DATE: Sept. 19, 2015

Stats at a Glance PC WP NCW Record 4-6 6-3 2-4 USA South Record 0-0 0-0 0-0 Kills/Set 8.9 11.3 9.77 Assists/Set 8.2 10.4 8.9 Digs/Set 14.4 16.2 18.1 Blocks/Set 1.3 1.0 1.6 Current Streak L4 L1 L1 Attack Percentage .139 .192 .105

TIME: 12 p.m. & 2 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Raleigh, N.C. 
FACILITY: Hermann Athletic Center
LAST MEETING: v. William Peace - PC 3-0 (11/01/14 in Cave Arena); v. N.C. Wesleyan - PC 3-1 (11/01/14 in Cave Arena)
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Storylines
    -Lady Lions went 11-5 in the USA South a season ago
    -Sid Feldman is undefeated in USA South Conference opening tri-matches with a pair of victories over Huntingdon and LaGrange and wins against Mary Baldwin & Meredith in 2012
    -William Peace went 9-10 a year ago in the USA South while N.C. Wesleyan was 6-13

MATCH FACTS
This marks the first time since joining the USA South that Piedmont has begun the conference schedule facing these two opponents. The Lady Lions ended the regular season last year against these two in Cave Arena with a pair of victories. In the first six victories of the season, William Peace has swept its opponents while N.C. Wesleyan lost its first three contests before winning two of the last three.

THE COACHES
William Peace Head Coach Kevin Daniels is entering his sixth season with the Pacers where he currently serves as the Associate Director of Athletics and the Head Volleyball Coach. Daniels helped the WPU volleyball program reach new heights in 2013 with a 22-11 overall record, which eclipsed the school's previous single-season win total of 16. Last season, the Pacers were 9-10 in the league and 13-22 overall.

N.C. Wesleyan Head Coach Vicky Gentile is entering her first season as the helm of the program after serving four seasons as an assistant with the Battling Bishops. She joined NCWC in 2011 after serving in a similar capacity at Baldwin Wallace University, and upon her arrival in Rocky Mount, the Ohio native promptly helped guide the Bishops to back-to-back 20-win seasons. Gentile is a 2008 graduate of Clarion University where she excelled as a defensive specialist for a Clarion team that made the NCAA tournament in each of her four seasons. 

Sid Feldman is in his seventh season as the head coach at Piedmont College and posts an impressive 473-236 record of his own through 20 campaigns as a head coach. Feldman's career is truly one of volleyball's best amongst the collegiate ranks as he has coached more than 700 matches in now 20 years with three different institutions with experience at the NCAA Division I and III levels as well as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Following a historic season in 2013 where he led the Lady Lions to a record 28 wins, Feldman was in the top-50 among active Division III coaches in career winning percentage. The Lady Lions once again hit 20 wins in 2014 to give the program 10 straight seasons hitting or eclipsing the 20-win mark.

SCOUTING WILLIAM PEACE AND N.C. WESLEYAN
The Peace Pacers sit at 6-3 after a tough loss to Saint Augustine's University on Wednesday night 3-2. The two went back-and-forth as the Falcons won the first and third sets while the Pacers took two and four. In the fifth, deciding set Saint Augustine's won 15-9 to seal the match. Laura Bland leads the team in kills with 80 already while a total of five athletes have posted over 50 kills through nine matches. 

The Battling Bishops struggled starting the season 0-3 but picked up a pair of wins in Raleigh, N.C. at a quad match that William Peace hosted. N.C. Wesleyan earned victories over Guilford and Johnson & Wales. Tori Stewart leads the Battling Bishops in kills with 58 while four others have 30 or more kills. Ayla Brewer is the primary setter as she has 125 of the 195 assists on the season while Christina Huber is the team's libero having accumulated 112 digs already this season. 

SERIES RECORDS
Piedmont is 6-1 all-time against William Peace while posting a 1-1 record against the Battling Bishops. 

SENIORITY RULES
Seniors TAYLOR CRAMSEY and MALLORY LEARY may be the only seniors on this 2015 squad but their impact is known as they are the top two in kills on this team through the first 10 games. Cramsey has 62 kills while Leary is just behind her with 58. Cramsey had some impressive performances earlier in the season posting back-to-back games with 10 and 14 kills respectively against Belhaven and Agnes Scott at the Huntingdon College Jubilee.

LAST TIME OUT: V. TRUETT-MCCONNELL COLLEGE
The Lady Lions kept it close but were unable to take a set from nearby Truett-McConnell College inside Cave Arena as the Bears were victorious 3-0 Tuesday. The Bears took the sets 25-16, 25-22, 25-19, respectively. Piedmont has now dropped its last four matches in straight sets after opening the season 4-2. 

The highlight of the match was the performance of Kendall Hardy for the Bears who tallied nine kills on 16 attacks to post a .438 attack percentage. The Lady Lions' own KYLIE BLANTON had an impressive attack percentage with a .429 recording four kills on seven attacks.

NEXT UP FOR PIEDMONT
The Lady Lions remain in conference play as they travel up the mountain to face Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia on Wednesday, September 23 at 6:30 p.m. The Scots have three conference matches before the midweek matchup as they face Maryville, Huntingdon and LaGrange.