Volleyball Hits Road for First Time in League Play on Friday

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College volleyball team hits the road for the first time in conference play on Friday with a trip to Buies Creek to battle Campbell on Friday night at 6 p.m… The weekend wraps up on Saturday with a 2 p.m. first serve against Radford.

Matchup: Presbyterian (4-10, 0-2) at Campbell (6-8, 2-0)
Date: Friday, Sept. 30
Time: 6 pm
Site: Gore Arena (Buies Creek, N.C.)
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter: @BlueHoseVolley

Matchup: Presbyterian at Radford (5-9, 1-1)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 1
Time: 2 pm
Site: Dedmon Center (Radford, Va.)
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Video: ESPN+
Twitter: @BlueHoseVolley

Notes

Last Time Out...
The Presbyterian College volleyball was unable to tame preseason Big South favorite High Point on Friday night as the Panthers took the match 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 26-24) over the Blue Hose inside the Templeton Center. Sophomore Rylee Moorhead led the offense with nine kills and hit .391 for PC in the match.

Head to Head...
Campbell has taken 11 of the 18 all-time DI meetings including each of the last four matchups against PC including a 3-0 decision against the Blue Hose last November in Buies Creek... Radford holds an 11-7 all-time record against the Blue Hose with PC taking both meetings in 2021 by four sets in Clinton and five sets in Radford.

Scouting the Fighting Camels..
Campbell enters Friday's match with a 6-8 mark after earning league wins over Gardner-Webb and CSU last time out. Chloe Cook leads the offense for Campbell with 142 kills, while Meoldy Paige has added 131 kills to the Fighting Camels offensive attack. Emily Mitter leads the team with 285 assists. Claranne Fechter leads the Campbell defense with 216 digs and has added a team-high 20 service aces. Paige leads the league with 80 blocks on the season. Campbell was picked a consensus second place in the league and had Paige, Fechter and Lailah Green named to the preseason team.

Scouting the Highlanders...
Radford enters the weekend with a 5-9 mark after splitting its opening weekend in Big South play with a win against UNC Asheville before a setback against Winthrop. The Highlanders are led offensively by Crystal Childs (110 kills) and Taylor Jefferson (108 kills) on the season. Fiona Baker leads the Highlanders with 282 assists on the season. Shelby Hernandez has a team-high 176 digs with Childs tallying 115 digs.

Hewitt Moving Up Record Book...
Junior Anna Hewitt continues to climb towards 1,000 career digs as the Blue Hose libero has totaled 149 digs for PC thus far in 2022. Hewitt has totaled 913 digs in her Blue Hose career which puts her ninth in the record book just 12 digs out of eighth place. The Alvaton, Ky. native is looking to become the sixth player in the PC DI era to reach the 1,000 dig plateau.

Blue Hose in the Ranks...
PC holds its lead in the conference with 93 aces throughout the 2022 season. Rylee Moorhead is tied for second in the league with 22 aces, while Abby Sparkman and Anna Hewitt are tied for sixth with 16 apiece... Kinsey Bailey sits in fifth in the league with 295 assists... Hewitt is also ninth in the conference with 149 digs...

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Players Mentioned

#10 Kinsey Bailey: S; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#11 Anna Hewitt: DS/L; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#23 Abby Sparkman: DS; 5' 9"; Redshirt Sophomore

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

Players Mentioned

#10 Kinsey Bailey
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: S

#11 Anna Hewitt
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: DS/L

#23 Abby Sparkman
: 5' 9"; Redshirt Sophomore
: DS

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