ALBANY, N.Y. - The UAlbany volleyball team is ready for a Halloween night matchup against LIU.
UAlbany's home gym, PE Gym, is down for renovations. All home games during the 2023 season will be played at the Kahl Campus Center on Russell Sage College's Albany Campus. To find the gym, put 44 Academy Rd, Albany, NY into your GPS. For more information, click here.
MATCH INFORMATION
LIU at UAlbany
DATE: Tuesday, October 31
TIME: 7:00 PM
SITE: Robison Gym at the Kahl Campus Center - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 7-15, 2-6 AE | LIU 7-17, 6-4 NEC
SERIES RECORD: 0-0, first meeting
STATS:
UAlbanySports.com
STREAM:
AE.TV
*records as of 10.30
LAST WEEK IN REVIEW
- The Great Danes headed on the road for two four-set losses to Binghamton (10.27) and Bryant (10.29).
- Redshirt-sophomore Shynelle Woroniuk (15 kills) and junior Sthefany Carvalho (17 digs) led in their respective positions on Friday while sophomore Anna Myhal followed both with 14 kills and 12 digs.
- On Sunday, senior Elisavet Papageorgiou tallied 17 digs; Carvalho followed with 14.
- Myhal (11) and Woroniuk (10) combined for just under half of the Great Danes kills against Bryant.
GREAT DANE REWIND
- UAlbany holds a 7-16 record on the season with a 2-6 America East record.
- The Great Danes started their season with a three-set sweep over Syracuse (Aug. 25).
- Following the win, UAlbany played close sets against Navy (Aug. 26) and UCF (Aug. 27) to close the UAlbany Invitational before falling to 1-5 with three losses at the Chippewa Invitational (Sept. 1-2).
- Going 1-2 at each of their final regular season tournaments, the Great Danes beat Cornell at the Ellis Rowland Memorial Tournament (Sept. 8-9) and George Mason at the Patriot Invite (Sept. 15-16).
- UAlbany won back-to-back matches defeating Siena (Sept. 20) and Sacred Heart (Sept. 27) before beginning conference play.
- After falling to NJIT (Oct. 1) and Bryant (Oct. 6), the Great Danes earned their first conference victory defeating UMBC (Oct. 8) in five sets.
- Conceding defeats to Binghamton (Oct. 15) and New Hampshire (Oct. 20), UAlbany bested NJIT (10. 22) for their second conference victory.
- Most recently, the Great Danes fell against Binghamton and Bryant.
- Shynelle Woroniuk leads the team with 3.22 kills per set and 3.52 points per set.
- On defense, Sthefany Carvalho holds the team-high with 3.32 digs per set.
- Zosia Szczotkiewicz leads the Great Danes with a team-high in aces (26). Carvalho and Papageorgiou are close behind with 23 and 21, respectively.
- Redshirt-freshman Gabriella Karman has recorded 60 blocks this season (1.02/set), including 11 solo blocks. Redshirt-sophomore Kendall Harris and sophomore Tori Wilson trail with 40 each.
- The team's primary setter, Szczotkiewicz has tallied 569 assists in 60 sets (9.48/set).
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
- The UAlbany coaching staff is constantly at work to represent different cultures and countries on their roster each year.
- The 2023 roster traveled a total of 32,597 miles from their homes to UAlbany.
- Seven different countries and five different states within the USA are included on the 14-person roster.
IN THE RANKINGS
(As of October 30)
- Six Great Danes hold positions in the top statistical rankings within the America East.
WORK AS A TEAM, WIN AS A TEAM
(As of October 30)
- The Great Danes' rank in the conference:
- 4th - 11.53 opponent assists per set
- 3rd - 14.38 opponents digs per set
- 4th - 1.61 service aces per set
- 4th - 12.60 opponent kills per set
- 4th - 2.30 opponent blocks per set
- 4th - 1.79 opponent service aces per set
ABOUT LIU
- The Sharks are 7-17 on the season with a 6-4 conference record.
- In three regular-season tournaments - the Cherry & White Challenge (Aug. 25-26), the Grand Canyon Invitational (Sept. 1-2), and the Iona Invitational (Sept. 7-9) - as well as one midweek match against Fairfield, LIU notched a 1-9 record.
- After an additional three losses, the Sharks defeated CCSU (9.22) to open conference play.
- Seeing four additional league matches, LIU added two wins at Le Moyne (9.29) and Saint Francis (9.30) with two losses against Sacred Heart (9.23) and FDU (10.7).
- Taking a break from conference play, the Sharks fell in four sets to Binghamton (10.10).
- LIU tallied three wins in its next contests against Merrimack (10.13), Stonehill (10.14), and CCSU (10.20) before losing to Sacred Heart (10.21) and FDU (10.28).
- Camelia Melendez leads the team with 3.31 kills per set but Amaris Smith is not far behind (3.27 kills/set).
- Alasha Colon owns a team-high 5.88 digs per set.
- Rumur Rouille tops the team's effort at the net with over 100 blocks (106 total), including 23 solo.
- Serving as the team's primary setter (632 assists, 7.18/set), Selina Koç also leads with 25 service aces.
SERIES AGAINST THE SHARKS
- This will be the first meeting between the two teams.
A NEW BEGINNING
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST
- Binghamton leads the conference with just one conference loss in seven contests.
- UMBC follows with a 5-2 record.
- Bryant and New Hampshire are tied with three losses. The Bulldogs hold the slight edge with four wins to the Wildcats' three.
- UAlbany sits just outside of the tournament top-four with two wins and six losses.
- NJIT rounds out the conference with a single win in seven league matchups.
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK
- Tuesday
- New Hampshire at Merrimack, 6 pm
- LIU at UAlbany, 7 pm
- Wednesday
- Friday
- New Hampshire at NJIT, 6 pm
- Binghamton at Bryant, 7 pm
- Sunday
- UMBC at Binghamton, 1 pm
- New Hampshire at UAlbany, 1 pm
- Bryant at NJIT, 1 pm
UP NEXT: After hosting LIU, the Great Danes will prepare for their final home match of 2023 - New Hampshire (Nov. 5).
For more information on the University at Albany volleyball team, follow the squad's official social media accounts shown below.
Twitter - @ualbanyvb
Instagram & Threads - @ualbanyvb
Facebook – facebook.com/UAlbanyVB
