Game 30
Saint Peter's (6-23, 3-12 MAAC) vs.Iona (15-6, 13-1 MAAC)
Date: Saturday, November 3
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, NJ
Game 31
Saint Peter's (6-23, 3-12 MAAC) vs. Manhattan (4-22, 2-11 MAAC)
Date: Sunday, November 4
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Yanitelli Center, Jersey City, NJ
Opening Word:
- The Saint Peter's University women's volleyball team begins a three game home stanza to conclude the regular season.
- Saturday the Peacocks will face Iona before playing Manhattan on Sunday.
- Both games this weekend will be played at 1 p.m.
- Saint Peter's heads into the final road games on a three-game setback, after falling to Iona, Quinnipiac, and Fairfield last week.
- Saint Peter's added its third conference win of the season by knocking off Canisius (3-1) on Sunday, October 14.
- Earlier in the season, the Peacocks picked up sweeps against Manhattan on September 19 and Siena on September 30.
- In non-conference action, Saint Peter's earned a win against NJIT on August 25th, the program's first win since November 2015, and followed that up with up with their second win of the season against Lafayette College.
Scout/Series History:
- The Peacocks face Iona on Saturday for the second time this season.
- In the first meeting, the Gaels swept the Peacocks (3-0), on October 17.
- The Peacocks' all-time record against Iona is 19-29.
- The team will have their second meeting of the season against Manhattan on Sunday afternoon.
- The Peacocks swept the Jaspers (3-0) earlier in the season.
Up Next
- The Peacocks play their last game of the season on Saturday, November 10.
- The final game will be Senior Day and it will be played at the Yanitelli Center at 1pm against Rider.
MAAC Weekly Honors
- Freshman Alanis Alvarado picked up two awards to start the season, earning Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week for the Week of August 27.
- Freshman Karen Ramiu earned her first award, Player of the Week, for the week of October 2.
Freshman Leading the Flock at Bucknell Invitational
- The Peacocks were led by their young freshmen talent at the Bucknell Invitational, the first tournament of the season, giving the program its first win in over two season.
- Alanis Alvarado led the attack at the invitational, posting a team-high 41 kills (3.42 kills per set), followed by Angeleyshka Curbelo, who was second on the team with 23 kills (1.92 kills per set).
- Angelee Ng led the sets by posting a team-best 74 assists (6.73 assists per set). She also posted the most service aces on the team with four total.
- Defensively, Alvarado posted the most digs for the Peacocks, logging 56 (4.67 digs per set).
- In the winning match against NJIT, Alvarado (21 kills, 29 digs), Curbelo (11 kills, 15 digs), and Ng (41 assists, 17 digs) each posted double-doubles, marking the first time three Peacocks registered double-doubles in a match since November 11, 2015. Alvarado's 20-20 was also the programs first since the same date.
- Alvarado concluded the invitational by being named to the All-Tournament team.
Puerto Rican's Leading the Flock
- The Saint Peter's women's volleyball team is the only Division I team in the country with 10 active student-athletes on the roster born in Puerto Rico.
- In addition, 70 percent of the Peacocks points this season have been scored by players native to Puerto Rico.
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