LAKEWOOD, NJ (Oct. 7, 2024) - Georgian Court Volleyball, after an exciting week that included three victories, gets set for their longest road trip of the season.
Opponents
Holy Family Tigers (5-11, 2-2 CACC)
Adelphi Panthers (9-7, 0-1 NE10)
Where
Philadelphia, PA - Campus Center - at Holy Family
Garden City, NY - Center for Recreation and Sport - at Adelphi
When
Tuesday, Oct. 8 - 6 pm at Holy Family
Thursday, Oct. 10 - 7 pm at Adelphi
How to Watch
• Tuesday's match at Holy Family is available via a free-to-view broadcast on the CACC Digital Network, powered by HUDL. Thursday's match at Adelphi is on a pay-per-view broadcast on the NE-10 Network as a part of FloSports. Live stats for both games are available on the Lions Volleyball schedule page.
Previously vs. Holy Family
• Georgian Court snapped a six-match losing streak to Holy Family last season with their 3-0 win on the road.
• All-time the Tigers lead the series 24-22.
• Things have been just as evenly matched at home and on the road with the Lions 10-11 at home and 11-12 in Philadelphia.
• Last year's sweep saw GCU dominate, which includes a 25-8 set three win.
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Giorgia Cappelletti led the offense with 12 kills and hit .480 without an attack error.
Previously vs. Adelphi
• The Lions are just 3-9 against their Northeast-10 foe, Adelphi, but did get a win in their last match in 2021.
• That five-set match saw the Lions get the win, 16-14 in the fifth set.
• The Lions were down at match-point, 14-13, but scored three straight with Grace Fenn getting the game-winning kill.
• Playing in Garden City, the Lions are just 1-3.
Last Time Out
• Well, the Lions did it again. For the third time this season, second in a week, they fell behind 2-0 only to come roaring back and win the final three sets.
• This time the feat came against Dominican Saturday morning.
• It's the first time in the NCAA era the Lions have had three reverse sweeps in a season.
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Nylene Mateo landed 19 kills and hit .240 for the match.
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Iciar Zayas passed out 37 assists with 14 digs.
Individual Milestones
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Dayna Diaz is 13 assists away from reaching 10th place all-time at GCU.
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Amiyah Woods is three blocks away from 200.
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Giorgia Cappelletti needs 13 kills to reach 400 and 17.5 points for 500.
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Nylene Mateo is 13.5 points away from 1400.
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Martina Croce is 17 digs away from 200.
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Chelsea Ross needs 18 kills for 500 and four more blocks will tie her with her coach,
Shana Rayside, for fifth all-time at GCU.
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Iciar Zayas needs 29 assists to get to 1600.
CACC Leaders (Based on NCAA Stats)
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Giorgia Cappelletti is second in the CACC and 15th nationally wih 0.63 service aces per set.
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Chelsea Ross with 1.02 blocks per set is second in the league.
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Carmen Rivera is in the CACC top-10 for digs per set with 3.59.
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Nylene Mateo's 3.60 points per set is seventh in the conference.
• Georgian Court is third in the CACC with 1.77 blocks per set.
• The Lions 2.04 aces per set is fourth in the league.
Who's Hot?
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Nylene Mateo averaged 4.08 kills per set in three matches last week and was the CACC Player of the Week.
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Carmen Rivera has 10+ digs in three straight matches.
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Chelsea Ross has at least four blocks in seven straight games and has hit better than .350 in three straight.
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Giorgia Cappelletti has 10 service aces in the last four matches and double-figure kills in two of the last three.
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Iciar Zayas had two matches last week with 30+ assists.
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Martina Croce hit 12 kills against Dominican.
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Amiyah Woods hit a season-high .389 vs. the Chargers.
About Holy Family
• It's been an up and down season thus far for the Tigers who at one point had lost 11 in a row.
• They're on the upswing now though with back-to-back wins against St. Thomas Aquinas and Post, who had been unbeaten in the CACC.
• That win over Post ups their record to 4-11 and 2-2 in the CACC.
• The Tiger offense is led by Ava Kidd who has 144 points, 119 kills, and 27 blocks.
• Kidd is one of just three Tigers who have played in all 51 sets this season.
• Morgan Steck does most of the setting with 7.51 assists per set.
• Holy Family has given up a lot of points at the service line. Opponents have hit 184 aces, 3.60 per set.
• Cadence Palmer is picking up 3.27 digs per set.
About Adelphi
• Adelphi lost a four-game winning streak dropping a three-set match at American International last Saturday.
• That set them back to 9-7 on the year and 0-1 in the Northeast-10.
• The Panthers have 114 service aces on the season, led by Jamaya Harris's 26.
• They also are successful on 92% of service reception.
• As a team, Adelphi is hitting .212 with opponents at just .170.
• Macarty McQueen has as team-best 157 kills and 3.02 kills per set.
• Blocking is an area of concern for the Panthers who have just 90.5 and given up 108. Kalena Ricketts leads the team with 38.
• Jaydin Nowak has 274 total digs which is just outside the top-30 in the nation.
