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The Basics: |
The Matchups: | New Jersey City University Gothic Knights (6-7, 0-4 NJAC, Lost 2) vs. |
| Purchase College Panthers (0-10, 0-2 Skyline, Lost 23) and City College of New York Beavers (3-16, 1-3 CUNYAC, Lost 5) |
Date: | Saturday, October 3, 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. Purchase: | NJCU leads, 1-0 |
Last Meeting vs. Purchase | September 12, 2009 in Mahwah, NJ |
Last Result vs. Purchase: | NJCU won, 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-21). |
Series vs. CCNY: | CCNY leads the all-time series with NJCU, 16-15; NJCU has won the last two meetings |
Last Meeting vs. CCNY: | November 1, 2014 in Jersey City, NJ |
Last Result vs. CCNY: | NJCU won, 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-18) |
NJCU Twitter: | @NJCU_Athletics |
NJCU Instagram: | @NJCUGothicKnights |
Purchase Twitter: | @PC_Panthers |
CCNY Twitter: | @CCNYSports |
Preferred Hashtags: | #NJCUWVB | #GothicGameDay | #NJCUvsPUR | #NJCUvsCCNY | #CastleonCulver |
Live Stats Coverage: | http://www.sidearmstats.com/njcu/wvball/ or http://www.sidearmstats.com/njcu/wvball/media |
Live Video Coverage: | https://www.youtube.com/user/NJCUGothicKnights/live |
NJCU hosts Purchase College (11 a.m.) and City College of New York (3 p.m.) in a pair of non-conference matches. CCNY and Purchase will meet at 1 p.m. in a neutral court contest.
#GothicRewind—NJCU Falls to Rutgers-Newark:The NJCU women's volleyball team failed to end its New Jersey Athletic Conference losing streak, primarily because the Gothic Knights were limited to negative attack percentages in all three sets on September 29 as NJCU fell to visiting Rutgers-Newark 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-11). NJCU had an attack line of 17-24-90 in the match and hit -.078 for the contest. The Knights never led and could only force two ties early in the first set.
Haxhaj Seeking 500:Â
Junior
Shege Haxhaj enters today's action with 482 career kills in 82 matches with 89 total blocks. With 18 more kills she'll be the 15th to get halfway to a thousand. She'll soon become the 11th Gothic Knight with 100 career blocks. She did not have a kill or block in the loss to Rutgers-Newark and her attack percentage on the season dropped from .278 to .246.
McIntyre Close to a Grand:Sophomore setter
Rachel McIntyre, the sports editor of NJCU's school newspaper 'The Gothic Times', may soon have a personal milestone to report on. With 988 assists in 155 sets, she needs 12 more to become just the fifth Gothic Knight to reach that mark.
Valerie is Digging It:Senior libero
Valerie Ballestas tallied 14 digs in the loss to Rutgers-Newark.
Ballestas has double figures in digs six times in her career (four times in 2015).
Let's Ace This Place:Entering the week, NJCU ranks 19th in Division III in aces. As a team, NJCU ranks No. 1 in the NJAC in service aces at 3.16 per set (120 total). Ramapo is second at 2.87 per set (129).
McIntyre leads the NJAC in aces at 0.95 per set; the next closest player is Ramapo's
Larysa Iwaskiw, a potential NJAC Player of the Year.
McIntyre currently lists No. 13 in Division III in aces.
Purchase Quick Rings:- The Panthers are mired in a 23-match losing streak and have dropped their last 10 matches. Of its 10 losses this year, eight have been 3-0 defeats.
- The clubs have one common opponent so far—Pratt Institute. NJCU defeated Pratt 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-15). Purchase lost to Pratt, 3-0 (25-11, 25-16, 25-15).
- Purchase, which was 2-27 last season, last won on September 19, 2014 in a neutral court match in La Plume, Pa. vs. Medgar Evers College, 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-15). Its last road win was at Maritime College on October 19, 2013 (3-0).
- As a team, the Panthers are hitting -.013 on the season and have tallied only 9.0 blocks in 32 sets. Opponents own a .206 attack percentage. No player averages more than 1.04 kills per set.
CCNY Notables:- CCNY enters with a 5-match losing streak and has dropped 15 straight sets. The Beavers have dropped eight of nine matches.
- NJCU and CCNY have two common opponents so far this season—Yeshiva and Sarah Lawrence. The Knights defeated Yeshiva, 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-23) and Sarah Lawrence, also 3-0 (25-7, 25-18, 25-17). CCNY lost to Yeshiva on September 1, 3-1 (25-15, 20-25, 17-25, 15-25) and beat Sarah Lawrence, 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-21).
- CCNY is a combined 1-12 in away and neutral (0-7) court matches this year.
- Angela Ubanwa leads her club in 1.92 kills per set. Aida Cekic is averaging 1.21 kills and 0.54 aces per set and hitting .237 on attack. Veralucia Quispe has played solid defense at 4.60 digs per set.
