University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Volleyball Closes Regular Season at Home this Weekend
11.12.2015 | Women's Volleyball
THE MATCHUPS
Teams: Asheville (13-11, 6-6 BSC)
Liberty (13-12, 8-4 BSC)
Radford (12-13, 5-7 BSC)
Locations: Justice Center, Asheville, N.C.
Time: 7:00 p.m. Friday, 2:00 p.m. Saturday
FRIDAY - LIVE VIDEO (BIG SOUTH NETWORK)
SATURDAY - LIVE VIDEO (BIG SOUTH NETWORK)
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville volleyball team closes out the 2015 regular season with a pair of home matches that could prove critical to the seeding for next week's Big South Championship. The Bulldogs are a lock for the tournament, currently sitting in fourth place. Liberty is two games ahead of Asheville in third place, while Radford sits in sixth place. A Bulldog victory over Liberty Friday night, as well as a Flames loss at Gardner-Webb Saturday, would give Asheville and Liberty identical conference records and bring tiebreakers into play to determine the final seedings.
NOTABLES
-Prior to Friday night's match, Asheville will celebrate the careers of its four seniors: Katie Davis, Cat Fischer, Chrissy Lakatos and Bryn Pfeiffer.
-The Bulldogs have the second-best team hitting percentage in the conference at .216, sitting only behind Coastal Carolina's .281 percentage heading into the final week of the regular season. As a team, Asheville is second in the Big South Conference in total blocks (196.0) and blocks per set (2.20/per).
-Madison Vaughn is second in the Big South in a pair of categories – total blocks (96.0) and blocks per set (1.09/per).
-A pair of Asheville players sit inside the league's top 10 in overall hitting percentage. Vaughn is connecting at a .332 rate, good for sixth overall in the conference, while Cameron Pryor is hitting .327 percent, the seventh-best in the BSC.
-Since 1994, Asheville is: 15-31 against Liberty and 24-18 against Radford. Earlier this season, the Bulldogs fell at Liberty 3-2 and beat Radford 3-0, both on the road.
QUOTABLES
“We look forward to a competitive weekend because everyone is still playing for a lot. This will be an emotional weekend as we honor our four seniors and say 'thank you' for everything they have done for this program.” - Head Coach Frederico Santos
UP NEXT
-Following this weekend's matches, Asheville heads to High Point University for the 2015 Big South Championships, set to begin on Thursday, November 19 with quarterfinal action. The semifinals will be played on Friday, November 20, with the Championship on Sunday, November 22, all in High Point.
