Bobcats Open Season on the Road Against Stony Brook and Fordham
8/25/2022 1:01:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-0) at Stony Brook (0-0)
Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 | 6:00 PM
Pritchard Gymnasium | Stony Brook, N.Y.
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Fordham
Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022 | 1:00 PM
Pritchard Gymnasium | Stony Brook, N.Y.
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Quinnipiac volleyball opens its 2022 campaign on the road, as the Bobcats head to Stony Brook, N.Y. for contests against Stony Brook and Fordham. QU will take on the host Seawolves on Friday at 6 p.m., followed by a date with the Rams on Saturday at 1 p.m.
THE MATCHUP: vs. STONY BROOK
PRESEASON MAAC POLL
Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 | 6:00 PM
Pritchard Gymnasium | Stony Brook, N.Y.
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Stream: FloSports
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Quinnipiac Bobcats vs. Fordham
Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022 | 1:00 PM
Pritchard Gymnasium | Stony Brook, N.Y.
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Stream: Youtube.com
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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Quinnipiac volleyball opens its 2022 campaign on the road, as the Bobcats head to Stony Brook, N.Y. for contests against Stony Brook and Fordham. QU will take on the host Seawolves on Friday at 6 p.m., followed by a date with the Rams on Saturday at 1 p.m.
THE MATCHUP: vs. STONY BROOK
- The Seawolves emerged victorious in the last matchup between the two teams, downing Quinnipiac, 3-0, in New York on Sept. 4, 2010
- Logan Riker led the way for the Bobcats with 10 kills, while Kayla Lawler added 15 assists and four service aces
- Stony Brook is undefeated in six matches against Quinnipiac
- The Rams came away with a 3-0 win over the Bobcats in the last matchup between the programs on Sept. 3, 2016 in New York
- Natalie Alechko led Quinnipiac with nine kills in the match
- Maria Pansari contributed 25 assists in the contest
- Fordham is undefeated in six matches against Quinnipiac

PRESEASON MAAC POLL
- The Bobcats were selected No. 3 in the 2022 Women's Volleyball Preseason Coaches' Poll, as announced by the MAAC office on Friday, Aug. 19
- The Bobcats earned one first-place vote and 76 points in the poll, finishing just behind Rider (80 points) and Fairfield (99 points) for the top spot
- Graduate student middle blocker Nicole Legg – Quinnipiac's leader in blocks from a season ago – was named to the Preseason All-MAAC team for Quinnipiac
- The All-MAAC selection from a season ago posted 10 matches in 2021 where tallied 10 or more kills, including a 14-kill outing against Marist on Nov. 6, where she added a career-high 10 blocks for the double-double.
- Head Coach Kyle Robinson enters his fourth season with the Bobcats
- Robinson has led the Bobcats to 28 wins in three seasons and two MAAC Tournament berths
- Robinson has led QU to appearances in the MAAC Championship (2019) and MAAC Semifinals (2019, 2021)
- Quinnipiac's fall 2022 schedule features 26 regular season contests in total
- The Bobcats will host nine home games on Burt Kahn Court
- Quinnipiac begins MAAC play with five straight road contests against Niagara (Sept. 17), Canisius (Sept. 18), Siena (Sept. 24), Marist (Sept. 25) and Fairfield (Oct. 1)
- The Bobcats return to Hamden for their 2022 home opener on Burt Kahn Court with a Wednesday night matchup with Marist on Oct. 5
- QU follows with a run of three straight home games against Iona (Oct. 8), Manhattan (Oct. 9) and Siena (Oct. 12), before heading back on the road for bouts with Rider (Oct. 15) and Saint Peter's (Oct. 16)
- QU earned 11 wins in last season, including nine against MAAC opponents
- Earning All-MAAC First Team honors as a senior in 2021, Nicole Legg returns as a graduate student
- Legg's 247 kills ranked second on the team and 11th in the MAAC, while she ranked third in total blocks (99) and led the conference with a .398 attack-percentage
- Aryanah Diaz returns for her senior campaign after leading the Bobcats and ranking eighth in the MAAC with 293 kills in 2021
- Diaz tallied 339 digs in 2021, the second most on the team
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