ALBANY, N.Y. - The University at Albany volleyball team returns home for their first America East game in University Gym.
 
Masks will be required inside all buildings on campus.
 
MATCH INFORMATION
 
Stony Brook at UAlbany
DATE: Sunday, October 3
TIME: 2:30 PM ET
SITE: University Gym - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 4-11, 0-1 America East | Stony Brook 6-9, 0-1 America East
SERIES RECORD: 39-17, UAlbany leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: AE.TV
 
*records as of 10/1
 
GREAT DANE REWIND

• UAlbany opened their home slate with the Crowne Plaza Albany - The Desmond Hotel Volleyball Classic on September 3. The Great Danes closed the tournament defeating Cornell, 3-1 on Sept. 4. 
• UAlbany opened their season with a 1-2 record at the Syracuse Tournament (Aug. 27-28), defeating UB (Aug. 28), 3-0, for their first win of the season, before beating Marist, 3-1, on Tuesday (Aug. 31). The Great Danes traveled to Texas for the Texas A&M Invitational (Sept. 10-11) and competed in the Jayhawk Classic hosted by the University of Kansas (Sept. 17-18).
• Closing out their non-conference season, UAlbany hosted Siena for a 3-0 match in the first-ever School Supplies Night (Sept. 22). 
• Most recently, the Great Danes began America East play with a 3-2 loss at Binghamton (Sept. 26).
• Four student-athletes, including two freshmen, have seen all 57 sets on the season - junior Kamara Kelly, senior Charlotte Macken, freshman Elaina Wamhoff, and freshman Anissia Wong. Junior Malea Stanton and freshman Oren Abutbul have seen the court for all but one set (56 sets). 
• Abutbul leads the offense with 138 kills and 2.46 kills/set. She also sits second on the team with 42.0 blocks.
• Stanton and Wamhoff serve as the team's main setters. Stanton leads with 282 assists and 5.04 assists/set. Wamhoff follows with 228 assists and 4.00 assists/set.
• Macken owns a team-high on both offense and defense. She leads with 23 service aces, 239 digs, and 4.19 digs/set. 
• Wong leads the blockers with 64.0 total blocks, including seven solo blocks, and 1.12 blocks/set.
• Other Great Dane standouts include freshman Lilou Stegeman (second on the team with 42.0 blocks), Kelly (second with 132 kills and 2.32 kills/set), and senior Regan Wright (second with 13 service aces, 116 digs, and 2.37 digs/set)

 
ABOUT STONY BROOK

• The Seawolves completed the non-conference portion of their schedule with a 6-8 record. 
• Stony Brook went 0-3 at the Florida Atlantic Tournament (Aug. 27-28) before going 2-1 at the Towson Tournament (Sept. 3-4), the Stony Brook Invitational (Sept. 10-11), and the Maryland Tournament (Sept. 17-18). 
• The Seawolves played two individual matches against Hofstra (Sept. 7) and St. John's (Sept. 14) for two losses.
• Stony Brook opened the conference season at UMBC with a 3-1 loss. 
• The Seawolves will play Binghamton before heading to Albany on Sunday, October 3. 
• Amiyah De'Long and Leoni Kunz lead the team with 168 kills each, Kunz holds the slight lead with 3.05 kills/set.
• Torri Henry serves as the main setter, totaling 535 assists on the season and a team-high 21 service aces.
• On defense, Kiani Kerstetter leads with 183 digs and Abby Campbell leads with 41.0 attacks, including a team-high eight solo blocks.

 
SERIES AGAINST THE SEAWOLVES

• The Great Danes lead the all-time series, 39-17.
• In their last meeting, the Great Danes fell at home on March 22. 
• Prior to the late-season meeting, UAlbany held a four-match win streak including all three matches throughout the 2019 season.
• Against Stony Brook, the Great Danes' longest win streak lasted 12 straight games from 2007-2012.
• The first game of the 2020-21 season saw a 3-2 win on March 21. Kamara Kelly (17), Regan Wright (15), and Danielle Tedesco (13) led the team in kills while Charlotte Macken led with 19 digs. Other standouts included Malea Stanton (29 assists, 16 digs) and ShaLi Niu (4 blocks).

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• After the first weekend of conference play, Binghamton leads with 2 wins.
• New Hampshire and UMBC follow with a 1-0 conference record.
• The final four teams - Stony Brook, UAlbany, Hartford, and NJIT - all hold a 0-1 America East record after the first weekend.

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Friday
  • UMBC at New Hampshire, 2 pm
  • NJIT at Hartford, 7 pm
  • Stony Brook at Binghamton, 7 pm
• Sunday
  • Hartford at UMBC, 1 pm
  • NJIT at New Hampshire, 1 pm
  • Stony Brook at UAlbany, 2:30 pm

 
WHAT'S UP, PRESEASON

• The Great Dane volleyball team was picked to finish first in the conference in the preseason coaches' poll. UMBC and New Hampshire were voted into a tie for second place.
• UAlbany added seven new players to the roster for the 2021 season.

 
UP NEXT

• The Great Danes continue with a split weekend hosting Hartford for a Friday night game (10/8) before heading to NJIT for an afternoon game on Sunday (10/10).

For more information on the University at Albany volleyball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanyvb
Instagram - @ualbanyvb
Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyVB