RADFORD RENEWS RIVALRY WITH EAST TENNESSEE STATE TUESDAY

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RADFORD, Va. – Two volleyball program separated by a mere 140 miles will renew their rivalry Tuesday evening when Radford and East Tennessee State square off in a 6 p.m. nonconference contest inside Brooks Gym in Johnson City, Tenn.

The Highlanders (10-5) will look to end a three-match losing streak in the series when they meet ETSU for the 31^st time. Radford trails 22-8 in the series.

SCOUTING THE BUCCANEERS
ETSU snapped a five-match losing streak in its last time out, defeating Chattanooga 3-1 in its second match of SoCon play. Despite their 5-11 record, the Bucs did record a win over Georgia Tech earlier this month.

Ivey Rice is the top offensive threat for ETSU, knocking down 2.66 kills per set. Jamie Rutledge and Kristen Favre operate the setter position with 301 and 285 assists, respectively.

Defensively, Katie Muey leads the digs department at 4.75 per set. Meredith Hardy, who became the Bucs' all-time blocks leader in their last match, averages 1.13 blocks per set.

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RECORDS ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN
A trio of Highlanders enter their senior campaigns with program records in their sights. Rachel Wiechecki, who became Radford's first AVCA all-region honoree last December, broke Divona Cox's rally-scoring kills record of 1,066 against N.C. Central.

In addition, Wiechecki became the program's sixth 1,000-1,000 performer at RU's season-opening tournament in Morehead, Ky. Wiechecki has accumulated 1,199 kills and 1,166 digs during her time at RU. She joined Anne Jackson, Anne Fontaine, Ami Orr, Katie Sherwood and Laura Marcuson as the only Highlanders to accomplish the milestone.

The Wilmington, Del. native has the potential to chase down the rally-scoring digs record, which is held by former teammate, Katelyn Meeks (1,506). Wiechecki also ranks second in aces at 133. Kiley Kent owns the rally-scoring record with 174.

Meanwhile, Emma Deininger is well within reach of the rally-scoring blocks record (378), which also belongs to Cox. Deininger, who is coming off a junior campaign where she set the single-season record (145), only needs three to eclipse the mark.

Senior setter Jena Braden is climbing the rally-scoring era's top-10 chart for assists. The New Knoxville, Ohio native currently has 2,704, which rank second in program history.

CLIMB TO 100
Marci Jenkins, a two-time Big South coach of the year, earned her 100^th victory at Radford in the Highlanders' 3-0 sweep of UNC Wilmington. Since her arrival in 2008, RU has won a Big South regular-season and tournament title, qualified for the NCAA tournament, and had a Big South player of the year, freshman of the year, tournament MVP and scholar-athlete of the year.

ON DECK
Radford concludes its road swing with a weekend in North Carolina. The Highlanders are set to face UNC Asheville (Oct. 3 at 7 p.m.) and Gardner-Webb (Oct. 4 at 5 p.m.).

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