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Volleyball Concludes Home Schedule with Lipscomb, Belmont

BUIES CREEK, N.C.-As the 2007 volleyball season comes to a close, Campbell sets to make a push down the stretch, ending its home schedule this weekend with Atlantic Sun foes Lipscomb (15-9, 6-3) on Friday and Belmont (18-7, 7-2) on Saturday.

Although they hold a 9-17 (2-7 A-Sun) mark on the year, the Fighting Camels have enjoyed the confines of Carter Gym of late, as some of the team's key players have performed well.

Over the last four matches at home, the Camels have gone 3-1, with the only loss coming in a contest the squad played without junior Femi Alabi, one of its most experienced weapons.

The middle blocker has accumulated 131 kills in her last ten appearances, with eight solo blocks and 29 block assists for the Fighting Camels.

Another leader on the court is sophomore libero Melissa Harvey, who has amassed 22 aces over the last five home contests. Over that same span, the Crystal Lake, Ill. native has grabbed 100 digs, leading the team.

Freshmen have proved essential for the Camels as well, with all seven receiving regular playing time.

Ennis, a converted setter, tallied 94 helpers last week in two matches, and is averaging nearly 11 per game over her last five contests. The Camels have enjoyed success when the Fayetteville native plays well, going 3-0 when she records a double-double, most recently in last weekend's five-game thriller against USC Upstate.

As CU's leading outside hitter, Emily Werner, another freshman, has been producing offensively, recording 17 kills on 37 attempts with only five errors (.324 percentage) in a loss at East Tennessee State nearly two weeks ago.

Up against Lipscomb and Belmont, the Camels will need to stay hot, as both squads have enjoyed successful 2007 campaigns thus far.

The names of Belmont's Colleen Nilson and Lipscomb's Ann Mullins even appear frequently in the A-Sun record book. Each added another record to their resumes as Nilson recently became the conference's career assist record holder and Mullins broke the career digs record on Tuesday against Nilson and Belmont.

Mullins, a senior from Nashville, Tenn., broke the digs record of 1,843, established last season by Mercer's Liz Kane, while Nilson established the assists record on October 16 against UT-Martin.

In addition to their career marks, both Mullins and Nilson own the single-season record for their respective stats. Mullins recorded 689 digs in 2006 and Nilson accrued 1,679 assists in 2005. They also both own the highest single-season and conference-season averages for assists and digs.

Friday night, the Camels will face off against Mullins and the Lady Bisons, set for a 7 p.m. start. Junior outside hitter Sarah Snider paces the Lipscomb offense, averaging a league leading 4.99 kills per game on the season.

Belmont will enter Saturday's 2 p.m. contest after facing Gardner-Webb, but currently holds a four match win streak behind Nilson, who sets the ball to the junior duo of outside hitter Cat Mundy (4.73 kills per game) and middle hitter Jaye Schuler (3.05 kills per game).

After concluding their home schedule on Saturday, the Fighting Camels will move into their final week of the season, taking on North Carolina A&T on Nov. 6 and Winston-Salem State two days later. CU has faced both squads already this year in Buies Creek, downing each in three games.
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Players Mentioned

Melissa Harvey

#3 Melissa Harvey

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5' 6"
Sophomore
Emily Werner

#10 Emily Werner

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5' 9"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Melissa Harvey

#3 Melissa Harvey

5' 6"
Sophomore
DS/L
Emily Werner

#10 Emily Werner

5' 9"
Freshman
OH