Match One: UAlbany 3, Sacred Heart 2 (21-25, 25-19, 20-25, 25-22, 15-13)
Match Two: Sacred Heart 3, UAlbany 0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-20)
 
Location: University Gym in Albany, N.Y.
 
Records: UAlbany (1-1) | Sacred Heart (1-2)
 
Short Story: UAlbany won the first match 3-2 after trailing 1-0 and 2-1 while Sacred Heart swept the second match 3-0.  
 
Key Stats Match One
 

• UAlbany won the match 15-13 in the fifth set after falling behind 1-0 and 2-1 in the first three sets
• UAlbany won the final two sets of match one by narrow margins 25-22 and 15-13
• Danielle Tedesco recorded a match-high 16 kills and Kamara Kelly recorded 15
• The Pioneers started with momentum through the first three sets, as they recorded 37 kills to UAlbany's 30
• Charlotte Macken and Sacred Heart's Sarah Ciszek led all players with 25 digs and Ciszek recorded a match-high 29 assists
• Maddie Stone recorded 28 assisst while Andersen Vaughan recorded 28
• Freshman Hannah Rowe started all-five sets in her collegiate debut and recorded 16 digs, 9 kills and five block assists
• Transfer junior ShaLi Niu appeared in all-five sets in her first match with the Great Danes and recorded four digs and three block assists

Key Stats Match Two

• Sacred Heart swept the second match 3-0 with nine points as their largest margin of victory
• UAlbany held a 3-1 lead in each of the first two sets before losing 25-20 and 25-14
• UAlbany led 7-6 at the beginning of the second set before the Pioneers put together nine-straight points and took a 15-7 lead
• Sacred Heart's Ciszek recorded a match-high 29 assists, while UAlbany's Stone was second-best with 15
• The Pioneers recorded 40 kills to the Great Danes 33 and recorded 16 block assists to UAlbany's eight
• Kelly and Ciszek led the match with 10 digs each
• Stone recorded a match-high three service aces, which was more than the rest of the team combined
   

Next: UAlbany is set to host the New Jersey Institute of Technology in the first-ever matchup between the programs on Saturday Feb. 27 at 1:00 p.m.