HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University volleyball team heads to Radford on Saturday afternoon looking to close out an undefeated Big South campaign.
 
The Panthers (22-6, 15-0) clinched their first outright Big South regular season title with a sweep of Winthrop on Saturday, Nov. 4 in the Millis Center.
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Sat., Nov. 10 | 4:00 p.m. | Radford | Radford, Va. | Live Stats | Live Video
 
PANTHER NOTES
Reaching New Heights
• The Panthers are ranked 50th in the latest version of the RPI, the highest in program history.
 
• In High Point's Division I era the program broke into the top-100 of the RPI just once prior to this fall, but have spent the entire season 65 or higher.
 
• The Purple & White remain at No. 24 in the Volleyball Magazine Mid-Major Top-25.
 
#Winning
• The team's 22 wins are one shy of tying the 2016 squad for the third-most in HPU's Division I era.
 
• The Panthers have won at least 20 matches each of the past three years – the longest D-I streak for the program.
 
• The senior class of Haley Barnes, Carly Jimenez and Amy Pilat have been a part of a program-leading 43 Big South wins.
 
• The trio has won 79 overall matches – the second most in HPU's D-I era – and boasts a .653 winning percentage, which is .006 behind the 2010 class.
 
Streaks!
• The Purple & White have won 17 straight matches, which is tied for the third-longest active streak in America.
 
• The Panthers' 15 straight Big South victories is the longest single-season streak in conference history. Over the last two years, HPU has claimed 20 straight matches against conference foes.
 
• HPU went 8-0 at home in conference play winning all 24 sets.
 
Livingston's Blazing Pace
• Molly Livingston is hitting .399 this season. The mark would blow past the HPU single-season record and be the second-best attack percentage in the Big South since 2008 when the NCAA moved to 25-point rally scoring.
 
• The junior leads the Big South and ranks 24th in the nation in attack percentage (.399).
 
• The Sun Prairie, Wis. native is hitting at a .352 mark for her career, which is .063 higher than the previous mark.
 
Coming Up Aces
• Only six teams nationally average more aces per set than HPU's 1.74.
 
• Barnes is second in the Big South and 14th nationally with 0.47 aces per frame.
 
Diggin' College
• Freshman Abby Bottomley leads the Big South and ranks No. 25 in the country with 5.29 digs per set.
 
• She need 59 digs to break Julie Hershkowitz's record for digs by an HPU freshmen entering the week with 524.
 
• She has been the Big South Defensive Player of the Week a league-best four times while tying for the most Freshman of the Week awards as well with two.
 
Setting the Standard
The Purple & White are leading the conference and are sitting at 36th nationally with a .256 attack percentage. That mark is .032 clear of the program's previous high set in 2012.
 
KNOW THE OPPONENT
Series History with Radford

All-Time	22-19
Big South	19-18
At Radford	7-11
Streak	Won 2

Last Time They Met
Barnes exploded for 15 kills on just 28 attempts to hit .500 and lead High Point to a sweep of the Highlanders. In the match, the Panthers hit .377, which is the highest allowed by Radford this season.
 
Scouting the Highlanders
Radford (23-3, 13-2) will enter the Big South Championship as the No. 2 seed and will host the tournament. Since its back-to-back losses at High Point and at home to Liberty in early October, the Highlanders have rattled off 10 straight victories including six sweeps. Senior Maddie Palmer paces the squad in kills (4.03/set) and digs (3.57/set) on the year.
 
NEXT UP
The Panthers will head back to Radford next weekend as the No. 1 seed in the Big South Championship. HPU has a bye through to the semifinals where it will play the winner of the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. The championship match will be head on Sunday at 4:00 p.m. on ESPN3.
 
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