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VOLLEYBALL NOTCHES COMEBACK VICTORY AT CAMPBELL; WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT

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Buies Creek, NC - - -The Radford women's volleyball team won their fourth straight match as they defeated Big South foe Campbell in four sets, 19-25, 25-19, 25-16, 27-25, on Friday evening.
 
Freshman middle blocker Lilijana Henderson recorded a career-high 11 kills and made just one error in 32 attempts (.312) to lead the Highlanders. Stephanie Neast contributed a team-high 13 kills and five blocks and sophomore Alyssa Carruth and freshman Grace Green each came up with 18 digs to lead the defense.
 
Radford, who improved to 17-3 overall and 9-2 in the conference, hit .174 for the match and limited the hosts to a .104 mark.  
 
FIRST SET
Campbell (8-14, 6-6 BSC) hit .234 in the opening set and took the lead in the match by taking the frame. The score was deadlocked at five, however, the Camels went on a 10-4 run and never looked back. 
 
SECOND SET
The Highlanders trailed 18-16 and were in danger of going down by two sets, however, the visitors scored nine of the last 10 points to get even. Henderson came up with back-to-back kills to knot the frame at 18-all. An attack error by the Camels on the next play spotted Radford the lead for good.
 
THIRD SET
Radford limited Campbell to a .048 hitting mark in the frame and the Highlanders used a big run early on to pull away. Campbell led 5-4, however, the visitors rattled off nine consecutive points to secure a 13-5 advantage. Henderson had a pair of kills and Valerie Gonzalez added another during the spurt.
 
FOURTH SET
Campbell led 13-7 but Radford scored five straight to get right back into the set after taking a timeout. All five points came on Camel hitting errors. The hosts recovered and took a 20-15 lead, however, the Highlanders refused to settle for a fifth set. Neast brought Radford within 23-21 with a kill and Mallory McKnight came through with a service ace to make it 23-22. The Highlanders finally got even at 23 after a Campbell error but then had to survive a pair of set-points. Radford scored the final three points of the match, all coming on errors by the hosts. 
 
MOMENT THAT MATTERED
The Highlanders trailed 18-16 and were in danger of going down by two sets, however, the visitors scored nine of the last 10 points to get even in the match, 1-1.
 
UP NEXT
The Highlanders travel to Hampton at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
 
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Players Mentioned

Alyssa Carruth

#11 Alyssa Carruth

DS/L
5' 4"
Sophomore
Valerie Gonzalez

#5 Valerie Gonzalez

RS
6' 1"
Senior
Mallory McKnight

#9 Mallory McKnight

MB
5' 11"
Junior
Stephanie Neast

#19 Stephanie Neast

RS
6' 0"
Junior
Lilijana Henderson

#14 Lilijana Henderson

MB
6' 3"
Freshman
Grace Green

#18 Grace Green

DS/L
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Alyssa Carruth

#11 Alyssa Carruth

5' 4"
Sophomore
DS/L
Valerie Gonzalez

#5 Valerie Gonzalez

6' 1"
Senior
RS
Mallory McKnight

#9 Mallory McKnight

5' 11"
Junior
MB
Stephanie Neast

#19 Stephanie Neast

6' 0"
Junior
RS
Lilijana Henderson

#14 Lilijana Henderson

6' 3"
Freshman
MB
Grace Green

#18 Grace Green

5' 8"
Freshman
DS/L