robert morris university 2014 volleyball match notes Sports Information Contact: Ethan Woy • E-Mail: sidga02@rmu.edu • Office Phone: (412) 397-6070 • rmucolonials.com
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2014 schedule AUGUST 29 Fri. @ Milwaukee $ vs. Miami (Ohio) $ 30 Sat. vs. North Dakota State $ september 1 Mon. WEST VIRGINIA 5 Fri. INDIANA STATE % YOUNGSTOWN STATE % 6 Sat. UMASS LOWELL % 12 Fri. vs. Butler & 13 Sat. @ Colorado & vs. Idaho State & 16 Wed. @ Akron 19 Fri. vs. UC-Irvine # 20 Sat. @ Oakland # vs. Bowling Green # 27 Sat. FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON * 28 Sun. SACRED HEART * OCTOBER 4 Sat. @ Central Conn. State * 5 Sun. @ Bryant * 10 Fri. @ Saint Francis U. * 11 Sat. @ NJIT 15 Wed. @ Duquesne 18 Sat. ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN * 19 Sun. LIU BROOKLYN * 25 Sat. @ Fairleigh Dickinson * 26 Sun. @ Sacred Heart * november 1 Sat. CENTRAL CONN. STATE * 2 Sun. BRYANT * 8 Sat. SAINT FRANCIS U. * 15 Sat. @ St. Francis Brooklyn * 16 Sun. @ LIU Brooklyn * $ % & # *
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match preview L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 1-3 W, 3-1 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 0-3 L, 1-3 L, 2-3 W, 3-0 W, 3-0
W, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 1-3 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
Panther Invitational Duquesne / Robert Morris Invitational Omni Invitational Golden Grizzly Invite Northeast Conference Match
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MaTCH #1 - SATURDAY, October 18 - 3:00 PM Robert Morris vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (2-19, 0-5 NEC) Charles L. Sewall Center - Moon Township, Pa. Against the Terriers Robert Morris has dominated St. Francis Brooklyn in its history, winning 30 of 31 matches against the Terriers. The Colonials’ lone loss to SFC came on Oct. 16, 1994 in four sets, but they got revenge in the NEC Tournament with a four-set victory of their own. RMU swept the Terriers last season in a pair of four-set wins behind 27 kills, 20 digs, and five block assists from April Krivoniak. Scouting St. Francis Brooklyn The Terriers were picked eighth in the NEC Preseason Coaches’ Poll and come into this weekend with an overall record of 2-19, both of those victories coming outside the conference against Quinnipiac and NJIT. Outside hitters Domenique Gerard and Brooke Haliscak are SFC’s main contributors offensively with 127 and 126 kills, respectively. Both of the Terriers’ primary setters have dished out triple-digit assists with junior Kelly O’Halloran at 418 and sophomore Alexa Caporuscio at 171. Defensively, SFC is led by senior outside hitter Ali Long with 180 digs and junior middle hitter Maggie Niu with 38 blocks (6 solo, 32 assist). MaTCH #2 - SUNDAY, October 19 - 1:00 PM Robert Morris vs. LIU Brooklyn (14-5, 5-0 NEC) Charles L. Sewall Center - Moon Township, Pa. Against the Blackbirds Robert Morris holds a slight 20-18 edge historically against LIU Brooklyn, but the Blackbirds have won seven straight matches against the Colonials. RMU’s last win over LIU came on Sept. 24, 2011 in four sets as Erica Robb registered a double-double with 18 kills and 14 digs and Hannah Vieth added 14 kills on a .632 hitting percentage with seven blocks (1 solo, 6 assist). Scouting LIU BROOKLYN Coming off two consecutive NEC Tournament championships, the Blackbirds were picked first in the conference’s preseason coaches’ poll, earning all seven possible first-place votes. LIU Brooklyn has collected some big wins this season, knocking off No. 25 Michigan State and Alabama in five sets. Offensively, the Blackbirds are paced by the two-time reigning NEC Player of the Year, Annika Foit. Foit has collected 306 kills this season, while her fellow outside hitter Tamar Ignjic has tallied 282 kills in her junior campaign. Assisting those two is senior setter Vera Djuric, who has 726 helpers on the season. Junior libero Adriana Vinas Joy has been LIU’s catalyst defensively with 330 digs, while middle blockers Nicole Okeke and Mengdi Zhao have stopped 64 (7 solo, 57 assist) and 50 (3 solo, 47 assist) attacks respectively.
statistically speaking No. name POS MP-SP KILL/S Ast/S 1 Deja Tamlin OH 7-13 0.46 0.08 2 April Krivoniak RS 17-69 1.97 0.12 3 Kristin Thompson MB 15-41 1.51 0.05 4 Melissa Bograd L 21-81 0.02 0.49 5 Madelyn Betts OH 13-36 1.67 - 6 Hannah Hoffman S 17-57 0.19 4.42 7 Arden Fisher OH 18-70 2.37 0.17 8 Leah Dunivan MB 20-52 1.73 0.02 9 Breanna Surgot DS 5-10 - - 10 Sydney Sizemore RS 18-46 0.96 0.11 11 Erica Robb OH 21-77 1.60 0.16 12 Brianna Frakes S 20-72 0.28 6.72 14 Alena Esposito OH 11-23 0.52 - 15 Becky Jay MB 21-80 1.85 0.04
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Ace/s - 0.16 - 0.16 - 0.23 0.14 - - - 0.14 0.25 - 0.08
DIG/S BLK/s 0.23 0.23 1.67 0.58 0.20 0.88 4.14 0.64 0.19 1.35 0.11 3.44 0.34 0.12 0.98 0.90 1.09 0.41 2.75 0.27 1.83 0.19 0.13 0.30 0.64 0.94
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