RADFORD, Va. – Winning each of its last three matches and seven of the final eight sets, the Radford volleyball team closed out the 2022-23 season with a 3-1 victory over Gardner-Webb at the Dedmon Center on Saturday.
The late-season streak brings Radford's final tally to 12-16 overall and 8-8 against Big South competition. Five-set wins against Big Ten team Rutgers and first-place Campbell were two huge highlights of the year.
To put a final exclamation mark on a standout redshirt freshman season,
Taylor Jefferson led the Highlanders with 15 kills and 18 points on a .278 hitting percentage against the Runnin' Bulldogs. Graduate student
Grace Tulevech posted 13 kills, 16 points, and just one error in her final collegiate match.
Shelby Hernandez got down for a game-high 21 digs and scored three points on her own with service aces. Jefferson had 11 digs and two aces of her own.
Radford connected 48 assists on 52 kills, getting 23 from
Jackeline Nerro and 19 from
Fiona Baker. The duo of
Tori Britton and Tulevech dominated above the net, combining for one solo block and 10 block assists.
KEY STATS
- This is Radford's first season finishing .500 or better in conference play since going 12-4 during the 2018 campaign
- Gardner-Webb was paced on offense by Kylee Garrison (14 kills) and McKenna Timmerman (10 kills)
- The Runnin' Bulldogs were held back by 28 errors on 138 attack attemps
HIGHLIGHT OF THE GAME
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