VOLLEYBALL HOSTS LEAGUE-LEADER HIGH POINT FOR REGULAR SEASON FINALE

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RADFORD, Va. – Two of the Big South's best meet for the second time this season on Saturday night as the Radford volleyball team wraps up regular season play hosting league-leading High Point at 4 p.m.

SETTING THE STAGE
• Location: Radford, Va. (Dedmon Center)
• Time: 4 p.m.
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HIGHLANDER HIGHLIGHTS (22-3, 13-2 BIG SOUTH)
• The Highlanders (23-3, 13-2 Big South) have won ten matches in a row, which is the most since 2014. With a win on Saturday the Highlanders would improve to 11 straight wins, which would be the longest win streak since 2001.
• Radford collected a big four-set win against Campbell on Tuesday night, battling back after dropping the first set.
• The team recorded 12 total blocks, which matched a season-high, but set a season-high for total blocks in a four-set match.
• The Highlanders remain in the top five nationally in opposing hitting percentage, coming in at fourth holding opponents to a .142 hitting percentage.
• Maddie Palmer ranks second in the conference with just over four kills per set. She also ranks second in the Big South with 4.56 points per set.
• Haley Kleespies has 977 assists and is first in the conference averaging 10.27 assists per set.
• Last time out against the Panthers, the Highlanders only tallied 36 kills and two blocks.
• Palmer tallied 13 kills and Kleespies led all players with 25 assists in the match.
• The Highlanders rank 72 in the latest RPI poll.

SCOUTING HIGH POINT (22-6, 15-0 BIG SOUTH)
• Series: High Point leads 22-19 (Last Meeting: September 30, 2017 | HPU won, 3-0)
• The Panthers clinched their first outright Big South regular season title with a sweep of Winthrop on Saturday, Nov. 4.
• High Point has won 17 straight matches, which is tied for the third-longest active streak in the United States.
• The Panthers' 15 straight Big South victories is the longest single-season streak in conference history.
• HPU's Molly Livingston is hitting .399 this season. The mark would be the second-best attack percentage in the Big South since 2008 when the NCAA moved to 25-point rally scoring.
• The Panthers are ranked 50th in the latest version of the RPI, and are ranked No. 24 in the VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Top 25.
• Nationally, High Point ranks seventh in aces per set averaging 1.74. Haley Barnes is 15^th in the country averaging 0.47 per set.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Haley Kleespies: S; 5' 8"; Junior

#20 Maddie Palmer: OH; 6' 0"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#3 Haley Kleespies
: 5' 8"; Junior
: S

#20 Maddie Palmer
: 6' 0"; Senior
: OH

Players Mentioned

#3 Haley Kleespies

#20 Maddie Palmer

Players Mentioned

#3 Haley Kleespies

#20 Maddie Palmer