RADFORD LOOKS TO CAP OFF UNBEATEN HOME SEASON THURSDAY

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SETTING THE STAGE

Big South regular-season champion Radford looks to avenge one of its two conference losses and complete an undefeated home season as it faces Charleston Southern Thursday night at 7 p.m.
Currently 10-0, the Highlanders are looking to go unbeaten at the Dedmon Center for the second time in three seasons.
Charleston Southern won the last three sets to take a 3-1 decision at home on Oct. 14.
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS

Records: 22-5, 13-2 Big South
Radford has locked up the No. 1 seed for the Big South Tournament, a first-round bye and a spot in the semifinals of the event, which is limited to six teams this year.
A victory would give the Highlanders their most regular-season wins since the 2000 campaign.
With 440 kills on the season, six-time Player of the Week Maddie Palmer is five away from taking over third on the program's single-season rally scoring list.
Palmer's conference-leading 43 aces are seven more than the combined total of her first two seasons.
Radford's team average of 13.6 kills per set is on pace to be second-best in program rally-scoring history, while its .233 hitting percentage would be third.
With 1,113 assists, Haley Kleespies has eclipsed her 2015 total and she needs 28 for fifth at Radford in a single season.
Kelby Jackson is now over the 1,600-mark in career digs, with her program record up to 1,610.
Stephanie Neast totaled 13 blocks in the three matches last week, capped by a season-best six vs. Presbyterian on Saturday.
Neast and fellow freshman Mallory McKnight now share second on the team with 55, behind leader Amaya Rousseau (84).
Kaylor Nash surpassed her previous career-best season digs total, now with 297 and averaging 3.00 per set.

SCOUTING CHARLESTON SOUTHERN

Records: 12-18, 7-7 Big South
Charleston Southern has lost six of its last seven matches, including home setbacks to Gardner-Webb (3-2) and Winthrop (3-0) last weekend.
The Buccaneers still lead the way in opponent hitting percentage during conference play (.165), but have dropped to seventh in hitting percentage (.165) and eighth in kills per set.
CSU stands first in Big South play in digs per set, with Madison Martin leading the way individually at 5.56 per set. She has a total of 609 digs on the season, while also ranking third in aces per set in league action.
Kylie Klein is fifth in the conference in blocks per set (118 total), while Connor Malone and Brooke Monssen rank fifth and seventh, respectively, during conference matches.
Addison Kaderli is the team's kills leader with 323 (2.78 per set), with Monssen second with 271.

UP NEXT

Radford will have over a week off before traveling to Lynchburg for the Big South Tournament, where it will play a 4:30 p.m. semifinal on Nov. 19.

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