Game 1
Saint Peter's (0-0) vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (0-0)
Date: Friday, August 30
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Genovesi Center, Brooklyn Heights, NY
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Game 2
Saint Peter's University (0-0) vs. Central Michigan (0-0)
Date: Saturday, August 31
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Location: Genovesi Center, Brooklyn Heights, NY
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Game 3
Saint Peter's (0-0) vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (0-0)
Date: Saturday, August 31
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Genovesi Center, Brooklyn Heights, NY
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First Serve
- The Saint Peter's University women's volleyball team begins its 35th season on Friday, August 30 in the annual Terrier Classic.
- The Terrier Classic will be hosted by St. Francis Brooklyn at the Genovesi Center in Brooklyn Heights, NY from August 30 to 31.
- Saint Peter's will participate in the classic for the fourth time ever with prior appearances in 2009, 2010, and 2017.
- At the Terrier Classic, the Peacocks hold a 3-6 overall record all-time.
- This marks the fifth consecutive season the Peacocks start the year in a multi-team tournament.
- The last time the Peacocks won a season opener was in 2010 during the Terrier Classic when they defeated host St. Francis Brooklyn, 3-1.
History vs. the "Field"
- The Peacocks have a combined 12-9 all-time record against their upcoming Terrier Classic opponents in Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), Central Michigan (CMU), and St. Francis Brooklyn.
- Saint Peter's and UMES are an even 2-2 since first meeting in 1996.
- The Peacocks took the first two meetings, while the Hawks have won the past two matchups.
- The two programs last met at the 2017 Terrier Classic, where UMES earned a 3-1 win over Saint Peter's.
- Saint Peter's will do battle with CMU for the first time in program history.
- Against the tournament host, the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers, the Peacocks hold a 10-7 series advantage since 1984.
- Despite being on a current three-match losing streak against St. Francis Brooklyn, the Peacocks are 3-1 against their cross-river rivals in contests played during the Terrier Classic.
- The women's volleyball team's last victory over St. Francis Brooklyn came by way of a 3-1 home win in 2013.
All-Conference Duo Back
- The sophomore duo of Alanis Alvarado and Karen Ramiu racked up a combined four MAAC honors last season; the most by a Peacocks tandem in a single season since 2001 when that team earned seven MAAC awards across the board.
- The two become the first pair of teammates since 2003 to return to the Peacocks' lineup after earning All-MAAC honors the previous season.
El Boricua
- For the second consecutive season, the Saint Peter's women's volleyball team has the most Puerto Rican born players on its roster in the country and over 50 percent of the team's roster features a Puerto Rico native, also the most among any team in the country.
MAAC Preseason
- Sophomore sensation Karen Ramiu became the first Peacock since 2006 to be named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Preseason All-MAAC Team.
- The Peacocks were picked tied for eighth in the Preseason Coaches' Poll, the programs highest preseason selection since 2010.
Top Returners
- Interim head coach Joe Chojnacki begins his first season with a ton of attacking power back on the court.
- The Peacocks return 12 letter winners from last season's team that posted the best finish in a decade and first MAAC Championship appearance since 2006.
- The squad brings back 64 percent of its scoring and returns the team's top three point-earners from 2018 in the sophomore trio of Angeleyshka Curbelo, Alanis Alvarado, and Karen Ramiu.
- Defensively, junior libero Karla Seda has led the Peacocks in digs the last two seasons and has only missed one match during her first two years in Jersey City.
Up Next
- The Peacocks resume action next weekend in the Bucknell Invitational.
- The invitational will be hosted by Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania on September 6 and 7.
