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| The Daemen College women's volleyball team faces East Coast Conference rival Roberts Wesleyan College at Lumsden Gymnasium on Tuesday, October 4...this game will be the 26th time the two teams have faced off since 2005, Roberts leads the series 13-12...start time is set for 7:00 p.m. |
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| GAME INFORMATION |
| Daemen vs. Roberts Wesleyan |
| Date:Â Tuesday, October 4 |
Time:Â 7:00 p.m. |
Location:Â Lumsden Gymnasium - Amherst, N.Y. |
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| GAME LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Daemen Schedule |
Daemen Stats |
| Roberts Wesleyan Roster |
Roberts Wesleyan Schedule |
Roberts Wesleyan Stats |
| Live Stats |
Live Video |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenVB |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Roberts Wesleyan Twitter:Â |
@RWCREDHAWKS, @RWCVB |
| Roberts Wesleyan Hashtags: |
#goredhawks |
| Game Hashtags: |
#DAEvsRWC |
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| ON THE SIDELINES |
Daemen: Â Stephanie Albano enters her first season as the head women's volleyball coach at Daemen...she was promoted to the position after serving as the Associate Head Coach in 2015...a Western New York native, she led Lancaster High School to the 2004 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class AA championship...she went on to help the University of North-Carolina-Chapel Hill capture two Atlantic Coast Conference championships throughout her college career (2005-2009)...previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Buffalo in 2014...helped the Bulls to a 17-15 record and the program's first Mid-American Conference Tournament appearance since 2010...began her coaching debut at Canisius College as an assistant from 2009-10...later was the Associate Head Coach at Medaille from 2012-2014...helped the Mavericks earn their first ever AMCC championship and NCAA tournament appearance..assisted by 2014 Daemen graduate Kaley Vazquez and Don Gleason.
Roberts Wesleyan: Â Doug Porterfield entered his second season as the Redhawks head coach in 2016...in his first year Roberts went 2-23 overall and 2-14 in ECC action. |
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| DAEMEN SCOUTING REPORT (9-6, 3-1 ECC) |
| Daemen returns seven players to the 2016 squad while adding seven new faces...four starters return as well as the Wildcats' top libero...the Wildcats were recently voted to finish fourth in the East Conference this season, according to the ECC preseason poll, after compiling a 12-17 overall and 7-9 conference record in 2015...ECC Rookie of the Year Ashley Drzymala, returns as a powerhouse outside hitter after a stellar freshman season...Drzymala led the league in both kills per set (3.60) and service aces per set (0.51) while racking up 12 double-doubles...the Wildcats also welcome back her sister, senior leader Amber Drzymala who finished second on the team in total attacks (934), kills (257) and kills per set (2.60)...junior Katie Mckrell returns at the setting position...the three-time ECC Setter of the Week in 2015 became the fifth player in team history to reach over 1,000 helpers in a single season...rounding out the returning starters is junior middle blocker/right-side hitter Rachel Stephenson who registered 31 blocks, ranking second behind graduate Ye Wang in 2015...sophomore libero Kailey Ballou is back after a strong defensive showing in 2015, highlighting the season with a pair of 22-dig performances...seven newcomers include four who have state championships under their belt, a Division I transfer, a strong setter from a commanding Colorado program, and a 6-foot-2 Romanian Junior National Team player...after going 5-3 over their first eight matches, Daemen has gone 1-2 since Sept. 14...a grueling five-set defeat at Le Moyne opened the span....Daemen held a 2-0 lead before Le Moyne rallied for the five-set victory...Amber Drzymala (18 kills, 12 digs), Ashley Drzymala (11 kills, 14 digs) and Bailey Dolegowski (52 assists, 15 digs) posted double-doubles for Daemen in defeat...the Wildcats rebounded with a 3-0 win at California (Pa.) on Sept. 17...the Drzymala sisters combined for 26 kills while Dolegowski registered 32 assists in the win...Dolegowski (Setter of the Week) and Amber Drzymala (Player of the Week) earned weekly honors from the ECC for Sept. 12-19...Daemen has gone 2-1 since Sept. 17, to be 8-5 on the season and 2-0 in conference action…they opened with a three-set loss to a Gannon team that advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament last season… Daemen was led by Ashley Drzymala's 13 kills, eight digs and two service aces…the middle-blocking duo of Cristina Apostol and Courtney Bernard recorded three-blocks apiece, good for season-highs...the Wildcats jumped into ECC play, beating hosts Molloy and Queens College on Sept. 24 and 25…Courtney Bernard paved the way in the win over Molloy with 8 kills, good for a season-high .800 hitting percentage… Daemen rallied for a 3-2 victory over Queens after dropping the first two sets…Ashley Drzymala led the Wildcats with a team-high 12 kills, two service aces, eight digs and three blocks…her sister Amber Drzymala added nine kills, three aces and a team-high 15 digs…The Wildcats are 1-1 for the month of October, after losing in five sets to NYIT and beating LIU Post in straight sets…Ashley Drzymala posted double-doubles in both matches this past weekend…She had a career high 25 kills and added 17 digs in the losing effort…Courtney Scanlan registered her first career double-double, 12 kills and 10 digs in the loss…Rachel Stephenson had 11 kills in the victory over LIU Post, good for a match-high .556 hitting percentage…Kailey Ballou led the Daemen defense with a team-high 17 digs…the Drzymala sisters continue to shine both offensively and defensively this season… Ashley leads the team in kills (195) and kills per set (3.31), ranking third and fourth respectively, among all ECC players ...Amber ranks fifth in the ECC in kills (160) and ninth in kills per set (2.81)…her 162 digs ranks first on the team…for her career to date, Amber has posted 984 digs and 829 kills…Dolegowski has paced the Daemen setters with 451 assists, she ranks fifth in the ECC in assists per set (8.51)…she sits fourth in the conference in service aces per set (0.42)… in the middle, Bernard leads the league in hitting percentage (.325)…her 107 kills rank fourth on the team, while she leads the Wildcats in total blocks with 29…additional production has come from Courtney Scanlan (128 kills, .221 hitting percentage), Apostol (72 kills, 20 blocks) and Sydney Macinnis (154 assists). |
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| ROBERTS WESLEYAN SCOUTING REPORT (6-7, 3-1 ECC) |
| Roberts Wesleyan returns 10 players from its 2015 team which went 2-23 overall and 2-14 in East Coast Conference play… Doug Porterfield entered his second season as head coach and welcomed two freshman to the 2016 squad…the Redhawks were predicted to finish tied for seventh in the ECC preseason poll…several impact players are back including Courtney Taylor, Elisabeth Rivera, and Shelby Strasbaugh…junior outside hitter Taylor returns as the crucial offensive threat, after registering a team-high 250 kills on the 2015 season…Rivera turned in a stellar sophomore campaign as the main setter, she ranked first on the team in assists (605) and service aces (20)…Strasbaugh is back as the primary defensive specialist, after ranking second on the squad in digs with 179 last year…The Redhawks opened the 2016 slate at the Asics Crimson Hawk Invitational followed by the Daemen College/Hyatt Place Volleyball Classic tournament…they went 3-6 over the span of nine games, and currently sit at 6-7 overall and 3-1 in ECC action…the Redhawks have won three of their last four games, which have been conference matches…Roberts beat both Queens and Molloy 3-1 in the opening weekend…Senior outside hitter, Alexandre Tahauri led the Redhawks to victory with 11 kills, two aces, and ten digs…Rivera dished out 53 helpers in the win over Molloy…last weekend RWC lost a five-set thriller to NYIT, but bounced back to defeat LIU Post in consecutive sets…Taylor finished with 18 kills against the Bears, and Olivia Zureck added 21 digs…Rivera continued to pace the offense with 36 assists in the win over LIU Post…she also sits third in the onference in assists per set with 9.14…Zureck leads the ECC in total digs with 249 and ranks second in digs per set with 5.08…Button and Tahauri list fourth and fifth in hitting percentage (.310) and kills per set(3.13) respectively. |
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| THE HISTORY |
| ALL-TIME: Â Roberts leads the series 13-12 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Oct. 12, 2015 - Daemen 3, Roberts 0 |
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| Oct. 20, 2015 – Daemen 3, Roberts 0 |
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| Sept. 16, 2014 – Roberts 3, Daemen 0 |
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| Oct. 15, 2014 – Roberts 3, Daemen 0 |
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| Oct. 2, 2013 - Daemen 3, Roberts 0 |
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| Oct. 29, 2013 - Daemen 3, Roberts 2 |
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| Sept. 25, 2012 – Daemen 3, Roberts 0 |
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| Oct. 27, 2012 – Roberts 3, Daemen 2 |
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| Oct. 5, 2011 – Daemen 3, Roberts 1 |
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| Oct. 25, 2011 – Daemen 3, Roberts 2 |
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| Nov. 8, 2011 – Daemen 3, Roberts 2 |
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| Sept. 18, 2010 – Roberts 3, Daemen 1 |
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| Oct. 19, 2010 – Daemen 3, Roberts 0 |
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| Aug. 22, 2009 – Daemen 3, Roberts 1 |
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| Oct. 20, 2009 – Daemen 3, Roberts 1 |
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| Sept. 17, 2008 – Roberts 3, Daemen 1 |
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| Oct. 14, 2008 – Daemen 3, Roberts 1 |
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| Oct. 2, 2007 – Roberts 3, Daemen 2 |
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| Oct. 23, 2007 – Roberts 3, Daemen 0 |
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| Aug. 26, 2006 – Roberts 3, Daemen 1 |
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| Sept. 19, 2006 – Roberts 3, Daemen 0 |
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| Oct. 17, 2006 – Roberts 3, Daemen 0 |
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| Sept. 17, 2005 – Roberts 3, Daemen 1 |
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| Oct. 5, 2005 – Roberts 3, Daemen 0 |
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| Oct. 25, 2005 – Roberts 3, Daemen 0 |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| The Wildcats are on the road for four consecutive matches before returning home on October 21. Â They travel to face off against ECC foe, Bridgeport, this Sunday, October 9. Â Match time is set to begin at 12:00 p.m. |
