CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Charleston will be back at home again the weekend as they get set to match up against EIVA opponent Sacred Heart University.
 
The Pioneers have an overall record of 4-2 to this point in the 2020 season and are 0-1 in the EIVA conference. The one conference game they had to this point was against Harvard University where Harvard came out on top by a score of 3-1. 
 
The Pioneers are coming fresh off of a loss to Barton College where they fell in three sets. They will look to bounce back and gain their first conference win of the season against the Golden Eagles. 
 
Sacred Heart is led by senior middle Rob Chatterton who leads the EIVA in hitting percentage with a .424 mark while also leading the EIVA in blocks per set with 1.57. Senior outside hitter Connor Mahony is fifth in the EIVA in hitting percentage with a .315 standing. Senior libero Timothy McIntosh and junior libero Zak Kakos are tied for third in the EIVA in digs per set with an average of 2.19. 
 
Charleston is coming off of a weekend split where they found themselves getting losing in three sets to the Patriots from George Mason and then came back the following day with a victory over the Pioneers from Tusculum University in three sets. That win broke a five-game losing streak and helped the Golden Eagles gain some momentum heading into this weekend. 
 
The Golden Eagles are led in kills by freshman right side Jake Vorburger who has 80 to this point in the season. He is closely followed by sophomore outside hitter Lachlan Bray who has tallied 77 kills. Vorburger also shares the lead with junior Edgar Sanchez for digs, both with 49. Sophomore setter Diego Villafane leads the team with 21 blocks closely followed by senior middle blocker Adriel Roberts with 20 blocks. 
 
The Golden Eagles will look to take two more conference wins this weekend to improve their 2-9 record and 0-3 EIVA record.