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Friday, Nov. 15Â -- vs. Charleston Southern (Millis Center, High Point, N.C.), 7 p.m.
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Saturday, Nov. 16 -- vs. Presbyterian (Millis Center, High Point, N.C.), 2 p.m.
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The High Point University volleyball team (19-10, 11-1 Big South) finishes the regular season this weekend with matches against Charleston Southern (13-13, 5-7 Big South) and Presbyterian (13-13, 7-5 Big South). Friday's match against Charleston Southern will be 'Flashback Friday' with double-sided High Point University and High Point College pennants given away. Saturday is HPU's senior day, named 'Jenna Day' for the team's two seniors -
Jenna Smith and
Jenna Weidner.
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Matchup History
- HPU is a combined 52-10 against this weekend's opponents, holding a 35-7 advantage over the Buccaneers and a 17-3 mark against the Blue Hose.
- The Panthers extended their winning streaks against the two schools earlier in the year, defeating both in four sets. High Point has won the last 28 against CSU and eight straight against PC.
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Panther Notes
- High Point had two of its best matches of the year last weekend, taking down Campbell and Hampton on the road in three sets each.
- Megan Kratzer was named the Big South Freshman of the Week this past week, the third time she has won the award this season.
- Kratzer recorded 17 kills in the two sweeps for an average of 2.83 per set and hit .302. She has now taken the team lead in total kills with 232.
- HPU has now had a Player of the Week nine weeks in a row and 10 of the 11 weeks the Big South has awarded weekly honors. The Panthers have a total of 13 Big South weekly awards, the most of any school in the conference.
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Across the Bench
- Charleston Southern and Presbyterian played each other last weekend in the two school's only game of the weekend, with the Buccaneers winning at home.
- Charleston Southern senior Brooke Monssen leads the conference in kills with 375 for an average of 4.12 per set.
- Teammate Skylar Blackmon is fifth in the Big South in digs. The junior averages 3.93 digs per set.
- Sophomore Erin Cooke leads Presbyterian's offense with an average of 2.84 kills per set.
- Erin Eulitz is second in the conference in digs, behind High Point's Abby Bottomley, with the senior averaging 5.14 per set.
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Up Next: HPU has locked up the second seed in the Big South Tournament and awaits to see who it will play in the semifinal. That game is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7 p.m.
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