Volleyball Bested at Home Against High Point

Friday, September 26

Radford, Va.

6:00 PM

Radford University

3-11,0-1Big South

High Point

4-7,1-0Big South

Team	1	2	3	Final F
High Point	25	25	25	3
Radford	11	16	15	0

Photo by: Rob Simmons

9/26/2025 7:53:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford volleyball program fell in a tough match Friday night in their conference opener to High Point 3-0.

KEY STATS

The Panthers served up 10 aces, compared to just two by the Highlanders.
High Point had just four more kills than Radford in the match, but Radford committed 19 more errors.
Taryn Roberts led the offense with six kills while Rylee Sloss, Katrina Miller, Aubrey Hatch and Sierra Moore each had four.

PLAY BY PLAY
While the Highlanders opened set two with a brief lead behind a kill from Rylee Sloss, the Panthers rallied with five straight points to take a lead they wouldn't relinquish in the set. A serving error and block by Olivia Ryno and Taryn Roberts would briefly break the run, but High Point would continue charging out to a 13-4 advantage.

Kills from Sierra Moore and Aubrey Hatch paced Radford back within six, but three straight kills put High Point back up 17-8. Sloss and Lea Gage would add kills, but the Panthers would ultimately pull away taking set one 25-11.

Hatch and Roberts would add early kills to get set two started, but High Point once again used a long run to pull away early. Down 9-4, Radford got a block assist from Sloss and Gabriela Smolenska to cut into the deficit. A kill by Moore made it 10-7 followed by a 5-1 run by the Panthers to push their lead to 15-8 at the media timeout. Out of the timeout, Radford got offensive sparks from Katrina Miller and Jackeline Nerro to attempt a comeback. The Highlanders came as close as 20-16, but High Point held on to take set two 25-16.

The early goings of set three were a tight affair thanks to some service errors by the Panthers and kills from Moore and Roberts. Tied at 5-5, Radford also got a flurry of kills from Miller to go up 8-7. Another kill by Gage put Radford up 9-8, but a 6-1 run by High Point vaulted them ahead. Another 7-0 run put the set fully out of reach, as the Panthers held on to take set three 25-15 and the match 3-0.

UP NEXT
The Highlanders will look to bounce back when they return to Dedmon tomorrow, September 27th at 4 p.m. against Elon. The nonconference match will be streamed live on ESPN+.

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