CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Concord University volleyball team defeated Charleston in four sets, 28-26, 21-25, 25-8, 25-18, Friday night in a Mountain East Conference contest at the Wehrle Innovation Center.

With Friday's win, the Mountain Lions (19-9, 11-3 MEC) can clinch the MEC South Division with one win next week over either Glenville State or Shawnee State or one Charleston (17-11, 9-5 MEC) loss.

CU came out hot as the Maroon and Gray went up 16-10 in the first set, and still led 20-16 after a service error by the Golden Eagles, but Concord was unable to put the set away. Facing match point twice, a kill by senior outside hitter Meg Williams fended out the second set point. An attack error by Charleston was followed by a block from Williams and senior middle hitter Jasmine Anderson as the Mountain Lions went up 1-0.

Neither team could pull away early in the second set before Charleston grabbed a 20-17 edge. However, Concord tied the second set at 21-21 after an error from the Golden Eagles. CU, though, watched UC tie the match at 1-1 with four straight points to end the second.

In the pivotal third set, the Mountain Lions shook off the second game as they controlled the third from start to finish. Concord ran out to an 11-3 lead after a kill by Williams before ending the set on an 11-1 run. In the spurt, senior libero Allie Davis threw in two of her four service aces.

CU was able to close out the match with a run midway through the fourth set. Trailing 10-7, the Mountain Lions cracked off seven straight points. Junior right side Maddie Stull had two kills while Anderson threw in her own kill. Near the end of the run, senior setter Paige Richmond tallied a service ace. UC never got closer than three points for the remainder of the set as Stull capped her 12-kill match with back-to-back kills to end the contest.

Senior setter Savannah Davila (15 assists, 10 digs), Richmond (19 assists, 11 digs) and Williams (10 kills, 14 digs) all had double-doubles. Stull was the only other CU player with double-digit kills.
Davis rolled up 25 digs. Senior outside hitter Chloe Thompson matched William's dig output.

Sophomore middle hitter Addie Adkins was in on eight of Concord's 13 blocks as CU outhit Charleston, .174-.062.

The Mountain Lions play their final road contest of the regular season 7:00 p.m. Monday at Glenville State.