Women's Volleyball | 10/15/2021 5:58:00 PM

North Carolina A&T at Charleston Southern
Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, 2 p.m. 
Buccaneer Field House 

A&T Team Leaders:
Kills: Niaya Sawtelle (3.08 per set)
Digs: Andrea Laboy-Rivera (3.34 per set)
Assists: Edie Brewer (5.31 per set)
Blocks: Shaylynn Hall (1.27 per set)
Hitting Percentage: Shaylynn Hall (.370) 

A&T Big South Leaders (Top-10)  
Kills: Niaya Sawtelle (3.08 per set) – 7th
Digs: Andrea Laboy-Rivera (3.34 per set) – 10th
Assists: Edie Brewer (5.31 per set) – 9th
Blocks: Shaylynn Hall (1.27 per set) – 1st; Mallory Porcher (1.05 per set) – 5th
Hitting Percentage: Shaylynn Hall (.370) – 3rd

A&T Nationally Leaders (Top-50) 
Blocks: Shaylynn Hall (94) – 4th

NORTH CAROLINA A&T (12-7, 4-3 BIG SOUTH): The Aggies completed their three-game homestand with two straight wins in between a thrilling five-set loss to Campbell. A&T recorded 13.0 blocks, and three Aggies recorded at least six block assists in the Aggies 3-0 win over Presbyterian on Tuesday. N.C. This season, A&T has out-blocked their opponents in 13 of the 19 matches, including six of the Aggies seven Big South matches.   

A&T head coach Hal Clifton recorded is in his 11th season as the Aggies head coach. Clifton has a 67-50 record (.572) record since 2017. Against conference opponents, the Aggies are 38-11 (.776) since 2017. The Aggies have not finished below .500 since the 2016 season.
                                                       

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN BUCCANEERS (6-10, 2-4 BIG SOUTH): The Bucs defeated Radford 3-0 to snap a three-match losing streak. The Bucs host High Point Friday before facing the Aggies. Peyton Thompson leads the Buccaneers in kills per set (3.38), and Emma Minnick is the team's leader in assists per set (9.11). Ashleigh Holweger leads the team in digs per set (3.74), and Paige Reagor averages 1.17 blocks per set.  

David McFatrich enters his third season at CSU sporting a 29-30 overall record and a 17-17 Big South record. 

THE SERIES: The Aggies won the first meeting in 1996, 3-0 in Greensboro. Charleston Southern has won the last two meetings with a 3-0 win in Charleston in 2014 and a 3-0 win in Charleston in 2019. 

CAREER NOTES: 

• Edie Brewer needs 20 kills to move into sixth place past Samara Brown's (2014-17) 869. Brewer ranks seventh all-time in block assists with 197. 
• Brewer's 165 service aces put her 21 behind Brenden Chatman (2004-07) for second place. She needs 40 digs to record her 1,000th dig.
• Addy Warfield has 996 assists and needs four to become the ninth player in school history with 1,000.
• Shaylynn Hall has 223 block assists to rank sixth in school history. Hall trails Steffani Eddins (2002-03) by eight blocks assists for third place. Hall has 41 solo blocks and needs four solo blocks to move past Jasmine Lindor.
• Andrea Laboy-Rivera is 10th all-time with 72 service aces and needs four services aces to move into ninth place in front of Aleena McDaniel (2012-15). In addition, Laboy-Rivera has 1,304 digs and needs 151 to move into second place in front of Lauren Walker (2004-06). 
• Fatimah Shabazz has 146 block assists to rank eighth in school history and needs six block assists to move in front of Te'Borah Hawkins (2012-16).