Blue Hose Wrap Up Road Trip in Radford

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College Volleyball team closes out its road swing on Saturday afternoon with a 2 p.m. Big South matchup against Radford at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Va…

Matchup: Presbyterian (9-12, 4-7) at Radford (4-18, 2-7)
Date: Saturday Oct. 30
Time: 2 pm
Site: Dedmon Center (Radford, Va.)
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter: @BlueHoseVolley

Notes
Last Time Out
The Presbyterian College volleyball team fell on Tuesday to host Charleston Southern 3-0 (24-26, 21-25, 20-25) at Buccaneer Fieldhouse. The Blue Hose were led offensively by Erin Cooke with nine kills and Rylee Moorhead added eight kills in the defeat.

Last Matchup vs Highlanders
Behind senior Erin Cooke's fifth triple-double of 2021 season, the Presbyterian College volleyball team earned a four-set victory over Radford (25-22, 25-9, 23-25, 25-17) at the Templeton Center on Friday night. Cooke totaled 10 kills, 20 assists and 18 digs in Friday's victory.

Cooke Triple-Doubles...
Senior Erin Cooke has totaled five triple-doubles on the season which is currently tied for the lead amongst all NCAA DI volleyball players. Cooke's last triple-double came on Friday night against Radford with 10 kills, 20 assists, and 18 digs in the four-set victory. In her five triple-doubles this season, Cooke is averaging 14 kills, 18 assists, and 15 digs per match.

The Opponent...
Radford begins play this weekend with a 4-18 record as the Highlanders host Charleston Southern on Friday night before welcoming PC to town on Saturday afternoon. Kennedi Johnson leads Radford with 165 kills as Hailey Flowers checks into the weekend with 118 kills. Login Williams paces the Highlanders with 413 assists as she averages 5.1/set thru 22 matches and 81 sets. Grace Green leads the team with 205 digs and Williams has 155 digs as well. Johnson leads the Highlanders with 70 blocks. In the October 8th match in Clinton, Flowers led the attack with 13 kills, while Williams added 33 assists and Shelby Hernandez led the team with 18 digs on the defensive end.

Conference Leaders
The Blue Hose sits second in the conference averaging 1.86 service aces per set this season. Freshman Rylee Moorhead leads the team with 33 service aces, while Allie Wright has totaled 24 and senior Erin Cooke has 23 on the season.

As play begins this weekend, Presbyterian is one of two teams with multiple players in the top 10 in blocks in the conference. Wright is sixth with 68 and Hailey Grocholski has 66 in seventh. N.C. A&T is the only other team with two players in the top 10 in the conference in blocks.

Moorhead leads the way in conference play with 15 service aces and is third with 124 kills in league play.

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Players Mentioned

#3 Erin Cooke: S/RS; 5' 11"; Senior

#16 Hailey Grocholski: MB; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#14 Allie Wright: MB; 6' 1"; Fifth Year

#9 Rylee Moorhead: OH; 5' 10"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#3 Erin Cooke
: 5' 11"; Senior
: S/RS

#16 Hailey Grocholski
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: MB

#14 Allie Wright
: 6' 1"; Fifth Year
: MB

#9 Rylee Moorhead
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: OH