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Charleston So. ChaSou 3-11,0-1 Big South
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Winner Radford Rad 4-8,1-0 Big South
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Radford Rad
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Charleston So. ChaSou 29 23 20 (0)
Radford Rad 31 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Highlanders Win Three Tight Sets in Sweep Over Charleston Southern

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford volleyball program opened Big South and home play with a strong win Friday night 3-0 over Charleston Southern with each set coming down to the wire.
 
KEY STATS
  • The Highlanders hit a strong .321 throughout the match and the defense tightened up as the night went on as the Buccaneers hitting percentage worsened with each set.
  • Sydney Mundkowsky led all players in the match with an even 20 kills.
  • Sophie Paspal and Sierra Moore each also scored nine kills.
  • Radford tallied six aces on the night coming from five different players.
 
PLAY BY PLAY
In a match that saw neither side gain much of a lead throughout any set, that tone was set early in front of a strong Dedmon Center crowd. The Highlanders and Buccaneers traded points as Radford looked to get out of an early hitting rut. The Buccaneers hit well to start, but after a timeout Radford was able to slow things down.
 
Down 18-13, Radford used a 3-0 run to tighten the set back up. After some more trading of points, Radford mounted another comeback down 21-18 with a 5-1 run fueled by pairs of kills from Mundkowsky and Paspal to tie things up at 21-21. From there, both teams would go back and forth looking for any edge. Neither team blinked until Radford used a 3-0 run to end the set. Down 29-28, two kills by Mundkowsky and an ace by Miranda Howard earned Radford the first set 31-29.
 
Radford would continue that momentum into set two quickly getting out to a 4-2 lead. Like the first set, however, no lead was ever safe. Radford forced Charleston Southern into some errors to slowly stick ahead until things tied up at 17-all.
 
A 3-0 Charleston Southern run forced Radford to readjust and they did just that. Radford went on a 5-0 run of their own to go back up 22-20. Things continued to seesaw as the Buccaneers briefly retook a 23-22 lead before Radford got three straight points, two off Buccaneer errors, to take the second set 25-23.
 
In set three the Highlanders started to find their groove, fully knocking off the dust after being out of action for the last couple of weeks. Charleston Southern was right there, though, refusing to give in as things remained tied until once again the match was tied late at 20-20. Radford would get their biggest lead of the night to seal the match, ripping off five straight points to win the third set 25-20 and the match 3-0.
 
NOTABLES
  • Radford has now won their home opener in 3-0 fashion in back-to-back seasons.
  • The sweep was the first by the Highlanders over the Buccaneers since 2021.
  • Mundkowsky now has 20+ kills in four of ten matches played this season.
 
AROUND THE BIG SOUTH
  • USC Upstate picked up a dominant win at Gardner-Webb with a 3-0 sweep.
  • High Point opened Big South play with a 3-0 victory over Presbyterian.
 
UP NEXT
Radford is back at home tomorrow, October 5th, to host Presbyterian at 2 p.m. for another Big South battle.

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