LAKEWOOD, NJ (Sept. 28, 2026) - As the calendar turns to October this week, this is a pivotal five days for Georgian Court Volleyball. They'll play three conference games in a five-day window with two coming against CACC South Division rivals. 

Opponents
Goldey-Beacom Lightning (11-3, 3-1 CACC)
Wilmington Wildcats (4-12, 3-1 CACC)

Where
Wilmington, DE - Joseph West Jones Center - at Goldey-Beacom
Wilmington, DE - Wilmington University Athletics Complex - at Wilmington

When
Tuesday, Sept. 29 - 6 pm - at Goldey-Beacom
Thursday, Oct. 1 - 7 pm at Wilmington

How to Watch
• Both games are available to watch on a free-to-view broadcast on the Goldey-Beacom and Wilmington portals of the CACC Digital Network.
• Live stats are also available on the Lions schedule page. 

Previously vs. Goldey-Beacom
• After a 12-match Georgian Court winning streak, Goldey-Beacom swept the Lions in the season-series last year.
• In the two matches, GCU took just one set from the Lightning, winning set three on the road to avoid a three-set loss.
• All-time Georgian Court has handled Goldey-Beacom 33-13. Beyond that, the Lions are 33-5 after the series started with eight straight GBC wins.
• Home or away hasn't mattered to the Lions who are 16-4 against the Lightning at home and 17-4 playing in Wilmington.
• Goldey-Beacom hit .366 against the Lions in their match in Lakewood. Things were closer in Wilmington, but the Lightning were a +10 in points on service. 

Previously vs. Wilmington
• Wilmington swept the season series last year which means the all-time series is tied up at 25-25 through 50 games.
• Georgian Court has struggled against the Wildcats on the road where they're 9-14 all-time.
• In Lakewood, the Lions took set one before the Wildcats won in five. Wilmington scored six more aces and 11 more blocks than the Lions.
• That trend continued in Wilmington with the Wildcats hitting eight aces in four sets and had a .243 attack percentage for the night. 

Last Time Out
• It was a wild afternoon Saturday in Caldwell where the Lions unfortunately came up on the short side a five-set loss to the Cougars.
• Tied 1-1, the Cougars took the pivotal third set 31-29. It was the first GCU set to reach 30 points since the 2019 season. 
• Roshell Chevres Sanchez played a full rotation at setter and passed out 50 assists. The first 50-assist game for the Lions since Dayna Diaz in 2023.
• Keira Mullen set career-highs with 25 kills and 18 digs. 

CACC Stat Leaders
• The Lions 1.47 blocks per set and 85 total blocks each rank fourth in the CACC. 
• Georgian Court is also second in the league with 802 digs and third with 530 assists. 
• Carmen Rivera Colon's 236 digs are the most in the conference while her 4.07 digs per set rank sixth.
• Rivera Colon is also in the top-20 among active Division II players in total digs.
• Flavia Pecora has the second-best hitting percentage in the league at .348. Her 41 blocks are also the fifth most. 
• Ava Churnesky is in the top-10 in kills and points per set.
• After playing two games in a full rotation, Roshell Chevres Sanchez is ninth in the league in assists per set and her 248 assists are sixth in the league. 

Who's Hot?
• Flavia Pecora is hitting .360 in her last five matches.
• Roshell Chevres Sanchez has 77 assists in her last two games spanning eight sets. 
• Keira Mullen was the league's Player of the Week after averaging nearly five kills per set and hitting .284 last week.
• Kyla Davis scored eight kills and three blocks at Caldwell. 

Individual Milestones
• Flavia Pecora is two kills short of 100.
• Kyla Davis is seven kills away from 200 and six blocks away from 100 in her career. 
• Ava Churnesky needs four kills to reach 400. 
• Carmen Rivera Colon needs 27 digs to move to third all-time in GCU history in total digs. She also needs seven aces to get to 100.

About Goldey-Beacom
• There's only one team in the CACC with more overall wins than Goldey-Beacom who enter Tuesday at 11-3 overall and 3-1 in the CACC.
• The Lightning have been strong defensively, leading the league in blocks and digs per set. GBC is putting back more than two blocks per set this season. 
• The offense isn't bad either as their .189 attack percentage sits second in the league.
• Goldey-Beacom has taken advantage of playing at home where they're 5-0 this season.
• Tuesday's match features the top two in the league in hitting percentage. The Lions' Flavia Pecora is second only to the Lightning's Gabi Fullwood who's hitting .379 this season.
• Fullwood and Kelci Gingras are leading the offense with more than 160 points each. Fullwood also has 48 blocks this season, second in the CACC.
• Gingras is the team leader on the service line with 30 aces. The team is scoring 2.3 aces per set, but also allowing 2.04.

About Wilmington
• Just like Goldey-Beacom the Wildcats are 3-1 this season. In fact, they have a win over the Lightning already.
• Unlike the Lightning though, that's where almost all of their wins have come from. The Wildcats lost their first 11 games this season before turning it on for conference play and winning four of their last five.
• Sophomore Liani Sierra is leading the team with 170 kills.
• The tough nonconference schedule has skewed their season stats a bit. Wilmington right now is hitting .116 as a team while opponents are at .231.
• They've also surrendered more than 2.1 aces per set while landing just 1.5.
• Where they've hung tough is at the net though. Wilmington has 74 toal blocks and have allowed 76.