Match #13
Daemen Wildcats (9-3, 3-0 ECC) vs. Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks (2-11, 0-1 ECC)
Date: Wednesday, September 28
Time: 7 PM
Location: Rochester, N.Y. | Voller Athletic Center
Live Stream: ECC Network
Live Stats: via
robertsredhawks.com
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Daemen University women's volleyball team hits the road for the short trek eastbound on I-190 for midweek East Coast Conference action against Roberts Wesleyan in the Thruway Rivalry. This will be the 54th meeting between the Wildcats and the Redhawks, with Daemen currently riding a 14-game winning streak in the rivalry. This is the first ECC road game of the season for Daemen, as the Wildcats' conference-leading 3-0 record came from three home game wins over the weekend. Two of Daemen's three losses this season have come on the road, the last coming at the hands of Fairmont State on Sept. 16 when the Cats traveled down to West Virginia before opening up ECC play.
CONFERENCE STREAKING
The Wildcats enter Wednesday's matchup with a 9-3 record, and 3-0 in ECC play after a weekend of conference sweeps. Daemen opened up conference with a 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-20) victory over crosstown rival D'Youville, then trounced over Queens on Saturday 3-0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-15) and Molloy 3-0 (26-24, 25-9, 25-13) on Sunday as well. The Wildcats extended their regular-season conference winning streak to 16 matches with the win, and move to 45-1 in sets during ECC regular season play since the beginning of the 2021 season. Roberts Wesleyan accounts for the one set loss during that time frame, a 25-19 third-set loss on Sept. 30 in the first meeting between the Wildcats and Redhawks in the 2021 season.
GET OUT YOUR BROOMS, CATS SWEEP WEEKLY AWARDS
Daemen
swept the ECC weekly awards on Monday, with Wildcats taking home all four awards for the first time since Oct. 12, 2021. Outside hitter
Sam Logan (Eden, N.Y.) earned her first ECC Player of the Week award this season after averaging 3.56 kills per set (totaling 32 kills) and 3.66 digs per set (33 digs total), and adding four aces, four assists and two blocks. Logan earned a single-game season high hitting percentage against Queens (.611), which ranks as the second-highest single game hitting percentage in her career. Junior middle blocker
Vanessa Kuliga (Glenview, Ill.) had a stellar weekend, notching her 100th career block and picking up her first ECC Defensive Player of the Week after playing in all three matches last weekend, tallying five total blocks, 13 kills, a single-game career-high five aces against Queens, six digs and two assists. Junior setter
Olivia Alessi (East Aurora, N.Y.) earned her second straight ECC Setter of the Week after averaging 11.33 assists per set, adding three aces, 15 digs and two kills. Alessi ranks second in the conference with 8.82 assists per set. Freshman outside hitter
Nahirka Malpica (Caguas, P.R.) picked up her first Rookie of the Week after playing all three sets against D'Youville, nearly posting a double-double as she totaled eight kills, nine digs, a solo block and an ace.
OH, WE'RE HALFWAY THERE
The Cats are halfway through the 2022 regular season, having played 12 matches with 11 matches left to play. Daemen is out-killing its opponents 530 to 401 for a .229 hitting percentage, averaging 13.3 kills per set to 10.0 for their opponents. Defensively, the Wildcats average 17.0 digs per set compared to 14.7 for their opponents, and they average 11.6 assists/set compared to 8.8 from their opponents. The Wildcats have amassed 90 aces on the season, averaging 2.3 aces/set. Through three ECC games, Daemen leads the league in kills (126 total, 14 kills/set), hitting percentage (.292), assists (120 total, 13.33 assists/set), service aces (29 total, 3.22 aces/set), digs (158 total, 17.56 digs/set) and blocks (14 total, 1.56 blocks/set).
UP NEXT
Daemen hosts Le Moyne on October 5 for a midweek non-conference matchup. Tip-off at Lumsden Gym is set for 6 PM.
ROBERTS WESLEYAN REDHAWKS SCOUTING REPORT
Roberts comes into their second East Coast Conference game of the season on a seven-game losing streak. The Redhawks lost a heartbreaker in their ECC opener on Saturday, falling to Mercy 3-2, coming just short of their first win since Sept. 9 at the end of the second and third sets, but finding themselves unable to get the final set point. On the season, head coach
Doug Porterfield's Redhawks have been out-killed 565 to 399, with Roberts' opponents averaging 12.0 kills/set compared to 8.5 for the Redhawks. Offensively, sophomore outside hitter
Sydney Yanak leads RWU with 96 kills on the season (2.13 kills/set). A trio of Redhawks have 50+ kills on the season, freshman outside hitter
Olivia Price with 59, junior right side
Laura Amaya with 57, and sophomore middle hitter
Celine Malosa with 51 on the year.
ALL-TIME SERIES: DAEMEN VS. ROBERTS WESLEYAN
Series Record: 33-20 Daemen
Away Record: 16-8 Daemen
Conference Record: 26-14 Daemen
Current Streak: Daemen won 14
Last Meeting: Daemen 3, Roberts Wesleyan 0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-19) | Oct. 26, 2021, Rochester, N.Y.
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