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| After opening the season with back-to-back tournaments, the Daemen College women's volleyball team makes the short jaunt to central N.Y. for a match with Le Moyne College on Wednesday evening...it'll mark the fifth straight season that the Wildcats and Dolphins have met. |
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| GAME INFORMATION |
| Daemen at Le Moyne |
| Date:Â Wednesday, September 14 |
Time:Â 7:00 p.m. |
Location:Â Jamesville-Dewitt High School - Dewitt, N.Y. |
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| GAME LINKS |
| Daemen Roster |
Daemen Schedule |
Daemen Stats |
| Le Moyne Roster |
Le Moyne Schedule |
Le Moyne Stats |
| Live Stats |
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| SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Daemen Twitter:Â |
@DaemenAthletics, @DaemenVB |
| Daemen Hashtags:Â |
#DCWildcatNation, #WNYsD2Team, #LiveBreatheDaemen, #beFIERCE |
| Le Moyne Twitter:Â |
@LemoyneDolphins, |
| Le Moyne Hashtags: |
#LeMoyne, #Phins |
| Game Hashtags: |
#DAEvsLC |
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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.
Le Moyne: 2010 Le Moyne graduate Lizzie Cheek is in her fourth season as the head coach of the Dolphins...a four-time All-Northeast-10 Conference selection as a player, Cheek has led Le Moyne to a 39-38 record over her first three seasons, including a 20-8 mark in 2015 when the Dolphins qualified for the NE-10 Conference Tournament for the first time since 2009. |
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| DAEMEN SCOUTING REPORT (5-3, 0-0 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...The Wildcats opened the 2016 season by winning three of their four matches last weekend at Ram Fest, a multi-team tournament hosted by West Chester University...that was followed by a split of their four matches at last weekend's Daemen College/Hyatt Place Volleyball Classic held at Lumsden Gymnasium...the Wildcats dropped their opening matches of their own tournament, falling to Slippery Rock and Lake Erie last Friday, before rebounding with defeats of Assumption and St. Rose on Saturday...sophomore middle blocker/right-side hitter Courtney Bernard was named to the all-tournament team after posting 41 kills and a .436 hitting percentage over the four matches...she put down a career-high 15 kills in the loss to Slippery Rock...Ashley Drzymala recorded double-doubles in three of the four matches last weekend, including a season-high 20 kills and 11 digs in the win over St. Rose...she leads the team with 94 kills thus far, followed by her sister who's posted 90...Bernard's .376 hitting percentage leads the Daemen regulars...setting duties have been shared thus far between freshmen Bailey Dolegowski and Sydney MacInnis...Dolegowski, who earned ECC Rookie of the Week honors for August 29-September 5, leads the team with 221 assists, while MacInnis has posted 97...defensively, Amber Drzymala shares the team-high in digs (91) with freshman Jess Kranz. |
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| LE MOYNE SCOUTING REPORT (6-2, 0-0 GLIAC) |
| Le Moyne returns 12 players from its 2015 team which went 20-8 overall and 10-4 in Northeast-10 Conference play...the Dolphins' 2015 season ended in the semifinal round of the NE-10 Conference Tournament after making the program's first postseason appearance since 2009...it was also LC's first 20-win season since 2006...among the returners is senior outside hitter Natalie Casson, a second-team All-NE-10 pick last season after leading the team with 333 kills while adding 273 digs...also back is a pair of NE-10 All-Rookie Team selections in defensive specialist Mikayla Porr and right-side hitter Jessica Miller...Porr led the Dolphins with 531 digs last season....Miller, who was also a third-team All-NE-10 pick, was second to Casson with 279 digs while attacking at a .276 clip...the Dolphins were picked fifth in the NE-10 preseason poll...LC opened the season by going 3-1 at the Long Island Invitational co-hosted by ECC schools Queens and Molloy...the Dolphins picked up wins over both the tournament hosts, as well as against Bloomfield...last weekend saw more of the same as Le Moyne went 3-1 at the Wildcat Regional Invitational hosted by Wilmington (Del.)...Casson (86 kills) and miller (84 kills) have paced the LC offense thus far...returning setter Kendall Corcoran has exclusively handled the team's setting duties and has recorded 295 assists...Porr continued to lead the Dolphin defense, having posted 145 digs thus far. |
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| THE HISTORY |
| ALL-TIME: Â Daemen leads the series, 5-2 |
| Previous Meetings: |
| Sept. 16, 2015 - Daemen 3, Le Moyne 2 |
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| Oct. 1, 2014 - Le Moyne 3, Daemen 1 |
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| Sept. 25, 2013 - Daemen 3, Le Moyne 0 |
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| Sept. 26, 2012 - Daemen 3, Le Moyne 2 |
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| Sept. 11, 2007 - Daemen 3, Le Moyne 2 |
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| Sept. 12, 2006 - Daemen 3, Le Moyne 2 |
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| Sept. 13, 2005 - Le Moyne 3, Daemen 0 |
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| ON THE HORIZON |
| Daemen heads north of the border for an exhibition match this Friday (Sept. 16) at Brock, before returning to regular season action the following day at California (Pa.). |
