Women's Volleyball | 11/4/2021 12:23:00 PM

Radford Highlanders at North Carolina A&T Aggies 
Thursday, November 4, 2021, 6 p.m.
East Greensboro, N.C.
Moore Gymnasium
 
A&T Team Leaders:
Kills: Niaya Sawtelle (3.34 per set)
Digs: Andrea Laboy-Rivera (3.75 per set)
Assists: Edie Brewer (5.61 per set)
Blocks: Shaylynn Hall (1.22 per set)
Hitting Percentage: Shaylynn Hall (.389) 

A&T Big South Leaders (Top-10)  
Kills: Niaya Sawtelle (3.34 per set) – 3rd
Digs: Andrea Laboy-Rivera (3.75 per set) – 8th
Assists: Edie Brewer (5.61 per set) – 6th
Blocks: Shaylynn Hall (1.22 per set) – 1st; Mallory Porcher (1.05 per set) – 3rd
Hitting Percentage: Shaylynn Hall (.389) – 1st

A&T Nationally Leaders (Top-50) 
Blocks: Shaylynn Hall (115) – 10th
Hitting Percentage: Shaylynn Hall (.389) – 37th

NORTH CAROLINA A&T (16-8, 8-4 BIG SOUTH): The Aggies went 1-1 last weekend with a 3-2 loss at Campbell Friday and a 3-1 win at Hampton Saturday.

The next win by the Aggies or a Charleston Southern and a Gardner-Webb loss puts A&T in the Big South Conference tournament, Nov. 19-21. Only the top-six teams receive a bid to the tournament.

A&T is tied for third with USC Upstate and Winthrop in the conference standings. The Aggies are four matches up over Charleston So. and GWU, who are tied for seventh. 

Naiya Sawtelle (6-0, FR, outside hitter, Stuart, Fla.) averaged 3.44 kills, 3.67 digs and 0.44 blocks per set and posted two double-doubles last week. Andrea Laboy-Rivera (5-5, SR, libero, Coamo, Puerto Rico) averaged 4.22 digs per set.             

Head coach Hal Clifton is 71-51 (.582) since 2017. He is 42-12 (.778) in conference play over that same span. For the fifth straight season, A&T will finish .500 or better under the leadership of Clifton. The Aggies are one win shy of having the most wins they have ever had under Clifton.  

 RADFORD HIGHLANDERS (5-19, 3-9 BIG SOUTH): The last time out, Radford dropped a hard-fought match 3-2 against Presbyterian in Radford, Va. Morgan Lawson leads the Highlanders in kills per set (2.23), and Login Williams is the team leader in assists per set (5.13). 
Grace Green leads the team in digs per set (2.71), and Kennedi Johnson leads with 0.94 blocks per set. 

 Sherisa Livingston is in her second season leading Radford. Last season, the Highlanders posted a 3-13 Big South record in the spring.

THE SERIES: The Aggies snapped a six-match losing streak to the Highlanders when they won 3-2 at Radford earlier this season. Radford leads the series, 6-2. 

SEASON NOTES: 

• Shaylynn Hall needs nine block assists to move into second place on the school's single-season list with 105. 
• Mallory Porcher has 77 block assists this season and needs two more to move into 10th on the single-season list.       

CAREER NOTES: 

• Edie Brewer needs 29 kills to move into fifth place past Mara Davis' (1996-99) 910. Brewer ranks seventh all-time in block assists with 205 and needs nine block assists to move into fourth place past Jasmine Lindor's (2014-17) 213. Brewer's 168 service aces put her 18 behind Brenden Chatman (2004-07) for second place. She is one of four Aggies with 1,000 career digs. 
• Shaylynn Hall has 238 block assists to rank third in school history. She has 47 solo blocks to rank sixth. 
• Andrea Laboy-Rivera is 10th all-time with 74 service aces and needs two to move into ninth place in front of Aleena McDaniel (2012-15). Laboy-Rivera has 1,408 digs and needs 46 to move into second place in front of Lauren Walker (2004-06). 
• Fatimah Shabazz has 161 block assists to rank eighth in school history. She needs 27 to move in front of Mara Davis (1996-99).
• Mallory Porcher has 133 block assists and needs eight to move into the top-10.