BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - The Gardner-Webb volleyball team (11-15, 2-7 Big South) welcomes Charleston Southern (13-10, 5-4 Big South) and Presbyterian (6-15, 2-7 Big South) to Paul Porter Arena on Friday and Saturday, the site of two crucial games in the Big South Conference

FRIDAY GAME INFORMATION
Game 27: Charleston Southern (13-10, 5-4 Big South) at Gardner-Webb (11-15, 2-7 Big South)
Location: Paul Porter Arena - Boiling Springs, N.C.
First Serve: 6:00 pm
Stream: ESPN Plus
Talent: Collin Calvert
Most Recent Meeting: 2025 - Charleston Southern 3, Gardner-Webb 2
Series History: Charleston Southern leads 21-13

SATURDAY GAME INFORMATION
Game 28: Presbyterian (6-15, 2-7 Big South) at Gardner-Webb (11-15, 2-7 Big South)
Location: Paul Porter Arena - Boiling Springs, N.C.
First Serve: 2:00 pm
Stream: ESPN Plus
Talent: Dr. Scott Berry
Most Recent Meeting: 2025 - Presbyterian 3, Gardner-Webb 0
Series History: Presbyterian leads 25-12

GARDNER-WEBB NOTES

• In the reverse match-ups in the Big South Conference, the Runnin' Bulldogs suffered a 3-0 loss at Presbyterian on October 17th, and led early and often before a 3-2 setback at Charleston Southern on October 18th
• Gardner-Webb is led on the attack by a freshman and a sophomore. Freshman outside hitter Haedyn Crumbley has a team-high 186 kills, followed by sophomore outside hitter Samia Sayd with 168
• Redshirt junior Serena Kohler posted her best game of the season last time out against 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 519, 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 nine league games, with 65 kills at a tune of .304%. Lugo is also top five in the league in total blocks since the start of conference play with 35
• On the defensive end, graduate libero Nalani McBride has been excellent, with 547 digs and 5.64 digs per set this season. McBride remains the national leader in total digs, and sits top five in digs per set across all of NCAA Division I, while also remaining in reach of the program record of 660 digs in one season
• McBride recently reached a career milestone as well, recording her 1000th dig between Gardner-Webb and Temple on last Saturday against Radford, on the way to claiming her fifth Big South Libero of The Week Award
• Among a team of mostly freshman and sophomores, freshman right side Sarina Galyean has seen some excellent play for GWU, with 76 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 Radford this past Saturday with seven kills, two block assists and a .500 hitting percentage
• Junior outside hitter Nicole Osborne has emerged in a big way for Gardner-Webb over the last two weeks, recording a six kills, with two digs and a block assist off the bench against Radford, then posting a season-best eight kills, nine digs and a .259 hitting percentage at Lees-McRae mid-week
• As a team, Gardner-Webb ranks first in the Big South in several key categories, with 1152 kills, 58 solo blocks, 146 service aces, and 1746 digs
• With the aforementioned win over Radford on Saturday afternoon, the Runnin' Bulldogs have reached double-digit wins for only the second time since 2017 and for the first time since 2023
• With two wins this weekend, Gardner-Webb can come within a single result of tying its most wins (14 in 2023) in a season since at least 2014