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Nash
3
Winner Miami (Ohio) MIAMI 5-4
0
Radford RAD 6-1
Winner
Miami (Ohio) MIAMI
5-4
3
Final
0
Radford RAD
6-1
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Team 1 2 3 F
Miami (Ohio) MIAMI 25 25 25 (3)
Radford RAD 19 15 16 (0)
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Winner Radford RAD 7-1
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Eastern Kentucky EKU 2-7
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Radford RAD
7-1
3
Final
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Eastern Kentucky EKU
2-7
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Team 1 2 3 F
Radford RAD 25 25 25 (3)
Eastern Kentucky EKU 14 15 12 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

HIGHLANDERS SPLIT IN OPENING DAY OF CAROLINA CLASSIC



COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Radford volleyball team split in day one action of the Carolina Classic as the Highlanders opened the morning with a three-set loss to Miami (OH) and bounced back in the second match with a three-set win over Eastern Kentucky. Kaylor Nash compiled 20 digs throughout the day, while Maddie Palmer had 24 combined kills and one double-double.
 
MATCH 1 INFORMATION
Score: Miami (OH) 3, Radford 0 (19-25, 15-25, 16-25)
Records: Redhawks (5-4) | Highlanders (6-1)
Location: Columbia, S.C. (Carolina Volleyball Center)
 
For the first time since September 3, 2016 the Highlanders dropped a three-set match. Radford opened the match falling behind 4-0 to the Redhawks (5-4). Radford came back with a 7-3 run and tied the set at seven. Miami (OH) went on an 8-3 run forcing the Highlanders to call a timeout down 15-10. Radford cut it to two, but the Redhawks used four of their 13 kills over the next 10 points to take the first set, 25-19.

The Highlanders came out and took an early 3-1 lead in the second set with a kill from Sydney Tekstra and Maddie Palmer. Three tied scores later; the Redhawks scored six unanswered points taking a 13-7 lead midway through the set. Radford rattled off four straight and cut it to two, 13-11, but Miami (OH) conquered the set with a monster 12-4 run.
 
The third set saw six ties and two lead changes. Radford had an 11-9 lead midway through the set, but two aces, one Highlander error and one Redhawk kill gave Miami (OH) a 13-11 lead. A 12-5 Redhawk run sealed the set, 25-16, and the match.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
•  Miami (OH) outhit the Highlanders .313 to .068 and had 42 kills compared to 28.
•  No Highlander had double-digit kills. Although, Stephanie Neast and Maddie Palmer had a team-high eight kills.
•  The Highlanders did record six total blocks – four more than Miami (OH) – and was lead by Maci Keaton and Neast with three total blocks each.
•  Haley Kleespies had 23 assists and two service aces, both leading the team.
•  Kaylor Nash recorded 10 digs, along with Neast which was a team-high.
•  The Highlanders committed 21 attack errors and two service errors.

MATCH 2 INFORMATION
Score: Radford 3, Eastern Kentucky 0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-12)
Records: Highlanders (7-1) | Colonels (2-7)
Location: Columbia, S.C. (Carolina Volleyball Center)
 
The Highlanders bounced back in the afternoon match outscoring Eastern Kentucky (2-7) 75-41 and hit .517 in the first set with 16 kills. The Colonels called a timeout down 10-3 and after a Nikki Drost kill; an Amaya Rousseau and Maddie Palmer kill made it a 12-4 set. Each team scored six of the next 12 points and the Highlanders had a 16-10 lead. Later in the set Drost picked up another kill and a Radford attack error cut the deficit to 23-14. Maci Keaton and Maddie Palmer ended the set with back-to-back kills.
 
Radford jumped out to a 10-5 lead in the second set, but EKU went on a 7-2 run and tied the set at 12. Another Palmer kill, followed by a Stephanie Neast kill jumpstarted a 22-5 run that carried over into the third set and put the Highlanders ahead two sets to none.
 
The continuation of the run gave Radford a 10-2 lead. Another Drost kill ended the run and began a 5-1 EKU run. Two Colonel errors along with an ace and a kill by Palmer gave the Highlanders a 15-7 lead. Eastern Kentucky rattled off three straight, but the match was clinched with a 10-2 Radford run that featured eight kills and two EKU errors.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
•  The Highlanders recorded 41 total kills and held EKU to only 24. Maddie Palmer recorded 16 and Stephanie Neast contributed with 10. Palmer hit .406 and Neast hit .300.
•  Palmer and Kaylor Nash tallied double-digit digs. Palmer led with 12 and Nash had 10.
•  The 12 digs and 16 kills gave Maddie Palmer her fifth double-double of the season.
•  As a team, Radford outhit EKU .366 to .108 and led in nearly every statistical category.
•  Haley Kleespies had 30 assists along with three digs and three kills.
•  Radford had nine service aces, with Alyssa Carruth leading the way tallying three. Neast, Palmer and Kaylor Nash recorded two each.
•  Amaya Rousseau had five total blocks, which lead the team. Neast and Valerie Gonzalez recorded two each.
•  The Colonels combined for 13 kills in the final two sets and only hit .091 and .000 in the last two sets, respectively.
 
QUOTABLE
"We didn't prepare very well mentally for our first match today and when you play good teams like Miami (OH) you get exposed for being unprepared. Hopefully we can learn from it and get better as we move throughout the season. We played better against EKU and we bounced back, but we have a ways to go if we want to be a good team consistently." ~ Marci Jenkins
 
UP NEXT
Radford concludes the Carolina Classic facing host South Carolina. First serve is slated for 2 p.m.

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