Women's Volleyball | 10/27/2026 11:22:00 AM
Match #23: Daemen Wildcats vs. D'Youville Saints | Wednesday, Oct. 28 | 6:30 PM | Amherst, N.Y. | Lumsden Gymnasium
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Record: 12-10 overall, 4-4 ECC
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Record: 13-11 overall, 6-2 ECC
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Match #24: Daemen Wildcats at Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks | Sunday, Nov. 1 | 12 PM | Rochester, N.Y.
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Record: 3-18 overall, 1-7 ECC
WNY RIVALS
The Daemen University women's volleyball team takes on their Western New York rivals this week in a pair of matches, first hosting crosstown rival D'Youville on Wednesday at 6:30 PM at Lumsden Gymnasium, then traveling eastbound on I-90 on Sunday to play at Roberts Wesleyan in a 12 PM matchup. The Wildcats come into this week sitting in fourth place in the conference with a 12-10 overall record and 4-4 mark in East Coast Conference play, while D'Youville is 13-11 overall and 6-2 in the ECC, second place in the league, and Roberts Wesleyan is 3-18 and 1-7 in the ECC, tied for last in the conference.
LAST WEEK
Daemen went 1-1 on the road at Molloy and Queens last weekend. In Saturday's matchup between the fourth-place Wildcats and third-place Lions, 10 different Wildcats recorded kills as Daemen fell in a five-set battle at Molloy. The Wildcats won the second set to even the match up, but after dropping the third, Daemen forced a fifth set by winning the fourth 25-18. The Wildcats led the fifth 13-11, but Molloy won five of the last six points to win the fifth and take the match 3-2 (18-25, 26-24, 16-25, 25-18, 14-16). Sophomore outside hitter
Mina Faw (Williamsburg, Va.) posted a season-high 14 kills while hitting .225 and added a solo block and one block assist for 15.5 points. Junior right side
Payton Gaylor (Bowmanville, Ont.) totaled nine kills and three block assists. Freshman outside hitter
Audrey Johnson (Mequon, Wisc.) tallied eight kills and added 10 digs, one ace and one assist. Senior setter
Maddie Schamaun (Rockville, Md.) posted her sixth double-double of the season, posting 22 assists, 16 digs and a season-high five aces. Freshman setter
Peyton Lowes (Northville, Mich.) totaled 14 assists, three aces, five digs and one kill.
The Wildcats rebounded with a three-set sweep (25-20, 25-17, 25-19) over Queens on Sunday, outhit the Knights 42 to 27 in the win, committing just 10 attack errors to hit at a season-high .352 clip. It marked the third straight 40+ kill performance for the Wildcats. Junior outside hitter
Avery Craig (Tomball, Tex.) led the Wildcats offensively with 10 kills and zero errors on 22 attacks to hit at a season-high .500 in the win, adding a team-high nine digs on the day.
Mina Faw contributed eight kills, one solo block, two block assists and two digs. Gaylor totaled five kills on 10 attacks to hit at a .300 clip and added one ace. Junior defensive specialist
Olivia Urbon (Chicago, Ill.) finished with five kills on seven attacks with no errors to hit at a team-high .714, adding five digs and one ace. Junior libero
Jarielys Giraud (Orlando, Fla.) posted seven digs, three assists and two aces. Schamaun led the way with 20 assists, one ace and five digs while Lowes added 11 assists and one ace.
ECC WEEKLY AWARDS
For the fourth time this season, freshman outside hitter
Audrey Johnson was named the ECC Rookie of the Week after totaling 12 kills on 33 attacks with just four errors, averaging 2.0 kills per set in Daemen's 1-1 weekend. Johnson added 10 digs, four aces and one assist to her stat line. She posted an eight kill, 10 dig performance in Saturday's five-set loss at Molloy. On Sunday, Johnson played just one set, but managed to tally four kills on six attacks with zero errors for a career-high .667 hitting percentage and added three aces en route to Daemen's 3-0 sweep over Queens.
CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Daemen is currently sitting fourth in the conference with a record of 4-4 in ECC play. Mercy (8-0) leads the league with an unblemished conference record, followed by D'Youville (6-2) and Molloy (5-3) at second and third. St. Thomas Aquinas (3-5) is fifth while Roberts Wesleyan (1-7) and Queens (1-7) are tied for sixth in the league. With two weekends left in the regular season, the top four teams get into the ECC Tournament which will be hosted by the regular season champion on Nov. 13-14.
1. Mercy (8-0)
2. D'Youville (6-2)
3. Molloy (5-3)
4. Daemen (4-4)
5. St. Thomas Aquinas (3-5)
T6. Roberts Wesleyan (1-7)
T6. Queens (1-7)
UP NEXT
The Wildcats will host Molloy (Saturday, Nov. 7) and Queens (Sunday, Nov. 8) in the final regular season weekend next week. Four seniors will be honored in Senior Day before the Queens match.
SCOUTING THE SAINTS
In the second year under head coach Allison Post, D'Youville has put together a solid season and currently sit second in the league, going 13-11 overall and 6-2 in ECC action, only dropping conference matches to St. Thomas Aquinas (2-3) and Mercy (1-3) so far this season. The Saints average 11.1 kills per set and are led by a pair of heavy hitters. Junior outside hitter Cameron Ulinski ranks fourth in the league with 3.35 kills/set and totals a team-high 285 kills on the year while also leading the team with 47 aces (0.55/set ranks fifth in the ECC), while senior outside hitter Madeline O'Brien is second on the team with 259 kills and ranks seventh in the ECC with 2.94 kills/set. Daemen is 13-3 all time against D'Youville, but the Saints won the match earlier this season 0-3.
SCOUTING THE REDHAWKS
Roberts Wesleyan has had a tough time getting into the win column so far this season, coming into Sunday's match with a 3-18 record and 1-7 mark in ECC play. The Redhawks are being outhit 11.8 to 9.5 on the year and are allowing their opponents to hit an average of .209 per game while hitting just .117. Senior outside hitter Camryn Karelus leads the Redhawks offensively with 226 kills, ranking sixth in the conference with 2.97 per set, and also has a team-high 27 aces. Sophomore middle hitter Rachel Dixon ranks sixth in the ECC with 57 total blocks (0.77/set) and is third on the team with 109 kills. Daemen is 42-20 all-time against the Redhawks, and has won the last 23 consecutive matches between the two teams, a streak that dates back to 2015.
