BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb volleyball team (9-14, 1-6 Big South) closes out a three-game home stand this weekend, hosting High Point (9-8, 6-1 Big South) on Friday night, October 24th and Radford (8-13, 4-3 Big South) on Saturday afternoon, October 25th

FRIDAY GAME INFORMATION
Game 24: High Point (9-8, 6-1 Big South) at Gardner-Webb (8-14, 1-6 Big South)
Location: Paul Porter Arena - Boiling Springs, N.C.
First Serve: 6:00 pm
Most Recent Meeting: 2025 - High Point 3, Gardner-Webb 1
Series History: High Point leads 30-2

SATURDAY GAME INFORMATION
Game 25: Radford (8-13, 4-3 Big South) at Gardner-Webb (8-14, 1-6 Big South)
Location: Paul Porter Arena - Boiling Springs, N.C.
First Serve: 2:00 pm
Most Recent Meeting: 2025 - Gardner-Webb 3, Radford 0
Series History: Radford leads 25-9

GARDNER-WEBB NOTES

• Gardner-Webb is led on the attack by a freshman and a sophomore. Freshman outside hitter Haedyn Crumbley has a team-high 167 kills, followed by sophomore outside hitter Samia Sayd with 157
• Redshirt junior Serena Kohler is fresh off her best game of the season last Saturday at Charleston Southern, with 19 kills. 20 digs and a .288% hitting percentage
• In the assist column, sophomore setter Olivia Lefebvre leads the way for GWU with 464, and over 5.4 per set. Lefebvre has posted a series of career games in Big South play with her top-five best performances all coming since league play opened in September, including 39 assists at High Point and 30 at Winthrop
• Junior middle Milla Lugo is top ten in the Big South Conference in hitting percentage through seven games, with 52 kills at a tune of .292%. Lugo is also third in the league in total blocks since the start of conference play with 28
• Lugo has also just passed a career milestone, moving over 100 blocks for both her college career and Gardner-Webb career back in September
• On the defensive end, graduate libero Nalani McBride has been excellent, with 485 digs and 5.6 digs per set this season. McBride is still among the national leaders in each category
• McBride is another Runnin' Bulldogs player who has reached a career milestone this season as well, recording her 900th dig between Gardner-Webb and Temple on last Saturday at Charleston Southern. She enters this weekend with 973, closing in on the 1000 dig mark for her career
• Among a team of mostly freshman and sophomores, freshman right side Sarina Galyean has seen some excellent play for GWU, with 69 total kills including 12 against Marshall and 10 against Queens in consecutive games
• Other newcomers to the team include redshirt freshman right side Alexis Maesch, who has standout games this season against Campbell with 12 kills and a .241% hitting percentage, and Northern Arizona where she hit .357% and recorded seven kills
• As a team, Gardner-Webb ranks first in the Big South in several key categories, with 1040  kills, 54 solo blocks, 133 service aces, and 1567 digs
• Gardner-Webb will aim for its 10th wins of the season this weekend, hoping to archive double-digit wins for the first time in the Alex Hinsey era, after already surpassing last season's win total last month