Newburgh, N.Y. - Tonight the Mount Saint Mary College Women's Volleyball team travels to Madison, New Jersey to take on Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham for a 7 p.m. start.
A Look at The Knights: MSMC comes into this game with a record of 1-3, with its first win of the season coming against FDU - Florham, beating the Devils with a score of 3-2. The team leader in kills for the season is senior outside hitter
Rachel Sabatini (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) with 25 through the first four games. Senior setter
Kristen Maddock (Patchogue, N.Y.) has recorded 82 assists through the first four games. Junior libero
Julimar Figueroa (Dorado, Puerto Rico) leads the team with 48 digs, and freshman middle blocker
Morgan Burke (Ringwood, N.J.) leads the team with eight blocks through the first four games of the season.
Scouting FDU – Florham: FDU – Florham comes into this game with a record of 2-2, it is coming off a weekend which showed a 3-2 win versus the University of Scranton, and a 3-2 loss versus MSMC. Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Harris leads the team with 47 kills through their first four games of the season. Junior setter Courtney Conte leads the team with 109 assists. Junior libero/defensive specialist Rachel Catena paces the team with 101 digs, and sophomore middle blocker Marissa Lehnert leads the way with eight blocks on the season.
Last Meeting: MSMC and FDU Florham met this past weekend in the Scranton Invitational, in what was a 3-2 victory for the Knights. In the game, Sabatini and junior right side
Megan Williams combined for 21 kills, and Maddock led the way dishing out 38 assists to help lead the Knights to victory. Harris led FDU – Florham with 13 kills, and Catena led all players with 31 digs.
What's Next: After today's bout, the Knights will travel to New Paltz this weekend to compete in the SUNY New Paltz Hawks Invitational. On Friday, they will face Stockton University and New York University. Then, on Saturday they will face off against Fredonia and Stevens Institute of Technology.