HIGH POINT, N.C. – High Point University volleyball continues its road-heavy opening to Big South play at Charleston Southern on Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
The Panthers started conference action with a 3-1 win at Liberty on Tuesday, which kicked off a stretch of five of six games on the road.
 
Match Information
Sat., Sept. 24 | Charleston Southern | North Charleston, S.C. | Buc Dome | Live Stats
 
Note: Charleston Southern will not be providing a stream to the match.
 
PANTHER NOTES
Diggin' College
• Freshman Abby Bottomley ranks 27th nationally and fourth among freshmen with 5.35 digs per set.
 
• Bottomley started her Big South career with 35 digs at Liberty – the most by a Big South player in a single match this season.
 
Starting Strong on the Road
The Purple & White haven't won their first two Big South road games since 2013 when the team won the first three league road matches.
 
Blocking Duo
In two and a half seasons with the Panthers, juniors Molly Livingston and Jordan Hefner rank sixth and seventh, respectively, in career blocks with both eclipsing 250 career blocks last week.
 
Efficient Attack
• The Purple & White are tied for second in the Big South in attack percentage (.223) behind just Radford's .224 mark.
 
• Livingston (.352), Hefner (.288) and junior Katie Tylman (.285) all rank in the top nine in the league in attack percentage.
 
Differing Styles
High Point leads the Big South with 13.11 kills per set while Charleston Southern paces the conference with 16.83 digs per frame.
 
Climbing the Record Books
• Barnes ranks in the top-10 in HPU's career rankings in kills, aces, attack attempts and kills per set. She needs four aces to tie Kristina Taylor for fourth in the program's Division I ranks at 121 and 31 digs to pass Kim Anderson and Jamie Kaufman for 10th in digs.
 
• Senior Carly Jimenez is eighth in career assists with 1,348 helpers in her time in the Purple & White.
 
• Livingston is the only D-I Panther to have an attack percentage over .300 with at least 1,000 career attack attempts hitting at a .332 clip. Meanwhile, Hefner needs 91 attack attempts to qualify, but would currently rank third (.271).
 
All-Time Series
High Point leads the series 29-7 after winning the last 23 contests in the series. That streak is 11 longer than the second longest streak – Liberty's 12 straight wins against Presbyterian.
 
Last Time They Met
Due to weather postponing a previously scheduled match, the Panthers and the Bucs met in back-to-back matches on Oct. 22 and Oct. 28. High Point won in four sets at CSU before sweeping the Bucs at home six days later.
 
Next Up
The Purple & White wrap up their three-match road trip to begin conference play at Campbell on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
 
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