LAKEWOOD, NJ (Sept. 10, 2023) - Georgian Court Volleyball begins the first of a four-match week Monday evening in Pennsylvania. 

Opponents 
Kutztown Golden Bears (4-3, 0-0 PSAC)

Where
Kutztown, PA - Keystone Arena

When
Monday, Sept. 11 - 6 p.m.

How to Watch
• Monday's match is available to watch via a free to view broadcast on the Kutztown Digital Network. Links for videos and live stats can be found above and on the Lions Volleyball schedule page.

Previously vs. Kutztown
• A year ago Georgian Court swept Kutztown in Lakewood three sets to zero, however all three sets were determined by the minimum two points.
• Georgian Court's passing proved to play a big role as they scooped eight more digs than Kutztown.
• GCU also scored five more blocks and three more service aces.
• The offense ran through Nylene Mateo who landed 19 kills to go along with nine digs.
• Iciar Zayas dished out 25 assists and scored four aces.
• Amiyah Woods and Chelsea Ross each picked up four blocks. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court went 2-0 Friday afternoon picking up wins over St. Thomas Aquinas and Bowie State.
• After dropping the first set of the day, GCU went on to win each of the next six.
• The Lions hit .366 for the match against Bowie State with 18 service aces.
• Nylene Mateo combined for 21 kills and 10 service aces in the two matches plus 18 digs.
• Georgian Court's 18 service aces in a match were their most since landing 20 against University of the Sciences in 2013.

Who's Hot?
• Mateo was last week's CACC Player of the Week and she followed that up by scoring 21 kills and 10 aces Friday.
• Giorgia Cappelletti hit .452 against STAC with a season-high 14 kills. She also has at least nine digs in each of her last three matches.
• Martina Croce hit .500 against Bowie State with 10 kills and just one attack error. She has double-figure kills in two of her last three matches.
• Iciar Zayas averaged 8.5 assists per set Friday while also landing three kills, two service aces and three blocks.
• Chelsea Ross has at least four blocks in three of her first five games this season. She hit at least .400 with 10 kills Friday in her two matches.
• Amiyah Woods has exactly five kills in four straight games and has hit better than .300 in three of five this season.

CACC Leaders
• With 3.47 kills per set and 4.3 points per set, Nylene Mateo is leading the CACC. She's the only player in the league scoring more than four points per set. 
• At 8.30 assists per set, Iciar Zayas is leading the CACC in assists. Dayna Diaz is third with 8.29.
• Jessica Sprankle is in the league's top-10 in digs with her 3.16 digs per set ranking 10th.
• Giorgia Cappelletti is seventh in the CACC with 2.68 kills per set and her .271 attack percentage ranks sixth. 
• Georgian Court is leading the league this season thus far hitting .225. The only team with an attack percentage greater than .200.
• The Lions also lead the league scoring 15.4 points per set and are second with 11.3 kills per set.
• GCU is also either first or second in the league in service aces and assists per set. 

Individual Milestones
• Jessica Sprankle needs three more service aces to get into the Lions all-time top-10 and is five digs away from 700 for her career. 
• Nylene Mateo will get into the Lions top-10 in kills with just 25 more. She's also 23 points away from 1,000. 
• Ava Venneri is 19 digs shy of 200.
• Amiyah Woods will hit 300 career points with 8.5 more. 
• Dayna Diaz needs 12 digs to get to 100 and 16 assists to reach 200.
• Iciar Zayas is 34 assists shy of 900. 

About Kutztown
• The Golden Bears are off to a 4-3 start on the season, mostly against CACC competition.
• Of their seven games played, six have come against CACC foes where they are 4-2.
• Last weekend at the Wildcat Regional Invitational, the Golden Bears fell to host Wilmington before defeating Jefferson in five sets and Holy Family in four.
• Kutztown was picked to finish fifth in the PSAC East following a 13-12 regular season with a 7-7 mark in league play. It was the most regular season and conference wins since 2014.
• The Golden Bears are led by 2022 All-PSAC East First Team honoree Sadie Doss. She averaged 3.82 kills per set last year and has upped that to 4.58 to start off 2023. 
• Gabriela Fialova is averaging 3.81 kills per set. Her and Doss have combined for 293 of the Golden Bears 449 points this season, or 65% of the total offense.
• Fialova is also leading the team with 3.10 digs per set as the team has picked up 15.61 per match this year.
• Kutztown has been getting out blocked by more than a two-to-one ratio this year, 59.5-27.