LAKEWOOD, NJ (Oct. 26, 2024) - Georgian Court Volleyball picked up their second consecutive CACC sweep Saturday morning against Bloomfield. The Lions dominated from the first point for a 3-0 win (25-10, 25-17, 25-16). With the win, Georgian Court has now won nine of their first 10 conference games and improve to 12-8 overall.

How it Happened
• GCU held Bloomfield to a below .000 hitting percentage with 17 kills and 19 errors. The Lions hit .270 themselves landing 41 kills.
• The Lions had a big advantage on the block averaging two per set with six total to the Bears 2.5.
• Bloomfield did a nice job getting the ball over the net on serves, committing just three errors. They hit just three aces though while the Lions landed 10.
Set 1
• Georgian Court never trailed in the opening frame. They took an 8-2 lead early and never looked back.
• Amari Morales served up nine straight points, including three aces and GCU was all over the Bears, 20-4.
• Bloomfield got some points late, but the outcome was never in question. Set one went to GCU, 25-10.
• The Lions hit .385 in the frame with 15 kills.
Set 2
• Set two was much more competitive. That featured nine ties and six lead changes.
• The teams were going back and forth for a bit when Bloomfield scored four straight to take an 11-7 lead and force a Lion timeout.
• GCU quickly rebounded with four straight kills, two coming from Amiyah Woods.
• With the Lions up one, 17-16, GCU ended the set on an 8-1 run, helped out by three Bear attack errors, and went up 2-0 with a 25-17 set two victory.
Set 3
• Bloomfield scored the first point in set three, but the Lions proceeded to score the next eight.
• Giorgia Cappelletti had two service aces and Nylene Mateo three kills during the run.
• Bloomfield did their best to hang tough, getting things as close at five, 20-15, thanks in part to a 9-4 run of their own.
• The Lions scored the final four points though to complete the sweep, with a service ace from Mateo the final point.

Lion Stat Leaders
• Nylene Mateo hit .375 with 11 kills and two service aces.
• Giorgia Cappelletti was two kills short of a double-double with eight kills and 10 digs.
• Chelsea Ross hit .429 with eight kills and four blocks.
• Amiyah Woods chipped in five kills and two blocks.
• Gabrielle Belony added four kills.
• Iciar Zayas dished out 17 assists with four digs.
• Dayna Diaz totaled 16 assists and six digs.
• Amari Morales hit four service aces.

For the Bears
• Ronaya Moore hit six kills with two blocks.
• Rayssa Satlher passed out eight assists with four digs.
• Sophia Wintonick had a team-best eight digs.

News and Notes
• Georgian Court improves to 22-12 all-time against the Bears and 14-4 playing at home.
• Each of the Lions last six wins over the Bears have been sweeps.
• Dayna Diaz surpassed 300 career digs.
• Amiyah Woods scored her 600th career point.
• Nylene Mateo played in her 400th career set.
• Iciar Zayas surpassed 1700 career assists and moved into the Lions all-time top-five.
• The last time GCU started out 9-1 in CACC play was back in 2018 when they finished 16-3 in the league.

Up Next
• GCU wraps up their four-game homestand Monday, Oct. 28 when they play their final nonconference game of the season against West Chester with a 6 pm first serve.