ROCK HILL, SC – Survive – check. Advance – check. Next goal – defeat Carson-Newman and make it to the SAC Championship match for the first time. The UVA Wise volleyball team will now have to put last night's 3-0 sweep of Tusculum behind them and, after 2-3 minutes of celebration, move on to prepare for tonight's 7 p.m. quarterfinal meeting with the Eagles.

This will be the third meeting between the two programs this season, with C-N winning the previous meetings.

With the win last night, the Highland Cavs are assured of a winning season, the first for the Cavs since 2007 and the eighth overall.

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GETTING WISE
- Olivia Amos passed the 1,000 assist mark in the third set last night. She is now only the third Highland Cavalier to do that in a season and the tenth to do that in their career. She currently ranks third in the SAC in assists. Amos also is third on the team in digs with 241.
- Riley Brandon had a big match vs. Tusculum as the senior led all players with 17 kills while hitting a season high .441. She ranks third on the team in total kills with 242.
- Abigail Curtis passed the 1,900 career digs mark against Tusculum, becoming only the second Cav to do so. She leads the SAC in total digs by 91. Curtis also leads the team in aces with 34.
- Maggy Sechrist had six kills and 14 digs last night vs. Tusculum. She currently is second on the team in kills with 254 and second in digs with 281.
- Mable James ranks fourth on the team in kills with 207 after having eight last night. She also leads the team in blocks with 106, which ranks second in the SAC behind L-R's Averie Dale, whose season probably ended last night with the Bears' loss to C-N.
- Skye Williams leads the team in kills with 276.
- The team has more kills than the opposition (1455-1405), but is being out-hit by a .211-.203 margin.
- This will be the 23rd meeting between the two schools, and C-N has never lost to the Cavs.
- When talking about number of meetings and rivalries, the biggest rival until recently is undoubtedly King University. The two schools have met 57 times and were bitter rivals when both schools were in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. When King went D-2, followed by the Cavs a few years later, and the teams ended up in separate conferences, they still played almost every year. With UVA Wise now being in the SAC and King in Conference Carolinas, both large conferences, the amount of non-conference opportunities means the series will probably be on hold for a while.
- The teams the Cavs have played the most? King – 57 times, Milligan – 53, Bryan and Covenant – 42 each, and Tusculum 40.

ABOUT C-N
- The Eagles earned a semifinal spot for the second season in a row after sweeping Lenoir-Rhyne last night.
- Emerson Ahsmus is the top player for C-N as she leads the team in both kills (513), digs (443), and reception errors. She leads the SAC in kills and points.
- Blair Cherry leads the Eagles with 1,302 assists. She is second in the SAC in that category. Cherry is also fourth on the team in digs (306) and fifth in kills (107).
- Annie Dziczkowski is second on the team in kills (331) and is tied for the lead in aces with Trinity Hafey.
- Hafey is second in digs (386).
- Maddie Hurst (69) and Addie Smih (60) are also key blockers.
- The Eagles are ranked sixth in the NPI as of this morning, which is the main criteria used to pick teams for national tournament with the top eight in the region going (barring an unranked team or team outside the top eight earning an automatic bid). L-R is now in eleventh place, Tusculum ninth and Wingate tenth. The Cavs are still 13th and a win tonight would put them on the bubble.

UP NEXT
The winner of tonight's match will take on the winner of Anderson vs. Wingate Thursday evening at 7 p.m.