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VOLLEYBALL CLOSES OUT HOME SCHEDULE WITH CAMPBELL, HIGH POINT

 

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RADFORD, Va. – The Radford volleyball team will play its final two home matches of the season this weekend as the Highlanders host Campbell, Friday at 7 p.m., and High Point, Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
CAMPBELL SERIES AT A GLANCE
The Highlanders have a commanding 18-3 favor in the all-time series with Campbell. RU is 16-0 when the two sides have met in conference play, which includes a 3-2 triumph earlier this season.
 
SCOUTING THE CAMELS
The Camels (13-14, 3-7 Big South), who are guided by first-year head coach Greg Goral, have lost three in a row entering Friday's match.
 
Jessica Groen (2.62 kills per set), Alexis Hein (2.45 kills per set) and Lindsey Coats (2.26) pace the offense. Heather Wilson, who earned Campbell's first volleyball player of the week honor on Sept. 9 since rejoining the Big South in 2011, has compiled 966 assists.
 
Defensively, Mary Crema leads the Big South with 17 matches where the sophomore has recorded 20 or more digs. Her 5.50 digs per set are tied for third in the league and 12th in the nation.
 
HIGH POINT SERIES AT A GLANCE
Radford leads the all-time series with the Panthers, 23-14, after outlasting High Point in five sets earlier this season. In that match, Cheyanne James charted a double-double behind a career-high 24 kills and 15 digs.
 
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
High Point split its two matches last weekend in the mountains of North Carolina. HPU suffered a 3-1 setback to UNC Asheville before downing Gardner-Webb by the same score. The main threat offensively for the Panthers (12-13, 6-4 Big South) is Chelsea Davis. The junior has recorded 20 or more kills in six matches this season. She continues to top the conference in kills per set at 4.25. Davis also claims a team-best nine double-doubles this season. Aiding Davis on the attack is Kristin Heldt, who puts down 3.17 kills per set.
 
Annemarie Chin is tied for third in the Big South and is 12th in the NCAA with 5.50 digs per set. The sophomore has charted 20 or more digs in 13 matches. Chin has double-digit digs in 22 of High Point's 25 matches, and is one of four players in the conference with four matches of 30 or more digs.
 
SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS
Radford enters the match with an 18-9 record following its 3-2 setback last Friday against Liberty. Rachel Wiechecki (356), Cheyanne James (281) and Emma Deininger (225) pace the Highlanders offensively. Wiechecki has racked up 44 aces, in addition to ranking third in the league for kills per set (3.39) and eighth in digs per set (3.30). She also leads the league with her 15 double-doubles.
 
Jena Braden guides the team in assists having registered 809 so far this year. Emma Deininger leads the team in total blocks (113), which is the highest mark in the Big South. Her ledger is only five blocks away from breaking the single-season record set by Katie Sherwood in 2001.
 
As a team, Radford leads the league in hitting percentage (.243), opponent's hitting percentage (.175) and blocks (250), while ranking fourth in assists per set (11.77), second in kills per set (12.79) and fourth in aces per set (1.35).
 
RECORD WATCH
A number of current Highlanders are making their marks on the program's record books. Wiechecki continues to chase the top mark for career kills, which is currently held by Divona Cox who cranked 1,066 kills from 2002-05. The junior's tally sits at 873 entering this weekend. She is also second in career kills per set (2.88), second in double-doubles (32), fourth in aces (106) and sixth in digs (830). Braden is fourth all-time in the assists' department with 1,848, while Rachel Flores is 10th with 355.
 
Defensively, Deininger (306) and Miedema (166) are second and seventh, respectively, in total blocks. In addition, Deininger is second in block assists (272), while Miedema is sixth (155). Deininger also knows how to get it done offensively as the junior is seventh all-time in career kills with 635.
 
UP NEXT
Radford heads to Gardner-Webb (Nov. 15) and UNC Asheville (Nov. 16) for its final two matches of the regular season.
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