Weekend Matchups
October 27, 2023 | 6:00 p.m. ET
USC Upstate (11-10; 4-5 Big South) at Presbyterian (7-13; 5-4 Big South)
Templeton Center | Clinton, S.C.
 
October 28, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. ET
USC Upstate (11-10; 4-5 Big South) at Charleston Southern (8-15; 2-7 Big South)
Buccaneer Fieldhouse | Charleston, S.C.
 
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How They Stack Up
vs. Presbyterian
Records: USC Upstate (11-10; 4-5 Big South); Presbyterian (7-13; 5-4 Big South)
Series: USC Upstate leads 10-0
Last Five Meetings: Sep. 30, 2023 (PC 3; UPST 1); Oct. 22, 2022 (PC 3; UPST 1); Sep. 22, 2022 (UPST 3; PC 1); Oct. 19, 2021 (UPST 3; PC 1); March 12, 2021 (UPST 3; PC 0)
 
vs. Charleston Southern
Records: USC Upstate (11-10; 4-5 Big South); Charleston Southern (8-15; 2-7 Big South)
Series: USC Upstate leads 6-2
Last Five Meetings: Sep. 29, 2023 (UPST 3; CHSO 2); Nov. 5, 2022 (CHSO 3; UPST 1); Oct. 7, 2022 (UPST 3; CHSO 1); Oct. 23, 2021 (UPST 3; CHSO 0); Nov. 2, 2019 (UPST 3; CHSO 1)
 
Players to Watch
USC Upstate: Recording 10 kills in each of her matches last weekend, sophomore middle blocker Ady O'Grady has recorded double-digit kills in three straight matches, the longest such streak in her career. She's accrued 209 kills and 268.0 points over 72 sets this season, ranking second in the Big South in points per set (3.72) and fifth in kills per set (2.90). She also enters the weekend sporting a .286 hitting efficiency, ranking fifth in the league in the category, and 67 total blocks, ranking seventh in the conference in blocks per set (0.93).
 
Presbyterian: Fashioning a .230 hitting efficiency on the year, senior right-side hitter Kasey Battle leads the Blue Hose in total kills, registering 203 on the season. She's totaled double-figure kills in each of her past two matches and in 12 matches overall this season as she ranks 10^th in the league in hitting percentage and just outside the top 10 in kills per set (2.54). She's also added 105 digs and 40 blocks on the defensive end.
 
Charleston Southern: Averaging 2.62 kills per set this season, graduate student outside hitter Giada Pais-Marden leads the Buccaneers in kills, totaling 194 on the year. She's posted 10 or more kills in nine matches this season, doing so to the tune of a .176 hitting percentage as she also leads the team with 221.0 total points. Defensively, she's added 51 digs and 42 total blocks.
 
Last Times Out
October 20, 2023: USC Upstate 3; Radford 0
October 21, 2023: High Point 3; USC Upstate 0
 
UP Next for the Spartans
Coming off the final two-match road trip of the season, the Spartans return home for the team's final homestand at the G.B. Hodge Center. Upstate hosts Gardner-Webb on Nov. 3 in the final Friday home match before welcoming Winthrop on Nov. 4 in the final home Saturday match.
 
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