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The Basics: |
The Matchups: | New Jersey City University Gothic Knights (9-12, 0-6 NJAC, Lost 5) vs. |
| Maritime College Privateers (12-9, 4-2 Skyline, WON 1) and Manhattanville College Valiants (12-8, 1-4 MAC Freedom, WON 2) |
Date: | Saturday, October 17, 2015 |
Times: | 11 a.m. | 1 p.m. | 3 p.m. |
Place: | John J. Moore Athletics and Fitness Center (Coach Charlie Brown Court) |
Series vs. Maritime: | NJCU leads, 2-0 (both sweeps) |
Last Meeting vs. Maritime: | September 21, 2013 in Bronxville, NY (neutral) |
Last Result vs. Maritime: | NJCU won, 3-0 (25-8, 25-9, 25-19) |
Series vs. M-Ville: | Manhattanville leads, 5-4 |
Last Meeting vs. M-Ville: | September 22, 2013 in Bronxville, NY (neutral) |
Last Result vs. M-Ville: | Manhattanville won, 3-1 (29-31, 25-22, 25-22, 25-16) |
NJCU Twitter: | @NJCU_Athletics |
NJCU Instagram: | @NJCUGothicKnights |
Maritime Twitter: | @MTimePrivateers |
Manhattanville Twitter: | @goValiants |
Preferred Hashtags: | #NJCUWVB | #GothicGameDay | #NJCUvsMTIME | #NJCUvsMVILLE | #CastleonCulver |
Live Stats Coverage: | http://www.sidearmstats.com/njcu/wvball/ or http://www.sidearmstats.com/njcu/wvball/media |
Live Video Coverage: | None |
NJCU plays a non-conference tri-match today with Skyline Conference member Maritime College and MAC Freedom program Manhattanville College.
Ayleen Home Debut: Promising freshman opposite/outside hitter
Ayleen Pittar makes her home debut for NJCU since joining the team last weekend. A double major in Biology and Chemistry, she was one of the top hitters in the state of New Jersey as a senior in 2014 when she had 297 kills and was named First-Team All-Hudson County. She has made an immediate impact for NJCU and is averaging 1.92 kills, 2.31 digs and 0.31 blocks per set. Meanwhile, in her first 13 sets as a collegian, she has a sensational .970 reception percentage with only two errors in 66 chances.
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#GothicRewind—NJCU Swept Twice in NJACNJCU dropped a pair of road New Jersey Athletic Conference matches this week, losing at Kean and Rutgers-Camden, 3-0. NJCU will look to snap a five-match skid today.
O'Donnell Honored:Last week, freshman outside hitter
Amber O'Donnell was named the
New Jersey Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball Rookie of the Week for the first time. The award is for week five of the season and gives NJCU three winners in the first five weeks. Fellow freshman outside hitter
Georgina Rayo won the award in week one (September 8) and two (September 15).
O'Donnell, in three matches, averaged 2.22 points, 2.00 digs and 1.78 kills per set. She totaled 20.0 points, 16 kills, 18 digs, three aces and two blocks in nine sets.
McIntyre Close to a 100 Aces:Sophomore setter
Rachel McIntyre, the sports editor of NJCU's school newspaper 'The Gothic Times', enters today's match with 98 career service aces. With two more, she'll become the 23rd Gothic Knight with 100 career aces. Meanwhile, she'll become the sixth player to have 100 aces in two or less seasons. After leading the league for most of the year, she's now second in aces per set at 0.73.
Top Diggers:Senior libero
Valerie Ballestas has produced double figures in digs eight times in her career and six times this season. Meanwhile, freshmen outsides
Amber O'Donnell (five times) and
Georgina Rayo (four times) have combined for nine efforts of 10+ digs.
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