11/4/2026 11:27:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
LYNCHBURG, Va. -Â Liberty (15-9, 7-5) heads to Bowling Green, Ky., to take on CUSA-leading Western Kentucky (18-6, 12-0), Friday and Saturday.
Quick Hits
Quick Hits
- Liberty enters the weekend tied with Middle Tennessee and Sam Houston for third place in CUSA standings, while WKU can wrap up the No. 1 seed for the 2026 CUSA Volleyball Championship with one win.
- This weekend's matches feature the reigning CUSA Offensive (WKU's Faith Young) and Defensive (Liberty's Laney Daniell) Players of the Week.
- Liberty was predicted second in the 2026 CUSA Preseason Coaches' Poll, behind three-time defending champion WKU. The Lady Flames (3) and Hilltoppers (4) combined for seven out of the 10 members on the 2026 Preseason All-Conference team.
- Liberty leads CUSA in conference-only kills per set (13.76) and digs per set (15.66), ranking second to WKU in conference-only hitting percentage (.310).
- Laney Daniell has posted five blocks or more in each of the last four matches, and is the second player in program history to be named CUSA Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week in the same season.
- Paige Overcash scored a match-high 14 kills in three sets last Friday at Kennesaw State. She ranks second in CUSA with 3.73 kills per set in conference-only play, while Jenna Otts is seventh at 3.24.
- Melis Ural has collected 10 or more digs in 21 out of the last 22 matches and ranks fourth in CUSA with 4.12 digs per set in conference play.
- Sophomore Alison Bierwagen posted her 10th double-double of the season on Oct. 24, becoming the first Lady Flame since Anna Willey (2015-16) with 10 or more double-doubles in back-to-back seasons.
- Liberty will get to preview the venue for the 2026 CUSA Volleyball Championship, which will be held at Diddle Arena from Nov. 20-22.
- WKU ranks fourth in the nation, averaging 2.11 service aces per set. The Lady Flames have served up two aces per set over the last three matches.
- Through the first eight matches this season, Liberty held a 4-4 record, being outhit by opponents a combined .265-.229. In the last 16 matches, during which Liberty is 11-5, the Lady Flames have outhit opponents .270-.176.
- After hitting .300 or better a combined five times in the 2023 and 2024 seasons, Liberty has already hit over .300 14 times under second-year Head Coach Jeremy White.
- Prior to last year, the last time Liberty came back from a 2-0 deficit to win a match was 2016. The Lady Flames have posted two reverse sweeps under second-year Head Coach Jeremy White, going 11-3 in five-set matches during his tenure.
- Last season, three Lady Flames (Carly O'Brien, Jenna Otts and Paige Overcash) recorded at least one double-digit kill match. This year, Liberty has already gotten at least one 10-kill match from six players (Layla Collins, Laney Daniell, Addison Hart, O'Brien, Otts and Overcash).
- After returning just 16.3 percent of its point production from 2024 to 2025, the Lady Flames brought back 86.8 percent of their point production from 2025 into this season.
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