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BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – Fueled by a monstrous game-three comeback, Radford Volleyball defeated Gardner-Webb, 3-1, and clinched third place in the Big South regular-season finale for both squads.

The Highlanders (15-14, 9-5 Big South) will be the third seed at next week's Big South Tournament and will face sixth-seeded High Point, which tied for fifth with Campbell, but were swept by the Camels in the regular season. The match versus the Panthers will be the nightcap, starting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17 at Charleston Southern.

Freshman Rachel Wiechecki (Wilmington, Del./Ursuline Academy) registered a career-high 19 kills and sophomore Jesse Miedema (Huron, Ohio/Huron) recorded eight total blocks (four solo), both career highs, in another comeback road win.

The finish is the highest for the program since winning the regular season in 2001. Miedema's added six kills and her four solo rejections were the most by any Highlander this season and her eight total matched a Radford season high.

With the match knotted at 1-1 and the third set tied at 11-apiece, the Bulldogs responded with a 10-1 run too take a commanding 21-12 lead. However, Radford, behind a 13-3 run, would even the set a 24. The Highlanders would stave off their third set point on a kill by Miedema. After the teams traded points, a kill and an ace by Wiechecki completed the comeback, 28-26.

Wiechecki knocked down six kills during game three, while Miedema added four kills and three solo blocks.

The Highlanders closed out the match with an identical 28-26 victory in game four. After surviving two match points on kills by sophomore Emily Carlin (Downington, Pa./Bishop Shanahan) and freshman Emma Deininger (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven), the teams would trade points before Wiechecki pounded her final kill and Deininger served up her second and the team's nine ace to close out the fourth set and the match.

Of Radford's nine service aces, three of them came on the each of its set-clinching points.

Freshman Rachel Brummitt (Plano, Texas/Plano West) finished the night with 26 digs, her 17th 20-dig effort and she is now just nine digs shy of breaking Rachel Newton's single-season mark of 617. 20 of her digs came in the final two sets, including 13 in set four.

Deininger posted 12 kills and three block assists, while Carlin chipped in with seven kills and 11 digs.

Carol Solano and Tyler Cockrell paced the Bulldogs with 14 and 13 kills with Heather Feldman dishing out a match-high 46 assists.

Gardner-Webb broke a 5-5 tie with a 6-1 run to take control of game one and cruise to a 25-18 triumph. The Bulldogs hit .333 and recorded 18 kills, six by Solano, to grab an early advantage. The Highlanders closed out game two with an 8-2 run, which included the final five points, to even the match at 1-1 with a 25-19 victory.