VOLLEYBALL STORMS BACK TO BEAT LIBERTY IN FIVE

Thursday, November 19

High Point, N.C.

7:30 PM

Radford University

14-14

Liberty (Quarterfinals)

14-14

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Radford	23	17	25	25	17	3
Liberty	25	25	21	20	15	2

Photo by: Big South Sports Photos

11/19/2015 11:00:00 PM | Volleyball

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MATCH INFORMATION

HOW IT HAPPENED

The sixth-seeded Radford volleyball team overcame a 0-2 deficit and fended off four Liberty match points in the fifth set before prevailing 17-15 to complete a dramatic victory in the Big South tournament quarterfinals Friday night inside the Millis Center in High Point, N.C.
The Highlanders took the final three points of the match on a kill by Maddie Palmer and two from Savanna Burton.
The deciding game was back and forth before Liberty scored three straight points to take a 14-11 lead. However, Palmer followed two Flames' errors with a kill to keep the match and RU's season going.
After dropping the first two sets, Radford mounted its first rally of the match in the third set, shaking off a 13-8 deficit with a 7-2 run, before pulling away late in the game.
The Highlanders then took the last five points of the fourth, getting a kill and an ace by Palmer, two kills by Katherine Young and one by Burton.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Megan Short led the Radford offense, equaling her career high of 25 kills, while compiling a .524 attack percentage.
Haley Kleespies notched her 12^th double-double of the season, dishing out 59 assists and recording a season-high 15 digs. She also had three aces.
Burton had a team and season-high 23 digs to go along with eight kills.
Palmer finished with 16 kills, Valerie Gonzalez chipped in 11 kills and seven blocks and Young contributed eight kills and four blocks.
Five different Highlanders finished with double-digit dig numbers as Kelby Jackson came up with 19, Cheyanne James had 14 and Kaylor Nash totaled 12.
RU totaled 95 digs as a team, compared to 80 for Liberty. Radford also outhit the Flames, .226-.186, and won the blocking battle, 12-9.
The Highlanders hit .262 in the third set, held Liberty to .023 in the fourth and then registered a match-high .500 on 26 attacks in the deciding fifth frame.
The 0-2 comeback was Radford's third of the season and second in less than a week. RU improved to 5-6 in five-set matches this season.

UP NEXT

Radford advances to Friday's semifinals where it will face No. 7 seed Campbell, which upset second-seeded High Point in three sets.
The Highlanders won both regular-season matches with the Fighting Camels, notching a four-set win in Buies Creek and prevailing in five at home.