High Point vs. USC Upstate
When: Tuesday, September 17 at 6 p.m.
Where: Spartanburg, S.C. | G.B. Hodge Center
All-Time Series: First Meeting
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HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University volleyball team travels to Spartanburg, S.C. to open conference play against USC Upstate Tuesday at 6 p.m.
 
This will be the first time Panthers have faced the Spartans in program history.
 
On the Panthers
• The Panthers split a pair of matches at the Pitt Invite over the weekend. The Purple & White won their first match Saturday 3-0 over Liberty and fell to No. 9 Pitt 3-1 in the second game.
• Senior Molly Livingston leads the team with a .320 hitting percentage and is averaging 2.69 kills per set. 
• Sophomore Abby Bottomley leads HPU 5.74 digs per set, which ranks first in the Big South Conference and eighth in the NCAA.
 
On the Spartans
• USC Upstate brings a 3-10 record into the match after losing to Georgia Southern and defeating Savannah State twice at the GATA Challenge in Statesboro, Ga. 
• Sophomore Lily Dempsey leads the Spartans with 2.07 kills per set, while senior Madison Haake is tops on the team in hitting percentage at .280.
• Senior Payton Duncan leads USC Upstate with 3.32 digs per set.
 
Up Next
• The Panthers will continue conference play Sept. 21-22.
• HPU will host Gardner-Webb Friday at 7 p.m. in its first home match of season.
• The Purple & White will bring in Winthrop Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
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