ALBANY, N.Y. -  The UAlbany volleyball team will host New Hampshire for its final home match. 
 
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.
 
The UAlbany Athletics Department will run a bus for students from the Campus Center to Russell Sage College. The bus will depart at 1:15 pm for the 2 pm start.
 
MATCH INFORMATION
 
New Hampshire at UAlbany
DATE: Friday, November 5
TIME: 2:00 PM
SITE: Robison Gym at the Kahl Campus Center (Russell Sage College) - Albany, N.Y.
RECORDS: UAlbany 7-16, 2-6 AE | New Hampshire 14-8, 3-3 AE
SERIES RECORD: 31-30, New Hampshire leads
STATS: UAlbanySports.com
STREAM: AE.TV
 
*records as of 11.2
 
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 (Oct. 22) for their second conference victory.
• Falling in their last three matchups, the Great Danes fell to Binghamton (Oct. 27), Bryant (Oct. 29), and LIU (Oct. 31). 
• Shynelle Woroniuk leads the team with 3.18 kills per set and 3.49 points per set.
• On defense, Sthefany Carvalho holds the team-high with 3.32 digs per set.
• Junior Zosia Szczotkiewicz leads the Great Danes with a team-high in aces (27). Carvalho and Elisavet Papageorgiou trail behind with 23 and 21, respectively.
• Redshirt-freshman Gabriella Karman has recorded 63 blocks this season (1.00/set), including 11 solo blocks, while sophomore Tori Wilson and Kendall Harris trail with 42 and 41, respectively.
• The team's primary setter, Szczotkiewicz has tallied 609 assists in 64 sets (9.52/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.
  • United States
    • New York: Kyrah Wilbur, Nicole Bell
    • Texas: Tori Wilson, Kendall Harris
    • Connecticut: Naliah Grannell
    • Florida: Gabriella Karman
    • Ohio: Campbell Robinson
  • Canada: Brooke Malek, Shynelle Woroniuk
  • Poland: Emilia Kuzniar, Zosia Szczotkiewicz
  • Brazil: Sthefany Carvalho
  • Greece: Elisavet Papageorgiou
  • Ukraine: Anna Myhal

 
IN THE RANKINGS
(As of November 3)

• Six Great Danes hold positions in the top statistical rankings within the America East.
  • Zosia Szczotkiewicz
    • 1st - 9.52 assists per set
    • 2nd - 0.42 service aces per set  
  • Sthefany Carvalho 
    • 4th - 3.64 digs per set
  • Shynelle Woroniuk 
    • 5th - 3.18 kills per set
    • 6th - 3.49 points per set
  • Gabriella Karman 
    • 5th - 1.00 blocks per set
  • Elisavet Papageorgiou
    • 8th - 2.77 digs per set
  • Kendall Harris 
    • 10th - .256 hitting percentage 
    • 10th - 2.41 kills per set

 
WORK AS A TEAM, WIN AS A TEAM
(As of November 3)

• The Great Danes' rank in the conference:
  • 3rd - 11.38 opponent assists 
  • T-3rd - 1.62 service aces
  • 4th - 12.44 opponent kills 
  • 4th - 2.26 opponent blocks
  • 4th - 14.37 opponent digs 

 
ABOUT NEW HAMPSHIRE

• The Wildcats own a 14-8 record and are 3-3 in conference play.
• In four non-conference tournaments - the Indiana Invitational (Aug. 25-26), the Harvard Invitational (Sept. 1-2), the Erie Insurance Invitational (Sept. 8-9), and the Jayhawk Classic (Sept. 15-16) - New Hampshire recorded seven wins and five losses.
• The Wildcats have won all three of their midweek matchups - Boston College (Aug. 30) and Merrimack (Oct. 10 and Oct. 31).
• New Hampshire earned its first conference victory defeating NJIT (Oct. 8) in straight sets after four-set losses to UMBC (Oct. 1) and Binghamton (Oct. 8).
• After falling to Bryant (Oct. 15), the Wildcats earned four-set victories against UAlbany (Oct. 20) and UMBC (Oct. 29). 
• Hannah Serbousek leads the team with 2.66 kills per set and 3.03 points per set. 
• Avery LePore holds the team-high in digs per set with 5.19.
• Alysa Wright has tallied 81 blocks, including 11 solo.
• Camryn Honn and Jessica Shattles have split time at setter with 5.26 and 4.64 assists per set respectively. 

 
SERIES AGAINST THE WILDCATS

• New Hampshire leads the all-time series, 31-30.
• The two sides met earlier this season with the Wildcats winning in four sets (Oct. 20). 
• It was a close matchup in each of the sets UAlbany lost. With a three-point difference in the first set, New Hampshire took an extra-point win, 28-26, in the third set before closing with a 25-20 fourth-set win.
• Shynelle Woroniuk led the offense with 15 kills while Sthefany Carvalho led the defense with 15 digs.
• Anna Myhal recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 14 digs.
• Freshman Campbell Robinson tallied nine kills and five blocks.
• As a team, the Great Dane defense was on fire with four student-athletes recording double-digit digs and 10 team blocks.
• The Great Danes fell to the Wildcats twice last season. 
• UAlbany last defeated New Hampshire in the 2021 America East semifinal.

 
A NEW BEGINNING

• The Great Danes welcome nine newcomers with five returning student-athletes. 
• Sophomore Anna Myhal returns after having been the only Great Dane to start all 27 matches in 2022. 
• Redshirt-sophomore Shynelle Woroniuk returns with double-digit starts as an outside hitter.
• Sophomores Zosia Szczotkiewicz and Brooke Malek add valuable experience as a setter and on defense, respectively.
• Among the newcomers are mid-year transfers Kendall Harris (Coastal Carolina) and Elisavet Papageorgiou (Eastern Illinois). Gabriella Karman (NC State), Sthefany Carvalho (MSU-West Plains), and Tori Wilson (NC Central) joined the team from their respective schools ahead of the fall semester.
• UAlbany also added four freshmen: Nicole Bell, Emilia Kuzniar, Campbell Robinson, and Kyrah Wilbur.

 
AROUND THE AMERICA EAST

• Binghamton (6-1) and UMBC (5-2) have both clinched a playoff berth, sitting first and second on the conference table respectively. 
• Bryant trails close behind, only one win behind the Retrievers. 
• New Hampshire holds a .500 record in the conference. 
• UAlbany sits outside the top four with a 2-6 record. 
• NJIT rounds out the conference with only one win through seven conference matches.  

 
AMERICA EAST CONTESTS THIS WEEK

• Friday
  • Binghamton at Bryant, 6 pm
  • New Hampshire at NJIT, 6 pm
• Sunday
  • Bryant at NJIT, 1 pm
  • UMBC at Binghamton, 1 pm
  • New Hampshire at UAlbany, 2 pm

 
UP NEXT: The UAlbany volleyball team will prepare for a weekend on the road as they travel to UMBC.
 
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