HOBOKEN, N.J. (OCTOBER 1, 2015) – The Stevens Institute of Technology women's volleyball team welcomes Utica College to Hoboken for a single match Friday before hosting the Stevens Invitational Saturday.
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Stevens will play Utica at 7 p.m. Friday night before the Pioneers take on Western Connecticut State University at 11 a.m. Saturday. The Ducks and West Conn will play at 1 p.m. before Utica battles Marietta College at 3 p.m. Finally, Stevens and Marietta will close out the invitational in the nightcap at 5 p.m.
 
EVEN STEVENS
The Ducks claimed their first two Empire 8 Conference wins last Saturday as they knocked off Alfred University and St. John Fisher College in four sets. With the pair of victories, Stevens evened its record at 8-8.
 
FEARSOME FRESHMAN
Freshmen Brianna Perez, Emily Ferguson, and Emily Piekarski helped lead the unit to the victories last weekend. Against Fisher, Ferguson recorded a double-double of 12 kills and 10 digs while Perez handed out 37 assists to go along with seven digs. In the Alfred match. Perez dished out 29 helpers and four service aces. Piekarski, who is tied for the team lead with 15 service aces, served up six in the four set win.
 
OPPONENT SCOUTING REPORT
The teams coming to the Stevens Invitational have a combined record of 17-30 this season. Utica is currently 2-15, and come in averaging 19.28 digs per set. Marietta is 7-8 and led by senior Devin Walter who has 129 kills and 11.0 blocks. The Colonials attack is led by junior Karissa Smith and sophomore Brittany Steele, both of whom have recorded over 100 kills.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
Sophomore Sydni Horner currently sits 23 digs away from 1,000 in her short career, while junior Mary Tobin is inching closer to becoming the third student-athlete to join the 1,000 kills-1,000 digs club. She is 14 kills and 56 digs away from joining former standouts Melanie Volk and Dawn Herring in the elusive club.
 
CAN'T MAKE IT?
Friday's match against Utica will have both live stats and video while every match Saturday will just have live stats.
 
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