Thursday, August 31
Pullman, WA
9:00 AM (Pacific)
Quinnipiac University
vs
Incarnate Word
QU Volleyball Travels To West Coast For Washington State's Cougar Challenge
8/30/2017 12:05:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-4) at
Washington State Cougar Challenge
Thursday, Aug. 31 - Friday, Sept. 1
Pullman, Washington (Bohler Gym)
Tournament Schedule (times subject to change if earlier matches run late)
Thursday, Aug. 31
Quinnipiac vs. Incarnate Word, 9 a.m. (12 p.m. EST)
Quinnipiac vs. Charleston, 5:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. EST)
Friday, Sept. 1
Quinnipiac vs. Washington State, 12 p.m. (3 p.m. EST)
Quinnipiac vs. Baylor, 5 p.m. (8 p.m. EST)
Match Links
HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac volleyball team will play in the most challenging tournament in its Division I history when it travels to Washington State to participate in the Cougar Challenge, featuring matches on Thursday against Incarnate Word and Charleston, and matches on Friday against 2016 NCAA qualifiers Washington State and Baylor.
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Washington State Cougar Challenge
Thursday, Aug. 31 - Friday, Sept. 1
Pullman, Washington (Bohler Gym)
Tournament Schedule (times subject to change if earlier matches run late)
Thursday, Aug. 31
Quinnipiac vs. Incarnate Word, 9 a.m. (12 p.m. EST)
Quinnipiac vs. Charleston, 5:30 p.m. (8:30 p.m. EST)
Friday, Sept. 1
Quinnipiac vs. Washington State, 12 p.m. (3 p.m. EST)
Quinnipiac vs. Baylor, 5 p.m. (8 p.m. EST)
Match Links
- Live Video (Washington State match)
- Live Stats (all matches)
HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac volleyball team will play in the most challenging tournament in its Division I history when it travels to Washington State to participate in the Cougar Challenge, featuring matches on Thursday against Incarnate Word and Charleston, and matches on Friday against 2016 NCAA qualifiers Washington State and Baylor.
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- Quinnipiac has been somewhat snake-bitten in its early 0-4 start to the season, which has featured two five-set losses (Fort Wayne, Toledo) and a four-set less to Bryant on Tuesday when the Bobcats dropped the final two sets 25-23, 26-24. The Bobcats had two match points in the Fort Wayne loss before falling 16-14 in the fifth.
- Washington State and Baylor are both currently just outside the Top 25 in the latest AVCA national poll. Washington State is ranked 28th, while Baylor is just behind in 29th after both teams advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament last year.
- Junior right side hitter Kat Miller (Collegeville, Pa.) has three double-doubles in the first four matches after tallying 12 kills and 17 digs in Tuesday''s loss to Bryant. She averages over 10 kills and 10 digs per match with 41 kills and a team-high 51 digs through four matches.
- Sophomore outside hitter Natalie Alechko (Old Tappan, N.J.) tied her career high with 18 kills against Bryant on Tuesday, three days after having 17 against Toledo. She also had 18 kills last year in a five-set road win over Rider.
- Alechko currently has a narrow lead on the team in kills with 52 through the first four matches, just ahead of junior Jen Coffey (Merrimack, N.H.) with 46.
- 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 three matches at the Fort Wayne Invitational. She is currently tied for the team lead with 14 blocks, along with senior middle hitter Elizabeth Kloos (Munster, Ind.).
- 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.
- Pansari, Alechko and libero Alejandra Rodriguez (Toa Alta, P.R. - pictured) were all named to the MAAC All-Rookie team last year.
- 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.
- After returning from Washington State, Quinnipiac will get a needed break with five days off before returning to action with a road match at Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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