CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern volleyball goes on the road Friday evening when it takes on Radford at 6 p.m. inside the Dedmon Center.
The Bucs are coming off a three-set sweep of Presbyterian for their fourth Big South win of the season.
Indigo Young and
Kaileigh Ammons had career nights of 16 and 11 kills, respectively, while
Peyton Thompson paced the Bucs with 19 kills.
Emma Minnick had 43 assists in the three-set win, while
Ashleigh Holweger had a career-high 28 digs against the Blue Hose.
Thompson lead the Bucs with 288 kills and leads the Big South with 3.69 kills per set.
Paige Reagor and Young have both eclipsed 100 kills this season, with Reagor leading the team with a .306 hitting percentage. Minnick leads the conference with 677 assists, while her 9.40 assists per set rank second in the Big South. Holweger surpassed the 300-digs mark in Tuesday's match and has a team-high 305 for the season.
CSU is currently tied for seventh in the Big South with Presbyterian at 4-7 in conference play, just behind sixth-place Gardner-Webb at 4-6. The top six teams will make the Big South Tournament, which is hosted by Campbell this year.
This Week's Scouting Report
Radford – Friday, Oct. 29 at 6 p.m.
2020-21 Record: 4-18, 2-7 Big South
Radford enters the weekend at 4-18 overall and 2-7 in conference play. The Highlanders are 2-2 in their last four matches and are coming off a three-set loss to Campbell in their last outing.
Kennedi Johnson leads the Highlanders with 165 kills and 220 points this season. Hailey Flowers has also surpassed the 100-kill mark and has 118 for the year. Login Williams has 413 assists to lead Radford in that statistic, while six different Highlanders have recorded over 100 digs this season.
The Bucs and Highlanders met earlier this month in Charleston, with CSU winning that match in three sets. Thompson had a match-high 18 kills for Charleston Southern in that meeting.
Up Next
The Bucs return home November 5-6 for their last two matches inside the Buc Dome this season, against Winthrop and Gardner-Webb.
