RADFORD TRAVELS TO HIGH POINT FOR ROAD FINALE TUESDAY

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SETTING THE STAGE

The first-place Radford volleyball team makes its final road trip of the regular season on Tuesday, traveling to High Point for a 7 p.m. match.
The Highlanders have won four straight matches and hold a two-game lead in the Big South with four contests left.
Radford swept the teams' earlier meeting in the conference opener.
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Records: 20-4, 11-1 Big South
Radford has reached the 20-win plateau for the third time in four seasons, doing so in fewer total matches than in any of its four previous 20-win campaigns since 2000.
Maddie Palmer's 46 kills and 31 digs in the two wins last week were her highest totals in back-to-back matches this season. She averaged 5.11 kills, 3.44 digs and 5.89 points per set.
Now with 384 kills on the year, Palmer is 16 away from becoming just the third Highlander in the rally-scoring era to record 400 in a season.
Haley Kleespies dished out a combined 107 assists against Liberty and UNC Asheville, moving up to fourth on the program's rally-scoring career assist list with 2,024. She has topped the 50-mark in three of the last five matches.
Sydney Tekstra is coming off of a career-high 22-kill performance in the Asheville win, her fifth double-figure outing in conference play. She is now second on the team in kills for the season at 174.
Kelby Jackson totaled 41 digs in last week's two matches, averaging 4.56 per set. In conference play, she ranks fifth with 4.16 per set.
Kaylor Nash has had double-digit digs in three straight matches, including a total of 31 last week.
Amaya Rousseau recorded 10 blocks in the two matches, upping her team-leading total to 74.
Entering its last regular-season match away from home, Radford has an 8-4 mark in road contests.

SCOUTING HIGH POINT

Records: 17-8, 8-4 Big South
High Point split two three-set matches at home last week, sweeping Charleston Southern on Friday, but falling to Winthrop on Saturday, ending a three-game win streak.
In conference play, the Panthers now lead the way in opponent hitting percentage (.167), just ahead of Radford. They are third in both digs and blocks, while ranking second in hitting percentage, kills per set and aces per set, offensively.
Haley Barnes is second in the league with 3.41 kills per set (321 total) and points per set (4.02)
Molly Livingston has a .360 hitting percentage in Big South matches, second-best in the league. She is also third overall on the season in aces per set.
Jordan Hefner ranks second in blocks per set (1.24) during league play and has 99 on the season.

UP NEXT

Radford plays its final three regular-season matches at home, beginning with contests against Campbell on Friday (7 p.m.) and Presbyterian on Saturday (4 p.m.). The Highlanders will honor their seniors prior to Saturday's match.

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