LAKEWOOD, NJ (Oct. 9, 2026) - A relaxing holiday weekend it will not be for Georgian Court Volleyball who plays two games in three days - at home Saturday and on the road Monday afternoon.

Opponents
Dominican Chargers (5-6, 3-3 CACC)
Southern New Hampshire Penmen (2-14, 0-2 NE10)

Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Wellness Center vs. Dominican
Manchester, NH - Stan Spirou Field Houst at SNHU

When
Saturday, Oct. 10 - 3:30 pm vs. Dominican
Monday, Oct. 12 - 1 pm at Southern New Hampshire *
* This is a time change from the originally scheduled 6 pm start time

How to Watch
• Saturday's game is available to watch on a free-to-view broadcast on Georgian Court's portal of the CACC Digital Network.
• Monday's game is available on a pay-to-view broadcast on the Southern New Hampshire's FloCollege portal of the NE10Now Network.
• Live stats are also available on the Lions schedule page. 

Previously vs. Dominican
• All-time the Lions are 18-13 against the Chargers with the teams trading wins each of the last six matches.
• The last time a team won consecutive matches was in 2020 which was Georgian Court's ninth straight win over the Chargers.
• The home team has been in control of the series of late. Home teams have won six straight with the last road win coming also in 2020.
• Georgian Court fell in four sets last year. All three of the Chargers set wins were by just two points and all three went to extra points.
• In the loss, the Lions finished with a higher hitting percentage, more kills, blocks, aces and digs. 

Previously vs. Southern New Hampshire
• This will be the third time in the last four season these teams have met.
• All-time the Lions are 2-3 and 0-1 on the road against the Penmen.
• These teams played early in the season in 2025 at a neutral site in East Stroudsburg.
• The Lions pulled out a five-set win, winning all the odd numbered sets.
• In set five, GCU scored the first six points, but an 11-3 SNHU run put the Penmen up 11-9.
• Georgian Court then scored four straight and six of the final seven for a 15-12 set five win to claim the match.
• Carmen Rivera Colon picked up 29 digs and landed three service aces. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court won their second straight match with a five-set victory over Chestnut Hill.
• It was the Lions first CACC win of the season.
• Georgian Court got on top 2-0 before the Griffins won the next two sets.
• That included a 32-30 win in set four to keep the match alive. The marathon set ended with a whimper as Georgian Court was called for being out of rotation on set-point.
• Ava Churnesky and Keira Mullen each recorded kills-digs double-doubles.
• Big day for Carmen Rivera Colon as she set a new career-high with 35 digs and landed her 100th career service ace. 

CACC Stat Leaders
• Georgian Court leads the league with 1,153 digs and their 14.97 digs per set rank third.
• Carmen Rivera Colon's 339 digs are the most in the conference while her 4.40 digs per set rank fourth.
• Rivera Colon is also in the top-20 among active Division II players in total digs.
• With 115 blocks, Georgian Court is second in the league and third with 145 aces.
• Flavia Pecora has the second-best hitting percentage in the league at .337. Her 55 blocks are also the third most. 
• After finally playing enough sets to qualify, Keira Mullen ranks third in the CACC in kills and points per set.
• Ava Churnesky is also in the top-10 in both. 
• Roshell Chevres Sanchez is now seventh in the league in assists per set while Maggy Hallihan ranks 10th. 

Who's Hot?
• Keira Mullen has eight straight double-digit kill matches and double-doubles in five of her last six matches. 
• Ziahna Frazier has been getting more swings lately and has 10 kills in her last three matches. She also recorded eight digs at Millersville and two blocks each of her last two games.
• Maggy Hallihan has returned to action and is averaging 6.5 assists per set in her last three matches.
• Ava Churnesky has 36 kills in her last two matches. It's her highest two-match total this season.
• Carmen Rivera Colon has 62 digs in her last two matches, averaging almost seven digs per set. 

Individual Milestones
• Flavia Pecora needs 12 points for 200.
• Maggy Hallihan is 21 assists away from 400 and one ace shy of 25.
• Carmen Rivera Colon needs 37 digs to get to 1500 in her career. Something just two Lions have ever done before.
• Keira Mullen is 16 kills away from 200.  

About Dominican
• No team in the league has played fewer games than Dominican. They'll enter Saturday having played just 11 this season while the Lions will be on game number 20.
• In fact, in the next closest in fewest games played is Bridgeport who has played five more games than the Chargers.
• The Chargers are 3-3 in the CACC this season and 0-3 against CACC South Division teams.
• With so many fewer games played, the Chargers are at the bottom of the CACC in most statistical totals, but their per set rankings are right in the middle of the pack.
• They're hitting .172 which is fifth in the league and their 11.44 kills per set rank third.
• Freshman Jesenia Labrador is averaging 3.11 kills per set to lead the team and hitting .183.

About Southern New Hampshire
• It's been a rough go of it lately for Southern New Hampshire. They finished 2025 winless at 0-26.
• They've improved this year and are 2-14 overall, but have dropped nine straight.
• The Penmen are near the bottom of the NCAA is most stat categories, but one thing they're doing well is serving the ball.
• SNHU is seventh in the nation with 2.35 aces per set, led by Valentine Bugnatto's 29. She leads four Penmen with 20+ aces on the year.
• While SNHU has an impressive 141 aces, they're selling out for those aces as they've also hit 198 errors, 3.3 service errors per set.
• The team is hitting .109 this season with Jordyn Carroll leading the team with 155 kills.
• Blocks have really hurt SNHU this season. Opponents are putting back two blocks per set while the Penmen are landing fewer than one.