Grace Green Reaches 1,000 Career Digs Against Morehead State

Saturday, September 4

Morehead, KY

2:00 PM

Radford University

1-5,0-0Big South

Morehead State

3-3,0-0OVC

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Radford	16	16	25	16	1
Morehead St.	25	25	16	25	3

Grace Green Reaches 1,000 Career Digs Against Morehead State

9/4/2021 4:02:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

MOREHEAD, Ky. – The Radford Volleyball team's comeback effort fell short, but senior Grace Green reached the 1,000 career digs mark, in a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Morehead State inside Johnson Arena on Saturday afternoon.

The Eagles got off to a fast start, taking a 9-2 lead to begin the first set. The Highlanders dug down deep and battled back with a 14-4 run that pulled the visitors within one, but MSU scored nine of the last 10 points to secure a 25-16 win.

The second set was much of the same and ultimately ended with the same score, 25-16, in favor of Morehead State. Kills from Taylor O'Neal and Kennedi Johnson gave the Highlanders an early lead and then the Eagles took over, going on a 20-5 streak.

For whatever reason, things just seem to click in the third set for Radford. Despite some tough match-ups, the Highlanders are now 5-1 this season in third sets following a 25-16 victory over the Eagles. Johnson and Hailey Flowers fueled a strong attack that may have revealed a blueprint for success going forward.

MSU regained control in the fourth set, earning yet another 25-16 advantage and clinching the overall victory.

KEY STATS

Kennedi Johnson (25.0), Laila Wallace (11.0), and Samantha Reitz (10.0) have all reached double-digit blocks on the season
Johnson leads the team in kills as well after posting nine kills and seven blocks in today's match
Wallace had one of her best performances of the season, tallying six kills with a fantastic .556 hitting percentage
Grace Green was extremely active and had a season-best 18 digs, bringing her total on the year to 54 and her career total to 1,016

UP NEXT
The Highlanders will take a week to rest and regroup before heading to Conway, S.C. for the Coastal Carolina Tournament. There they'll take on East Carolina at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 10, and both Coastal Carolina (11 a.m.) and UNCW (2 p.m.) and Saturday, Sept. 11.

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