Women's Volleyball Homestand Continues Saturday

Wildcats host St. Rose in non-conference affair

10/1/2021 12:00:00 PM

Match #15
Daemen Wildcats (8-6, 3-0 ECC) vs. St. Rose Golden Knights (4-8, 1-2 NE-10)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 2
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Amherst, N.Y. | Lumsden Gymnasium
Live Stream: Via ECC Sports Network
Live Stats: Via daemenwildcats.com

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

1. HOME SWEET HOME
Daemen's first homestand of the 2021 season continues Saturday afternoon as the Wildcats take on St. Rose in a non-conference contest beginning at 3 p.m. Lumsden Gymnasium will also serve as the site for a neutral site contest between St. Rose and D'Youville beginning at 1 p.m. The Wildcats will enter Saturday's contest with an 8-6 overall record. Daemen has won four of their last five matches, and is 22-9 at home since the start of the 2018 season. They'll be looking to remain unbeaten in the all-time series with St. Rose. Saturday's contest marks the fifth meeting between the Wildcats and Golden Knights, and the first since 2018.

2. BAKER'S DOZEN
The Wildcats opened the homestand Thursday evening with a 3-1 victory over long-time rival Roberts Wesleyan to remain unbeaten in East Coast Conference play (3-0). It also marked Daemen's 13th consecutive win over the Redhawks in a series that's come to be dubbed the Thruway Rivalry. The Redhawks had no answer for the combination of junior outside hitter Maggie Burns and graduate right side Caitlyn Meyer who combined for 30 kills and a .509 hitting percentage. The Wildcats tallied at least 12 kills in all four sets, finishing with 67 in the match, compared to just 34 for the Redhawks.

3. SO HOT IT BURNS
Maggie Burns has been on fire of late for the Wildcats. She tallied a career-high 16 kills in Sunday's four-set loss to Southern Connecticut State, and matched that total in Thursday's win over Roberts Wesleyan. Over the last five matches, Burns has recorded at least eight kills four times. She's averaging 3.50 kills per set and hitting .270 in that five-match span, helping the Wildcats to four victories. For the season, Burns has produced 85 kills and is one of four Daemen players averaging at least 2.30 kills per set.

4. DOUBLE-DOUBLE YOUR DELIGHTMENT
Sophomore Olivia Alessi continues to be a double-double machine for the Wildcats. Seeing time at both setter and libero over the last few weeks, Alessi has eight double-doubles in the last 10 matches, averaging 8.59 assists and 3.00 digs per set in that span. Alessi, who was named the ECC Setter of the Week for Sept. 6-12, is one of only four players in the ECC to be averaging at least 8 assists and 2.50 digs per set this season. She ranks fourth among the ECC leaders in assists per set (8.45). Her 140 digs are second on the team; only sophomore Jasmine Brundage (208) has more digs so far this season.

5. UP NEXT
Daemen wraps up their three-match homestand on Thursday, Oct. 7 when they host a non-conference match vs. Edinboro beginning at 6 p.m.

ST. ROSE GOLDEN KNIGHTS SCOUTING REPORT
St. Rose is a member of the Northeast-10 Conference, and the Golden Knights are led by veteran head coach Vanessa Volpe-Rivera. Now in her sixth season, Volpe-Rivera has led the program to a 55-71 record to date, including a 17-12 campaign in 2018. The Golden Knights were limited to just two matches (both losses) during the 2020-21 academic year, and have gotten off to a 4-8 start this season. They play at Roberts Wesleyan this evening and against D'Youville tomorrow afternoon before their meeting with the Wildcats. The St. Rose roster includes seven returning players, including setter Valeria Jorge and setter/defensive specialist Allison Sellers who each appeared in 100 sets during the 2019 season. Freshmen Karleigh Fripp (1.78 kills/set) and Julia Cavalcanti (1.73 kills/set) have paced the St. Rose offense so far this season, while junior Gabriela Boyrié is producing a team-high 3.31 digs per set.

ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. ST. ROSE
Series Record: Daemen leads 4-0
At Daemen: Daemen leads 2-0
Current Streak: Daemen won 4
Last Meeting: Daemen 3, St. Rose 1 (25-20, 25-21, 17-25, 25-19) | Aug. 24, 2018 | at Amherst, N.Y.

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