Eagles Host Radford, Journey To Winthrop Invitational

DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central returns dwelling Tuesday to host Radford in volleyball earlier than heading to Rock Hill, S.C., for the Winthrop Invitational on Saturday.

The Eagles will tackle Radford at 6 p.m. inside McDougald-McLendon Arena, then play two matches within the Winthrop Invitational. They face UNC Wilmington at midday and host Winthrop at 6 p.m. on the Winthrop Coliseum.

RECORDS
NCCU enters Tuesday’s match with a 2-6 total mark whereas Radford is 2-8. UNC Wilmington begins the week 4-6 and Winthrop is 2-5.

ABOUT NCCU

• The Eagles are aware of all three opponents, having defeated each Radford and UNCW on the highway by equivalent 3-1 scores in 2025. The victories have been the primary in opposition to each groups as a Division I program. NCCU is 1-4 versus UNCW since 2010 and 1-6 versus Radford since 2000 however is in search of its second straight win in opposition to each groups.
• NCCU has not crushed Winthrop in eight tries since 2008, though each groups haven’t met since 2016. The Eagles final competed in a event hosted by Winthrop in 2008 and 2009, after they performed within the Hilton Garden Inn Invitational/Classic.
• Breylan Fairley amassed a season-high 36 assists in opposition to UNC Greensboro on Sept. 12. Shalyn Bell recorded double-digit kills within the final two matches, together with a season-high tying 13 kills at UNC Greensboro. She has led or tied for the crew lead in kills the final three matches. Allyson Rouse has totaled six or extra blocks in three matches this season.
• In MEAC statistics, Talia Emmen ranks fourth (2.71) and Bell is tied for fifth (2.69) in kills per set. Rouse ranks second (.358), Morgan Wingo is seventh (.274) and Aniah Bass is ninth (.229) in hitting proportion.
• Fairley leads the MEAC in service aces per set (0.59) and ranks fourth (5.90) in assists per set. Rouse ranks 10^th (0.86) in blocks per set whereas Emmen (2.42) and Bell (2.35) are eighth and 10^th, respectively, in digs per set. Bell is fifth (3.06) and Emmen ranks sixth (3.04) in factors per set.
• Paige Bennett of Winthrop leads the Big South Conference in kills per set (4.13) and factors per set (4.58). Teammate Lexi Thatcher is the league help chief (9.57 per set).
• Taryn Roberts leads Radford in kills per set (2.70). Lea Gage ranks fifth within the Big South in assists per set (7.29).
• Nadia Wasilewski leads UNCW in kills per set (2.14) and Gaby Zovko ranks third within the CAA in assists per set (7.40). Courtney Graham is tied for third within the convention in blocks per set (1.21).

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