LAKEWOOD, NJ (Sept. 17, 2024) - Georgian Court Volleyball finishes a busy week with a pair of home games, including their CACC opener.
Opponents
Chestnut Hill Griffins (1-0, 0-0 CACC)
New Haven Chargers (1-5, 0-0 NE10)
Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Wellness Center
When
Wednesday, Sept. 18 - 6 pm vs. Chestnut Hill
Saturday, Sept. 21 - 3 pm vs. New Haven
How to Watch
• Both matches are available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Georgian Court portal of the CACC Digital Network, powered by HUDL. Live stats are also available on the Georgian Court Volleyball schedule page.
Ticketing
• Tickets for all Georgian Court home game can be found at the link above, or purchased in person prior to the game.
$10 adults
$5 seniors/students
Previously vs. Chestnut Hill
• Georgian Court has historically owned this rivalry, winning 27 of 33 matches.
• The Lions however had dropped three straight the Griffins, before picking up a five-set home win last year.
• GCU nearly gave the match away after winning the first two sets, but took care of business claiming the fifth, 15-9.
• The Lions hit .189 for the match, but the Griffins landed 11 more kills. The Lions had a big advantage on the block, 14-3.
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Martina Croce led the Lions scoring 17 points with 13 kills and four blocks.
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Chelsea Ross put back nine total blocks to go along with seven kills.
Previously vs. New Haven
• It's been a while since Georgian Court toppled the Chargers. New Haven leads the all-time series 9-1 and have won eight straight.
• GCU last defeated New Haven back in 2007.
• These teams last met in 2007 in West Haven. The Chargers won in straight sets with the Lions scoring no more than nine points in any set.
• Georgian Court hit -.012 with 19 kills and 20 attack errors.
Ava Venneri led the Lions with eight kills.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court earned a thrilling five-set win over Millersville Monday night.
• Down 0-2, the Lions stormed back to win the final three sets and take the match.
• It was the Lions first comeback win after being down 2-0 since Sept. 11, 2021.
• It was also the Lions first ever win over Millersville in five matches.
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Nylene Mateo scored 18 kills to go along with 11 digs.
• Two other Lions had double-doubles with
Giorgia Cappelletti tallying 14 kills and 18 digs and
Dayna Diaz 24 assists and 14 digs.
Individual Milestones
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Carmen Rivera needs three service aces for 25.
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Martina Croce is 19 kills short of 300 and four blocks from 50.
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Chelsea Ross needs 15.5 points to get to 600.
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Giorgia Cappelletti is 18 digs away from 400.
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Nylene Mateo needs just 11 kills to reach 1100 and 24 points for 1500.
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Amiyah Woods will get to 400 kills with 11 more.
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Dayna Diaz needs 37 assists to reach 600.
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Ava Venneri is nearing 200 points with 178.5 and 200 digs with 191.
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Iciar Zayas needs 39 assists to reach 1500 in her career. She'd be just the sixth Lion to ever hit that number.
CACC Leaders (According to NCAA Stats)
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Giorgia Cappelletti ranks third in the CACC with 0.67 service aces per set and her 12 total aces rank fifth.
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Dayna Diaz is up to fifth averaging 5.0 assists per set.
• Hitting .313,
Chelsea Ross is fifth in the CACC.
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Carmen Rivera is now 10th averaging 3.56 digs per set.
• Georgian Court as a team has the fourth-best hitting percentage in the CACC at .197.
• They're also fifth in aces per set, assists per set and sixth in kills per set.
Who's Hot?
• A lot of Lions hit season-best in counting stats in their five-set win at Millersville.
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Nylene Mateo's 18 kills are a season-high and she now has 32 in her last nine sets.
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Giorgia Cappelletti reached double-figure kills for the first time this season and recorded her first double-double.
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Carmen Rivera has seen her dig total increase in each of the last three games.
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Amari Morales has gotten some run at the setter position and has 32 assists in her last two matches, including a career-best 22 at Millersville.
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Chelsea Ross has at least seven kills in four straight games and three blocks in three straight.
About Chestnut Hill
• Surprisingly, Chestnut Hill has played just one match this season.
• They defeated West Chester in straight sets.
• Before the start of the season, Chestnut Hill was picked to finish fifth in the CACC South Division.
• On the bench for CHC is Brendon Johnson. An assistant coach in 2023, Johnson was elevated to head coach in February.
• In their lone hit, the Griffins hit .248 and held West Chester to just .062.
• Erika Dubosky totaled 11 kills to lead CHC.
• Mia Caporellie passed out 27 assists and had 11 digs.
About New Haven
• New Haven is just 1-5 as of this writing, but have two matches still before facing the Lions Saturday.
• They'll have a mini tour of the CACC this week as they host Bridgeport then play at Jefferson and then the Lions.
• That kicks of a span of seven straight CACC opponents for the Chargers who after GCU take on Post, Dominican, Bloomfield and Holy Family. They'll be at Molloy and then another CACC foe in Wilmington in early October.
• Offensively, UNH is hitting just .150. They've hit 37 service aces, same numbers as they've allowed. They've hit just 44 service errors though while opponents have hit 67, more than six per match against the Chargers.
• Grace Juergen leads the team with 61 kills and 73 points. She's also landed nine service aces.
• The Chargers also operate with a pair of setters. Tori Borton averages 4.46 per set and Juli De Acharan 4.17.
• Three Chargers are averaging more than three digs per set. Carleigh Vedder has a team-high 3.94 with a .958 reception percentage.
• Despite their 1-5 record, the Chargers have been competitive in nearly every match. New Haven has lost 17 sets on the year thus far and 13 of them have been by five or fewer points, and five sets by just two points.
