University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Friday, September 30
Spartanburg, SC
6 pm
UNC Asheville
at
USC Upstate
Volleyball readies for road matches at USC Upstate & Gardner-Webb
09.29.2022 | Women's Volleyball
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville volleyball team will be back in action this weekend when they visit USC Upstate and Gardner-Webb in Big South action. Asheville will take on USC Upstate on Friday at 6 p.m. before facing off against the Runnin' Bulldogs at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Both matches are scheduled to be on ESPN+.
Last Time Out – Asheville dropped its first two Big South matches of the season last week at home to Winthrop (3-0) and Radford (3-1). With those two results, Asheville is now 3-9 on the season.
Big South Leader – A strength for Asheville in 2022 has been its work defensively. The Bulldogs rank first in the Big South averaging 15.32 digs per set. Leading the charge defensively has been Giulia Rodrigues who is averaging a team-best 4.49 digs per set this season.
Springer posts multiple double-doubles – Another recent bright spot for Asheville has been freshman Lindsay Springer. Springer has tallied a double-double in three of her last four matches, including a 22-assist, 10-dig outing against Radford last Friday.
About the Opponents – Upstate enters the second week of Big South play with an overall record of 3-11 and a 1-1 mark in league action. The Spartans notched their first Big South win of the campaign by knocking off Presbyterian in four sets last Thursday.
Gardner-Webb, meanwhile, is 2-12 overall and 0-2 in Big South action. A player to watch for the Runnin' Bulldogs is Kylee Garrison who ranks fourth in the conference averaging 3.15 kills per set.
Series Rewind vs. Opponents – Asheville holds the all-time edge against both USC Upstate (11-8) and Gardner-Webb (28-11). Upstate has won the last three matches between the two programs with the Bulldogs' last win coming in 2019. As for the series vs. Gardner-Webb, Asheville has won eight straight in the series with GWU's last victory coming in 2017.
Last Time Out – Asheville dropped its first two Big South matches of the season last week at home to Winthrop (3-0) and Radford (3-1). With those two results, Asheville is now 3-9 on the season.
Big South Leader – A strength for Asheville in 2022 has been its work defensively. The Bulldogs rank first in the Big South averaging 15.32 digs per set. Leading the charge defensively has been Giulia Rodrigues who is averaging a team-best 4.49 digs per set this season.
Springer posts multiple double-doubles – Another recent bright spot for Asheville has been freshman Lindsay Springer. Springer has tallied a double-double in three of her last four matches, including a 22-assist, 10-dig outing against Radford last Friday.
About the Opponents – Upstate enters the second week of Big South play with an overall record of 3-11 and a 1-1 mark in league action. The Spartans notched their first Big South win of the campaign by knocking off Presbyterian in four sets last Thursday.
Gardner-Webb, meanwhile, is 2-12 overall and 0-2 in Big South action. A player to watch for the Runnin' Bulldogs is Kylee Garrison who ranks fourth in the conference averaging 3.15 kills per set.
Series Rewind vs. Opponents – Asheville holds the all-time edge against both USC Upstate (11-8) and Gardner-Webb (28-11). Upstate has won the last three matches between the two programs with the Bulldogs' last win coming in 2019. As for the series vs. Gardner-Webb, Asheville has won eight straight in the series with GWU's last victory coming in 2017.
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