Highlanders Battle Close, Fall Just Short at Charleston Southern

Saturday, October 17

Charleston, SC

4:00 PM

Radford University

10-11,4-3Big South

Charleston Southern

10-10,2-5Big South

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Radford	27	21	23	19	1
Charleston So.	25	25	25	25	3

Photo by: Matthew Maldonado

Highlanders Battle Close, Fall Just Short at Charleston Southern

10/17/2026 7:22:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Radford volleyball program played in multiple tight sets that could've swung either way Saturday afternoon at Charleston Southern, but saw their three-match winning streak on the road snapped in a 3-1 loss.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

The Highlanders had a rough hitting night overall, but Taryn Roberts was still able to tally 10 kills while Maja Bochenek finished with five on a .214 attack percentage.
Radford conceded just a .132 attacking clip to the Buccaneers and only ran into two blocks.
Aubrey Hatch ended with a match high three total blocks, including three that were solo.
The service error bug came back to bite again as Radford conceded 18 service errors to Charleston Southern's seven.

THE BREAKDOWN
Roberts began her team-high of kills in the match by opening the scoring for Radford in set one. Kills by Addison Cunnagin and Macie Potter also paced Radford ahead to an 8-5 advantage early. Radford's lead would balloon to as much as 15-7 thanks in part to a pair of aces by Lea Gage and some misfires from the Buccaneers.

Charleston Southern would come rolling back, though, to contest the set as it grew later. A kill and ace by Hatch as well as an ace from Mia Jannazzo helped Radford continue to pace ahead but the set would tie back up at 24-24. After a serving error by the Buccaneers, Radford took advantage as Jannazzo served up another ace to give Radford a 1-0 lead winning set one 27-25.

Set two would be similarly close as kills from Hatch, Katrina Miller and Ela Shepherd gave Radford an early 5-3 edge. After falling behind, Alyssa Cadavid and Cunnagin would earn kills while Bochenek served up an ace for a 15-13 lead at the media break. Roberts and Cunnagin would give Radford its biggest lead of 18-14, but another furious Charleston Southern run flipped the set on its head. A 7-2 run saw Radford fall behind, and the team wouldn't recover as Charleston Southern took set two 25-21.

While Radford would hit with more accuracy in set three, Charleston Southern built an early lead that proved hard to overcome. Kills by Olivia Ryno and Shephard kept Radford afloat but the team quickly fell behind 10-5. Roberts and Hatch would fuel the offense in a comeback run that tightened things up at 14-13. Ryno, Cunnagin and Roberts would combine for three kills that pushed Radford ahead at 18-17. A 4-1 run gave the hosts their lead back, however, and they continued that run to finish the set on top 25-23 and grab a 2-1 lead.

In set four, a big deficit sunk the Highlanders and would finish the match in Charleston Southern's favor. Radford would trail by as much as 10 points in the set as the momentum completely swung to the Buccaneers. Radford didn't go down without a fight and would score a flurry of points late as Bochenek and Cunnagin finished strong. Charleston Southern took set four, and the match, though, at 25-19 and 3-1.

UP NEXT
Radford's next four matches come at home starting next Friday, October 23rd against USC Upstate. Action will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Carilion Clinic Court streaming on ESPN+.

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