nd in the country swatting 1.22 blocks per set.
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