Thursday, August 31
West Point, N.Y.
4:00 PM ET
Liberty University
4-0,0-0CUSA
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High Point
1-3,0-0Big South
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2
3
4
5
F
Liberty
25
17
20
26
15
3
High Point
22
25
25
24
12
2
Lady Flames Move to 4-0 with Comeback 5-Set Victory Over High Point
8/31/2023 7:24:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Liberty volleyball team kept its season-opening winning streak alive, overcoming a 2-1 deficit to defeat High Point 3-2 (25-22, 17-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-12), Thursday at Army's Gillis Field House.
The Lady Flames remain perfect on the season at 4-0 with a win to begin this week's Black Knights Invitational. Meanwhile, defending Big South champion High Point falls to 1-3 on the young season.
Notable Numbers
• High Point held a slight .217-.213 edge in hitting percentage, while the Panthers also led in kills (59-52), aces (14-10) and digs (53-42). The Lady Flames led 14-9 in blocks.
• Kamryn Bacus scored a season-high 22 kills for the Lady Flames at a .294 pace, adding three aces and nine digs. Making her first collegiate appearance, freshman Lily Wagner also hit .294 with eight kills. Madison Blane registered six kills and a season-high eight blocks, while Delaney Dilfer totaled 39 assists, three aces, 13 digs and four blocks. Erica Lowery served up three aces and collected 13 digs.
• High Point's Dylan Maberry tied Bacus for the match lead with 22 kills, while Christine Graf sent down 12 kills. Eve Wilson contributed nine kills and seven blocks, while Allie Gray dished out a match-high 47 assists and led all players with five aces. Jordyn Schilling collected 19 digs and served up three aces.
Turning Point
• High Point built a 2-1 match lead, overcoming an early 9-2 deficit to win set two before leading set three from wire to wire. The Panthers led set four 20-17, just five points from clinching the match. However, Liberty surged ahead at 22-21 and converted on its second set-point attempt, pushing the match to set five with a 26-24 victory.
• The Panthers earned early momentum in the fifth, leading 8-6 at the court change. Liberty quickly took charge from there, scoring four straight points to lead 10-8. High Point narrowed the gap to one at 10-9, 11-10, 12-11 and 13-12. Wagner then scored a kill, followed by a Sydney Whitfield-Madison Blane block sealed the five-set win for the Lady Flames.
Quick Hits
• Liberty is now 33-19 all-time against High Point in volleyball. The two teams are 2-2 when taking on each other under their current head coaches (Liberty's Trevor Johnson and High Point's Ryan Meek).
• The Lady Flames are off to their best start to a season since beginning the 2008 season at 8-0.
• Liberty won its first 10 sets of the 2023 season before dropping set two today. The last time the Lady Flames won 10 sets in a row was Nov. 4-13, 2022.
• Bacus has scored 10 or more kills in each of her last eight matches, dating to last season. She now has 50 career 10-kill matches and 25 as a Lady Flame. Today was her fourth career 20-kill match, with all of them coming for Liberty.
• Prior to today, the last time Liberty overcame a 2-1 deficit in a victory was Nov. 18, 2022, when the Lady Flames rallied to defeat Lipscomb in the ASUN Volleyball Championship semifinal. That was also the last time that the Lady Flames played a five-set match.
• Liberty is 2-0 in two-point sets and 1-0 in extended sets this season.
• Liberty's 10 aces today were its most in a single match since serving up 11 aces against Eastern Michigan on Sept. 17, 2022.
• Lily Wagner (eight kills, five blocks), fellow freshman Charli Morris and redshirt freshman Sydney Whitfield (six kills, two blocks) all made their collegiate debuts today.
Up Next
Liberty will take on tournament host Army tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Gillis Field House.
The Lady Flames remain perfect on the season at 4-0 with a win to begin this week's Black Knights Invitational. Meanwhile, defending Big South champion High Point falls to 1-3 on the young season.
Notable Numbers
• High Point held a slight .217-.213 edge in hitting percentage, while the Panthers also led in kills (59-52), aces (14-10) and digs (53-42). The Lady Flames led 14-9 in blocks.
• Kamryn Bacus scored a season-high 22 kills for the Lady Flames at a .294 pace, adding three aces and nine digs. Making her first collegiate appearance, freshman Lily Wagner also hit .294 with eight kills. Madison Blane registered six kills and a season-high eight blocks, while Delaney Dilfer totaled 39 assists, three aces, 13 digs and four blocks. Erica Lowery served up three aces and collected 13 digs.
• High Point's Dylan Maberry tied Bacus for the match lead with 22 kills, while Christine Graf sent down 12 kills. Eve Wilson contributed nine kills and seven blocks, while Allie Gray dished out a match-high 47 assists and led all players with five aces. Jordyn Schilling collected 19 digs and served up three aces.
Turning Point
• High Point built a 2-1 match lead, overcoming an early 9-2 deficit to win set two before leading set three from wire to wire. The Panthers led set four 20-17, just five points from clinching the match. However, Liberty surged ahead at 22-21 and converted on its second set-point attempt, pushing the match to set five with a 26-24 victory.
• The Panthers earned early momentum in the fifth, leading 8-6 at the court change. Liberty quickly took charge from there, scoring four straight points to lead 10-8. High Point narrowed the gap to one at 10-9, 11-10, 12-11 and 13-12. Wagner then scored a kill, followed by a Sydney Whitfield-Madison Blane block sealed the five-set win for the Lady Flames.
Quick Hits
• Liberty is now 33-19 all-time against High Point in volleyball. The two teams are 2-2 when taking on each other under their current head coaches (Liberty's Trevor Johnson and High Point's Ryan Meek).
• The Lady Flames are off to their best start to a season since beginning the 2008 season at 8-0.
• Liberty won its first 10 sets of the 2023 season before dropping set two today. The last time the Lady Flames won 10 sets in a row was Nov. 4-13, 2022.
• Bacus has scored 10 or more kills in each of her last eight matches, dating to last season. She now has 50 career 10-kill matches and 25 as a Lady Flame. Today was her fourth career 20-kill match, with all of them coming for Liberty.
• Prior to today, the last time Liberty overcame a 2-1 deficit in a victory was Nov. 18, 2022, when the Lady Flames rallied to defeat Lipscomb in the ASUN Volleyball Championship semifinal. That was also the last time that the Lady Flames played a five-set match.
• Liberty is 2-0 in two-point sets and 1-0 in extended sets this season.
• Liberty's 10 aces today were its most in a single match since serving up 11 aces against Eastern Michigan on Sept. 17, 2022.
• Lily Wagner (eight kills, five blocks), fellow freshman Charli Morris and redshirt freshman Sydney Whitfield (six kills, two blocks) all made their collegiate debuts today.
Up Next
Liberty will take on tournament host Army tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Gillis Field House.
Team Stats
Lib
HP
Kills
52
59
Errors
23
28
Attempts
136
143
Hitting %
.213
.217
Points
77.0
82.0
Assists
48
56
Aces
11
14
Blocks
14
9
Game Leaders
Kills
22
Aces
3
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
4
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
8
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
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