University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Volleyball Hosts High Point and Radford This Weekend
10.28.2010 | Women's Volleyball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The UNC Asheville volleyball team gets back to work this weekend as the Bulldogs host two Big South Conference teams at Justice Center. Asheville faces High Point Friday night starting at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the Bulldogs entertain Radford at 3 p.m. Both matches will be video-streamed and can be seen for a small fee at www.uncabulldogs.com.
Julie Torbett's team ended a frustrating three-game losing streak with a 3-0 victory over Mercer Tuesday night. The Mercer match began a six-game homestand for the Bulldogs (13-10, 5-4 BSC). Asheville has played just four matches at home this season.
"We're glad to be home for the next two weeks," commented Torbett. "It's been a long season with as many times as we've been on the road this year. Hopefully, we can get some momentum going playing in front of our home fans."
The Bulldogs played both High Point (14-11, 9-2 BSC) and Radford (8-17, 2-8 BSC) earlier this month with much different results. Asheville lost at High Point in three sets on Oct. 2. The day before the Bulldogs edged the Highlanders in four sets.
"We didn't play very well at High Point but they had a lot do with our struggles," admitted Torbett. "I've been very impressed with High Point the whole season. They have a very good team and no real weaknesses. We're going to have to be at our very best Friday night.
"Radford has improved a great deal since we played them," added Torbett. "They beat Winthrop last week and own some great non-conference victories. We're going to have to be extremely focused in each match."
One player who has been focused all year is junior outside hitter Cindi Miller. Cindi leads Asheville in kills with a 4.15 per set average. She has accumulated 972 kills for her career and needs just 28 to become the 12th player in school history to reach 1,000 kills.
NOTES
Asheville coach Julie Torbett has 298 career wins, all as head coach of the Bulldog program...Asheville is 3-1 at home this season...the Bulldogs have played 19 of their 23 matches away from Justice Center...High Point has won two of the last three matches at Justice Center though the Bulldogs won in three sets last season...Asheville has not lost to Radford at Justice Center since the 2001 season as the Bulldogs have defeated the Highlanders nine straight times here, including two victories in 2006...Asheville never trailed in any of the sets vs. Mercer on Tuesday.
