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Coach's Corner with Shane Pinder

Liberty will host UNC Asheville Friday at 7 p.m., with the Big South Conference lead at stake.

Coach's Corner with Shane Pinder (Audio Interview)

The Liberty volleyball team enters the week sitting atop the Big South Conference standings at 10-2, after a 3-0 sweep of Presbyterian on Saturday. With only four matches remaining, the Lady Flames are chasing their third consecutive Big South regular-season championship.

This weekend, Liberty will host a pair of conference foes at the Vines Center, beginning with a 7 p.m. Friday showdown against UNC Asheville. The Bulldogs are positioned directly behind the Lady Flames in the conference standings, with a 9-2 Big South mark, and defeated Liberty on Oct. 10. Gardner-Webb will then play at Liberty Saturday, beginning at 2 p.m.

Recently, head coach Shane Pinder sat down with Nick Pierce to discuss the Lady Flames' 1-1 week and look ahead to this weekend's home matches.

Some of the topics Pinder and Pierce discussed include:
-- An evaluation of the team's performance last week against VCU and Presbyterian

-- Nicki Scripko's stellar play in the Presbyterian match

-- Karyl Bacon reaching 1,000 career digs, and a discussion about her contributions to the program

-- The current Big South Conference standings

-- The improvements Liberty will need to make in order to defeat UNC Asheville

-- The fact that the Lady Flames are now in control of their own destiny in the Big South standings