Boiling Springs, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb volleyball team will wrap up its 2013 regular season road slate this week, as the Runnin' Bulldogs will hit the road to take on the Winthrop Lady Eagles and the Presbyterian College Lady Blue Hose on Friday and Saturday, November 8th & 9th.

GWU will take on the Winthrop Lady Eagles on Friday night, November 8th, at 7 p.m. in Rock Hill, S.C., and then will turn around to face off with Presbyterian College on Saturday afternoon, November 9th, at 2 p.m. in Clinton, S.C.

In Gardner-Webb's 3-1 win over Campbell on Friday night, the Runnin' Bulldogs as a team set a new GWU Division I single season record in overall wins with 15. With the win, GWU also set a new Division I program single season record in conference wins with six.

GWU's Brianna Starr was named the Crons Brand Big South Freshman of the Week for her play last week. Starr recorded 23 kills, 2.88 kills per set, 24 digs and 3.0 digs per set for the Runnin' Bulldogs last week. In a 3-1 victory over Campbell, she registered a double-double with 16 kills and 14 digs. Starr followed that up with 10 digs and seven kills against High Point. The award is her second Crons Brand Freshman of the Week honor this season.

Middle blocker Tyra Montour was named the Big South Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career on Monday. Montour led the defensive efforts for Gardner-Webb last week with 17 blocks -- including 10 solo and 2.12 blocks per set. She recorded nine blocks, including five solo efforts in the win over the Fighting Camels. Against High Point, she tallied eight blocks and five solo blocks in the four-set setback. With her 17 total blocks on the week, Montour surpassed the 100 mark in total blocks on the season.

Sophomore libero Anna Pashkova's 28 digs on Friday night in the win over Campbell set a new GWU DI single season record for the most digs in a single season, as she surpassed the previous total of 541 set by Katie Matykowski back in 2007.

The Lady Eagles of Winthrop are 13-12 overall and 4-7 in conference play heading into action this week. Winthrop is coming off a 3-2 loss on the road to the Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina on Sunday, November 3rd.

The Lady Eagles, who defeated GWU 3-0 back on October 12th in Paul Porter Arena, has won two of its last three contests with wins over Liberty and Charleston Southern.

Irene Ojukwu leads the Eagles with 306 kills, while Rachel Lenz leads the team with 96 total blocks on the year.

The Lady Blue Hose enter play this week at 8-19 overall and 6-5 in Big South Conference play. PC, who will host UNC Asheville on Friday night, has dropped four of its last five matches over the last few weeks and is just 3-6 since falling to Gardner-Webb 3-2 back on October 11th.

Presbyterian is led by the duo of Rachel Hall and Andrea Barman who have tallied 302 and 282 kills apiece, respectively, while libero Mary Trimpe leads the way defensively with 585 digs on the season.

Live stats for Friday night's contest at Winthrop will be available at www.winthropeagles.com, while Saturday afternoon's match at Presbyterian will be available at www.gobluehose.com.

Both matches are slated to be video streamed live for free on the Big South Network, presented by State Farm.

Links to all live media outlets are available on the volleyball schedule page at www.gwusports.com.

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