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Volleyball Travels to Charlotte for Sunday Conference Meeting
9/24/2022 3:24:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
BIRMINGHAM – The UAB Volleyball team returns to the road as they travel to the Queen City to continue conference play. The Blazers take on the Charlotte 49ers in their sophomore match of C-USA competition. Friday night, the Blazers dropped their first conference match with a loss to No. 24 WKU. They look to flip the result in their Sunday matinee meeting against Charlotte.
"Charlotte is a team that continues to be on the rise," said head coach, Betsy Freeburg. "This is the first time in 3 seasons that we will face each other in the regular season, and it should be a great match up. The last time we played, it was a knockout, a five-set match, and because of their talented returning players, we are expecting a similar challenge on Sunday."
UAB (5-8, 0-1 C-USA) vs. UNC Charlotte (6-7. 0-1 C-USA)
Sept. 25 | 12 p.m. | Halton Arena | Charlotte, N.C.
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SCOUTING THE 49ERS
C-USA foe Charlotte and the Blazers have met over the course of four decades, where the Blazers lead in the series with 19 wins to the 49ers 14. The last meeting between these two teams would be in the Conference USA quarterfinals, where Charlotte defeated UAB in five sets to advance to the semis.
The 49ers come into the season 6-7 as of Sept. 24, playing teams among the likes of Syracuse, Georgia, Texas Tech, UNC and Virginia. In their two meetings with the Cavaliers, Charlotte took Virginia to five sets twice, splitting the series with a loss on Sept. 9, and a win the following day.
Charlotte comes off a 12-13 season in 2021, finishing fifth in C-USA East 5-7. The 49ers closed out conference play in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Championships, where they would lose 1-3 against Rice. Despite the early exit, Charlotte finished their 2021 campaign with an AVCA All-South Region Honor for Outside Hitter, Sydney Rowan who averaged 3.25 kills per set, helping the 49ers to an average of 12.9 kills in each set that season.
Though Rowan left Charlotte in her fifth and final year as a 49er, the mantle then passed on to Emani' Foster, who leads the team in kills so far in the 2022 season. Foster closed out with a season high 28 kills on Sept. 15 against Davidson. On the defensive end, Libero Sophie Whalen leads the team in total digs, while Amani McArthur is the front runner for blocks.
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