Match #18
Daemen Wildcats (13-4, 6-0 ECC) vs. Saint Rose Golden Knights (12-11, 4-4 NE-10)
Date: Friday, October 21
Time: 6 PM
Location: Albany, N.Y. | Daniel P. Nolan Gymnasium
Watch: NE-10 Now
Stats: via
gogoldenknights.com
Match #19
Daemen Wildcats (13-4, 6-0 ECC) vs. Queens Knights (9-10, 3-2 ECC)
Date: Saturday, October 22
Time: 1 PM
Location: Flushing, N.Y. | Auxilary Gymnasium
Watch: ECC Network
Stats: via
queensknights.com
Match #20
Daemen Wildcats (13-4, 6-0 ECC) vs. Molloy Lions (10-8, 3-2 ECC)
Date: Sunday, October 23
Time: 11 AM
Location: Rockville Centre, N.Y. | Quealy Gymnasium
Watch: ECC Network
Stats: via
molloylions.com
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Daemen University women's volleyball team hits the road this weekend for a three-game slate in the final weeks of the regular season. The Wildcats travel to Albany, N.Y. to play Saint Rose of the Northeast-10 Conference in a non-conference match on Friday night at 6 PM before heading towards the Big Apple to resume East Coast Conference play. Daemen will face Queens on Saturday afternoon at 1 PM, and then travel to Rockville Centre, N.Y. to take on Molloy in a Sunday matinee 11 AM match to wrap up the weekend on the road. Friday's match against Saint Rose will be the second to last non-conference tilt of the season for the Wildcats, who just fell to Gannon on Tuesday 1-3 at Lumsden Gym to move their non-conference record to 7-4 on the season. The Wildcats swept both Queens and Molloy earlier this season. Daemen has won 19 straight conference matches, and owns a 53-3 record in sets during ECC regular season play, dating back to the start of the 2021 season.
PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS
The Wildcats have the opportunity to clinch the regular season championship and the No. 1 seed in the ECC Tournament this weekend. If Daemen beats Queens on Saturday and Molloy on Sunday and Mercy loses to Roberts Wesleyan on Saturday, the Wildcats can clinch the top spot. If Mercy beats Roberts Wesleyan, the Wildcats will have to wait until their match against Roberts next Wednesday, Oct. 26 and can clinch with a win over the Red Hawks.
BURNS IT DOWN
Outside hitter
Maggie Burns (Louisville, Ky.) has put together an outstanding senior season. Burns has played in 14 of Daemen's 17 total matches and leads the team offensively, totaling 161 kills to average 3.50 kills per set for a .246 hitting percentage on the year. She ranks third on the team in total digs, amassing 149 on the year (3.24 digs per set). Burns has earned six double-double's (kills-digs) this season, and has led the team in kills in 10 matches over the course of the season. She picked up her second ECC Player of the Week award this season on Monday after putting up a career-high 21 kills (5.25 kills/set) and a .333 hitting percentage against D'Youville in Saturday's 3-1 win. Burns currently ranks second in the ECC in kills per set and third in the league in kills.
WEEKLY AWARDS
Along with Burns, two other Wildcats earned
ECC Weekly Awards on Monday. Senior defensive specialist
Mickaley Monahan (Saline, Mich.) earned her first career conference weekly award, being named Defensive Player of the Week after a putting up a career-high 24 digs (6.0 digs/set) against D'Youville. Monahan's 24 digs matches junior libero
Jasmine Brundage (East Aurora, N.Y.) for a single-game high in digs on the season. Junior setter
Dunja Masic (McHenry, Ill.) picked up her third career ECC Setter of the Week nod, and first of the season. She tallied a season-high 48 assists against D'Youville, averaging 12.0 assists/set, and nearly earned her third double-double (assists-digs) of the season as she added eight digs to her stat line. Monday marked the sixth straight week that Daemen won ECC weekly awards this season.
UP NEXT
The Wildcats return to Lumsden Gymnasium on Wednesday, October 26 for a midweek match against Roberts Wesleyan. The game is slated to start at 6 PM.
SAINT ROSE GOLDEN KNIGHTS SCOUTING REPORT
The Golden Knights enter Friday's matchup with a 12-11 overall record, and 4-4 in NE-10 play this season. Saint Rose has one six of their last seven games, and is coming off back-to-back 3-0 conference sweeps over Saint Michael's and Assumption. On the season, head coach
Vanessa Volpe-Rivera's team has been narrowly out-killed 949 to 944, with senior outside hitter
Jessica Vargas leading the offense with 230 kills (2.80 kills/set) on the season for a .238 hitting percentage. Sophomore middle blocker
Julia Cavalcanti ranks second on the team with 187 kills (2.43 kills/set), and she leads the team at the net, tallying 71 blocks on the season to average .92 blocks per set. Senior setter
Valeria Jorge has amassed a team-high 253 digs on the season, as well as an impressive 730 assists (8.80 assists/set). Cavalcanti and Jorge combine to total 79 of Saint Rose's 190 service aces on the year, with Cavalcanti totaling a team-high 45 (.58 aces/set).
ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. SAINT ROSE
Series Record: 5-0 Daemen
Away Record: 2-0 Daemen
Current Streak: Daemen won 5
Last Meeting: Daemen 3, Saint Rose 1 (22-25, 25-12, 25-20, 25-14) | Oct. 2, 2021, Amherst, N.Y.
QUEENS KNIGHTS SCOUTING REPORT
The Knights come into the second half of conference play on Saturday with a 9-10 record on the year, and 3-2 record in ECC play. Three Queens players have recorded triple-digit kills on the season, with senior middle blocker
Alexis Deodat leading the way, totaling 167 kills on the season to average 2.46 kills/set. Two-time ECC rookie of the week freshman outside hitter
Kendall Conrad just trails Deodat with 163 kills (2.40 kills/set), while sophomore
Christina Franco tallies 149 kills (2.66 kills/set). Setter
Despina Boudouris totals 519 assists (7.52 assists/set), and has picked up ECC Setter of the Week twice this season. Defensively, freshman libero
Ryann Frontera leads the team with 292 digs on the season to average 5.03 digs/set, while middle blocker
Lindsay Osterhoudt and Deodat combine for 98 of Queens' 145 total blocks, with each tallying 49 blocks a piece on the season.
ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. QUEENS
Series Record: 13-4 Daemen
Away Record: 5-3 Daemen
Conference Record: 13-4 Daemen
Current Streak: Daemen won 7
Last Meeting: Daemen 3, Queens 0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-15) | Sept. 24, 2022, Amherst, N.Y.
MOLLOY LIONS SCOUTING REPORT
The 10-8 Molloy Lions host Daemen on Sunday with a 3-2 record in ECC play on the year. The Lions have matched up evenly with their opponents throughout the season, out-killing them 672 to 635 while averaging 11.2 kills a game. Molloy is led offensively by junior outside hitter
Kiarra Roth, who is one of three Lions to have triple-digit kills on the season (152) and averages 2.92 kills/set.
Kathleen Doherty and
Lucy Vazquez add 117 and 104 kills, respectively. Freshman
Canyen Rodriguez and sophomore
Julia Zalta have split the setting duties for the Lions, with Rodriguez tallying 6.78 assists per set and Zalta averaging 5.95 assists/set. Molloy has out-blocked its opponents 97.5 to 94.5 through the year, with freshman middle
Kaitlyn Jordan and Vazquez combining for 68 blocks.
ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. MOLLOY
Series Record: 15-5 Daemen
Away Record: 4-4
Conference Record: 12-5 Daemen
Current Streak: Daemen won 4
Last Meeting: Daemen 3, Molloy 0 (26-24, 25-9, 25-13) | Sept. 25, 2022, Amherst N.Y.
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