Tuesday, August 29
Smithfield, RI
4:00 PM
Quinnipiac University
at
Bryant
QU Volleyball Travels To Bryant For Tuesday Afternoon Contest
8/28/2017 10:43:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-3) at
Bryant Bulldogs (1-2)
Tuesday, August 30, 4 p.m.
Smithfield, Rhode Island (Chace Athletic Center)
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HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac volleyball team will look to bounce back from a tough opening weekend when it travels to face Bryant on Tuesday afternoon for a 4 p.m. contest. The Bobcats went 0-3 at the Fort Wayne Invitational over the weekend, which featured two five-set defeats in their first two matches.
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Bryant Bulldogs (1-2)
Tuesday, August 30, 4 p.m.
Smithfield, Rhode Island (Chace Athletic Center)
Match Links
HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac volleyball team will look to bounce back from a tough opening weekend when it travels to face Bryant on Tuesday afternoon for a 4 p.m. contest. The Bobcats went 0-3 at the Fort Wayne Invitational over the weekend, which featured two five-set defeats in their first two matches.
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- Quinnipiac had two match points in its opening day match against Fort Wayne before falling 17-15 in the fifth set. Junior outside hitter Jen Coffey (Merrimack, N.H.) had seven kills in the fifth set, the last of which put the Bobcats ahead 14-13.
- Junior right side hitter Kat Miller (Collegeville, Pa. - pictured) started the season with two straight double-doubles and has 29 kills and 34 digs through three matches.
- Sophomore outside hitter Natalie Alechko (Old Tappan, N.J.) had 17 kills on Saturday against Toledo, one shy of her career best, and currently is tied with Jen Coffey for the team lead with 34 kills through three matches.
- Freshman middle hitter Gabby Horman (Smithtown, N.Y.) had a solid opening weekend, leading the Bobcats in blocks with 12 and hitting over .200 (.222) in her first collegiate action.
- Quinnipiac's 21 wins in 2016 represented an 18-win improvement from the prior season, when it only won three, the biggest single-season turnaround in the nation last year. Notre Dame was second with a 15-game improvement.
- Quinnipiac was picked to finish second in the MAAC preseason poll after ending last year as the third-place finisher in the regular season and the runner-up in the conference tournament. It is the highest the Bobcats have ever been picked in one of their preseason polls at the Division I level.
- Senior middle hitter Elizabeth Kloos (Munster, Ind.) was chosen to the Preseason All-MAAC team in a vote of the league's coaches after hitting .301 as a junior last year, ranking sixth in the conference.
- Junior outside hitter Jen Coffey (Merrimack, N.H.) was a first-team All-MAAC selection last year after leading the Bobcats with 404 kills, tying her for third place on Quinnipiac's single-season Division I list (since 1998). She also tied for eighth in school history in all divisions.
- Sophomore setter Maria Pansari (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) had 1,358 assists as a freshman last year, setting the Quinnipiac school record for all divisions. No Bobcat setter had ever reached 1,000 assists at the Division I level previously.
- Four new freshmen join the Bobcats this season, outside hitter/defensive specialist Haley Anderson (St. James, N.Y.), outside hitter Michelle Cuervo (Miami, Fla.), middle hitter Gabby Horman (Smithtown, N.Y.) and setter Morgan Sherwin (Coplay, Pa.).
- Anderson and Horman played at rival high schools on Long Island, with Anderson attending Smithtown East and Horman attending Smithtown West. Senior Jamie Termotto (Smithtown, N.Y.) also played for Smithtown West, while all three played club volleyball with the Island Volleyball Academy.
- Three other Quinnipiac teammates also played together before joining the Bobcats. Kat Miller, younger sister Lauren Miller (Collegeville, Pa.), who is entering her sophomore season, and fellow sophomore Kaleigh Oates (Downington, Pa.) all played at Villa Maria Academy in Pennsylvania.
- Quinnipiac continues a very busy week when it travels cross country tomorrow to take part in Washington State's Cougar Challenge, where opponents will include Washington State, Baylor, Charleston and Incarnate Word. The tournament opens with a match against Incarnate Word on Thursday at 9 a.m. (Pacific), while the Bobcats face Washington State and Baylor, both of which qualified for the NCAA Tournament last year, on Friday.
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