Volleyball Upends High Point for Emphatic Senior Day Victory

Friday, November 13

Radford, Va.

6:00 PM

Radford University

15-13,9-5Big South

High Point

18-7,12-2Big South

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
High Point	24	20	25	22	1
Radford	26	25	18	25	3

Photo by: Matthew Maldonado

11/13/2026 8:51:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

RADFORD, Va. – The Radford volleyball program upended High Point Friday night with an emphatic 3-1 finish to their regular season, their first victory over the Panthers since the 2017 Big South Championship match.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Three different Highlanders finished in double figures kills with Macie Potter putting an exclamation point on her freshman season with 15 kills. Aubrey Hatch also had 12 kills with Addison Cunnagin finishing with 10.
Cunnagin had a big double-double as she ended with 12 digs, while Mia Jannazzo faced a hard-hitting Panthers squad and still racked up a match high 17 digs.
After being out hit by a wide margin in the conference debut match earlier this year at High Point, Radford tightened things up and only hit slightly below at .246 to .239.
On their senior nights, Taryn Roberts and Maja Bochenek combined for 12 kills and seven total blocks.
Radford downs High Point for the first time since the 2017 Big South title match, snapping a 20-match winning streak by the Panthers. Radford's last regular season win over High Point came a decade ago in 2016.
Radford's nine Big South wins is also their best conference mark since the 2018 season.

THE BREAKDOWN
It was a slow start to the first set for the Highlanders as the team quickly fell behind 8-2 in the set. After a well-placed timeout, Radford rallied back and used a 5-0 run behind three Panthers attack errors and an ace from Potter. Down 15-11 at the media break, Radford rolled out of it with an 8-1 run to take their first lead of the night.

Potter picked up a block to start the run and fueled it with a trio of kills. Cunnagin tallied a pair of kills late as well to push Radford ahead further at 22-18. High Point didn't go away quietly, rallying to tie the set at 22-all and 24-all. Needing two straight points, Aubrey Hatch did it herself with a couple of smartly placed kills to give Radford the first set 26-24.

Happy with the first set win, Radford looked to clean up some hitting miscues and get off on a better foot. The team did just that as Hatch, Potter and Shepherd tallied kills early to keep the Panthers from any early runs. Down 9-6, Radford got a 5-1 run with kills from three different Highlanders, a block and an ace.

Radford kept rolling through the media break with more kills from Potter, Shepherd and Roberts for a 17-14 lead. With the team ahead 20-18, they fully broke away as errors began to pile up by the Panthers. Similar to set one, Hatch came up big with a kill and Shepherd sealed it in Radford's favor with a booming kill at 25-20. The two set victories were Radford's first time doing so against High Point dating all the way back to 2019.

Set three saw the Panthers claw back to avoid the sweep. Radford trailed big early at 9-4 and was neve quite able to dig out of that hole. The team hit below .100 in the early portion of the set, but a late outburst by Potter, Hatch and Roberts helped the team hit right at .200 by the set's end. The Panthers never saw their lead dip back below five, though, as they held on to take set three 25-18.

Radford would bounce right back and jump ahead 3-1 early and force a High Point timeout. Hatch had kills early, while Panthers attack errors allowed Radford to build another lead. The conference leaders never went fully away, though, as both teams traded points throughout a thrilling fourth set.

Down 17-15, the turning point came from the senior Roberts who had a big kill that kicked off a 5-1 run by the Highlanders. Roberts added another kill during that run while Hatch once again provided a pivotal late kill to halt the Panthers and give Radford a 23-21 lead. Hatch and Bochenek combined for a big block to put Radford one point away and Hatch sealed it with one last kill to give Radford the huge 25-22 fourth set and 3-1 victory.

UP NEXT
The regular season has now concluded for the Highlanders, and the team has finished within the top six sports of the Big South standings to qualify for the conference tournament. The Big South will announce the official bracket tomorrow morning, with Radford slated to begin action on Friday, November 20th in Rock Hill, S.C.

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