The High Point University volleyball team travels to UNC on Saturday for a preseason exhibition match. This is the Panthers' only preseason match before traveling to the VCU Invitational August 25^th-27^th.
 
High Point at UNC
Saturday, August 20^th | 1:00 PM
Carmichael Arena | Chapel Hill, N.C.
Live Stats
 

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First week in the ??!!#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/L7odincDy9

— HPU Volleyball (@HPUVB) August 12, 2022

 
Last Season with the Panthers
High Point finished a 24-7 campaign in 2021 where the Big South Regular Season Champions ran through the league with a 15-1 record. The Panthers fell in the Big South Tournament Championship in a five-set heartbreaker to Campbell.
 
About the Tarheels
In the AVCA preseason poll released on August 15^th, UNC was among teams receiving votes after finishing the 2021 season with a 21-9 record. The Tarheels finished their season in the NCAA Tournament First Round with a 3-1 loss to Tennessee in the Columbus regional.
 
Four Panthers Recognized on Preseason Team
With the Big South's preseason coaches' poll also came preseason all-conference honors. Dylan Maberry, Maria Miggins, Gabrielle Idlebird, and Sydney Palazzolo were recognized on the preseason team while Maberry was named the conference's Preseason Player of the Year and Miggins earned the Preseason Setter of the Year nod.
 

Picking up right where she left off ?? @dylan_maberry is the @BigSouthSports Preseason Player of the Year ??#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/PCcYbzVmIe

— HPU Volleyball (@HPUVB) August 10, 2022

 

Run it back @mariamiggins ?? @BigSouthSports Preseason Setter of the Year!!!#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/i8LIDcOync

— HPU Volleyball (@HPUVB) August 10, 2022

 

Preseason All-@BigSouthSports ?? Congrats @gabbyidlebird and @sydpal2!#GoHPU pic.twitter.com/48MXFygwXx

— HPU Volleyball (@HPUVB) August 10, 2022

HPU Selected as Unanimous Preseason Favorite
High Point received nine first-place votes to sweep the Big South's Preseason Coaches' poll. The Panthers return five all-conference members from 2021 in Dylan Maberry (Player of the Year), Maria Miggins (Setter of the Year), Jenny Wessling (Defensive Player of the Year), Sydney Palazzolo (Freshman of the Year), and Gabrielle Idlebird.
 

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— HPU Volleyball (@HPUVB) August 10, 2022

 
New Season, New Faces
The 2022 HPU roster features nine new members with four transfers and five freshmen. Ally Van Eekeren (Creighton), Kathryn Wesolich (UCF), Jillian Ziemba (Butler), and Elaina Bohnet (Iowa Western CC) all transferred in beginning last January, while BayLea Sparks, Anna Wilson, Ella Grasson, Hannah Hawkins, and Amelia Kowalska round out the 2022 freshman class.