LAKEWOOD, NJ (Sept. 18, 2025) - Georgian Court Volleyball gets back on the road to play three games this weekend in Pennsylvania. 

Opponents
Queens Knights (4-5, 0-0 ECC)
Southern New Hampshire Penmen (0-7, 0-0 NE10)
East Stroudsburg Warriors (6-2, 0-0 PSAC)

Where
East Stroudsburg, PA - Koehler Fieldhouse

When
Friday-Saturday, September 19-20
Friday vs. Queens - 5 pm
Saturday vs. Southern New Hampshire - 1:30 pm
Saturday at East Stroudsburg - 6:30 pm

How to Watch
• This weekends games will have live stats available on the Georgian Court schedule page. 

Previously vs. Queens
• These two teams met just 10 days ago. 
• GCU swept the Knights in their home opener, 25-23, 25-21, 28-26.
• The Lions hit .227 and were led by Ava Churnesky's 17 kills.
• Genesis Simanca had a 14-kill, 16-dig double-double. 
• Georgian Court has won five of the last six matches and are 10-8 all-time against the Knights. 

Previously vs. Southern New Hampshire
• These teams last played in 2023 and GCU is 1-3 against the Penmen.
• Prior to 2023, the last time they met was back in 2016.
• Iciar Zayas and Carmen Rivera are the only current Lions who played back in 2023. Zayas had 27 assists in a three-set loss. It was Rivera's first collegiate game and the Lions season opener. 

Previously vs. East Stroudsburg
• Georgian Court and ESU have met each of the last two seasons. 
• The visiting team has won each of those two and the teams are 2-2 against one another.
• Last year, Georgian Court got swept at home. All four matches in this series have been 3-0 victories.

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court opened up conference play Wednesday night against Wilmington.
• The Lions took set one, but fell in five sets, 3-2, to the Wildcats. It was Georgian Court's first match beyond three sets this season.
• Genesis Simanca led the Lions with 19 kills and 19 digs.

Individual Milestones
• Carmen Rivera needs 19 digs to get to 800. 
• Genesis Simanca needs 25 kills to reach 100.
• Amber Gallo is 14 digs away from 50.

CACC Stat Leaders (as per NCAA statistics)
• Iciar Zayas is second in the league averaging 9.35 assists per set. Her 215 total assists rank second as well.
• Carmen Rivera's 4.65 digs per set ranks third.
• Ava Churnesky is third in the CACC with 3.78 kills per set and fourth at 4.00 points per set. 
• Genesis Simanca is fifth in both kills per set at 3.41 and points per set at 3.80.
• Amber Gallo ranks eighth in aces per set averaging 0.60. 
• As a team the Lions are third in the CACC assists per set and kills per set. 
• Georgian Court is also third hitting .159 as a group.

Weekly Awards
• Iciar Zayas was named the CACC Setter of the Week this week. She averaged 11.2 assists per set with seven service aces.
• It was Zayas' second career weekly award.
• Also earning a weekly award was Ava Churnesky who was named the league's Rookie of the Week.
• Churnesky averaged 4.50 kills per set while also picking up 2.63 digs per set. 

About Queens
• Since losing to Georgian Court last week, Queens has gone 2-2 with wins over CACC foes Chestnut Hill and Caldwell.
• Overall, the Knights are 4-5 on the season. They're just 1-3 playing outside of their home gym.
• A year ago, Queens finished 19-13 with a 9-3 conference record before falling in the ECC semifinals. 
• Queens lost a lot of fire power from the 2024 team, but their leading point-scorer, Kendall Conrad, is back in the fold along with Lindsay Osterhoudt who was the Knights leading blocker a season ago.
• Konrad is again leading the team in kills with 98. Kylynn White is the leading point scorer with 92 kills and 29 service aces. 
• In nine games, Queens has 60 blocks on the season, averaging more than 0.5 blocks more than opponents this year.

About Southern New Hampshire
• It's been a rough start for Southern New Hampshire who are 0-7 thus far and haven't won a set.
• They are last in Division II averaging just 5.9 kills per set and with a .017 attack percentage. 
• In four of their seven matches, the Penmen have hit below .000, while opponents are hitting .307. 
• SNHU has four with more than 20 kills, but Sophie Chevalier's 26 leads the team, and noone is scoring more than 2.0 points per set.
• Their allowing nearly four service aces per set and 1.7 blocks per set. 

About East Stroudsburg
• The hosts will present a tough matchup for Georgian Court. They're 6-2 this season having won four in a row.
• This will be the Warriors first home games as well.
• ESU is hitting .215 this season as a team. 
• The Warriors are fifth in Division II putting back nearly three blocks per set. 
• They're also 12th in aces per set at 2.72. They don't have one outstanding service specialist, but seven Warriors have at least six aces on the season.
• Anna Coulter is scoring 4.74 points per set and has a team-leading 86 kills and 43 blocks.