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GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) volleyball team plays in its final regular season tournament, hosted by Charleston Southern, before beginning Southern Conference (SoCon) play next week.
 
The Buccaneers are hosting the Chucktown Throwdown at Buccaneer Fieldhouse from Friday, September 16 to Saturday, September 17.
 
The Spartans are 6-4 heading into the tournament this weekend.
 
LAST TIME OUT

• The Spartans competed in the Aggie/Phoenix Volley for Unity finishing 1-2 with its lone win over NC Central, 3-0. 
• Taylor Robertson and Ella Voegele earned their second All-Tournament Team awards on the season.
• In its last match of the tournament, where the Spartans fell 3-1 against Elon, Robertson led the match with a career-best 19 kills.
• She also had two aces and 12 digs.
• Voegele tallied 23 digs, while Gabriela McHugh had a match-high38 assists.
• Elayne Grisbee and Daija Jackson each had five blocks.

TOURNAMENT AWARDS

• At the Spartan-Aggie Tournament (August 26-27), Mya Wood and Gabriela McHugh were named to the All-Tournament Team.
• Following the Tussle in the Triad Tournament (September 2-3), Taylor Robertson and Ella Voegele earned the honors.
• Robertson and Voegele also were named to the All-Tournament Team after the Aggie/Phoenix Volley for Unity Tournament. 

FIRST AMONG THE CONFERENCE

• Hitting percentage by opponents (.166)
• Kills by opponents (10.28)
• Assists by opponents (9.64)

SOCON PRESEASON POLL
UNCG was voted to finish sixth in the Southern Conference (SoCon) Preseason Coaches' Poll.
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Gabriela McHugh, who was on the All-Conference first team last season, was voted to the Preseason All-Conference team.
 
FRESH FACES
The Spartans added seven new faces to the roster this season.
Volleyball Signs One on National Signing Day
Volleyball Adds Five to 2022 Roster
 
SCOUTING MONTANA

• The Grizzlies are 5-4 on the season, after dropping back-to-back matches to UT Rio Grande Valley last weekend.
• Montana was picked to tie for seventh in the Big Sky Preseason Poll.
• Four of the five wins have come with three-set victories.
• Montana leads the Big Sky in aces per set (1.93) and rank second in opponent hitting percentage (.178).
• Paige Clark paces the Grizzlies averaging 3.86 kills per set.
• Carly Anderson is dishing out 9.93 assists per frame this season.

SCOUTING COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON

• College of Charleston enters the weekend with a 3-7 record, losing seven of its past nine matches.
• The Cougars were picked to finish third in the CAA Preseason Poll.
• Senior Claire Campbell is ranked 12th in the nation with a blistering .506 hitting percentage.
• Senior Gabi Bailey leads the pack with 3.19 kills per set, while Lexi Wierzbicki is averaging 2.45 kills per frame.
• Wierzbicki was a Preseason All-CAA selection.

SCOUTING CHARLESTON SOUTHERN

• Charleston Southern carries a 5-6 record into the weekend after edging The Citadel, 3-2, on Tuesday.
• Charleston Southern was picked to finish sixth in the Big South Preseason Poll.
• The Buccaneers lead the nation in both total kills (564) and total assists (518).
• They rank second in the Big South in kills per set (12.82).
• Peyton Thompson, a 2021 All-Big South first team selection, paces four Charleston Southern players averaging 3.86 kills per set.
• Angelika Rusin is averaging 4.66 digs per set and is first in the Big South.
• Indigo Young has a .376 hitting percentage, which is second in the conference.
• Emilee Karelse is second in the conference, averaging 9.09 assists per set.