MATCHES 14-15
 
RMU (7-6 / 0-1 #HLVB) @ Green Bay (10-5 / 1-0 #HLVB)
Friday, Sept. 23 • 7:00 p.m.
Kress Center • Green Bay, Wisc.
 
RMU @ Milwaukee (2-10 / 1-0 #HLVB)
Saturday, Sept. 24 • 5:00 p.m.
Klotsche Center • Milwaukee, Wisc.
 
Can You Dig It?
 
- The RMU volleyball team heads to the Midwest for its first Horizon League road games of the 2022 season this weekend. The Colonials visit Green Bay Friday, Sept. 23, for a 7:00 p.m. match before concluding the swing with a 5:00 p.m. match @ Milwaukee.
 
- Danny Doherty is in his first full season leading the Colonials after being named head coach Dec. 31, 2021. He served as interim head coach for the final four matches of the 2021 campaign.
 
- RMU opened #HLVB play with a 3-1 setback to Oakland (9/20) at the UPMC Events Center. Three of the four sets were decided by the final score of 25-23, with the Golden Grizzlies taking the first and the fourth by the score, with the latter sealing the victory.
 
- Junior outside hitter Annie Monaco finished a dig shy of a double-double against Oakland, pacing the Colonials with 13 kills and a career-high six service aces. Fifth-year Alyssa Hudak added 10 kills and freshman Hillarie Adams posted eight kills and a .412 hitting percentage.
 
- The Colonials lead the Horizon League in service aces, producing an average of 1.82 per set. In 51 sets RMU has recorded 93 aces. Ranking second in #HLVB in service aces is Green Bay with 77.
 
- Individually, junior outside hitter Annie Monaco ranks fifth in the Horizon League with an average of 0.36 service aces per set. Senior libero Allena Carmody ranks sixth in the same category with an average of 0.35. Monaco owns 16 service aces, while Carmody has recorded a team-high 18. Sophomore setter Ashleigh Wallin owns 15 service aces in 51 sets, an average of 0.29 that sits 10th in #HLVB.
 
- RMU concluded its non-conference campaign with an overall record of 7-5 (.583) after posting a 1-2 mark in Buies Creek, N.C., at the Fairfield Inn and Suites Dunn Campbell Invitational. The Colonials ran their winning streak to six with a 3-0 win over North Carolina Central (9/16) before falling to the host Camels, 3-0. The Citadel (9/17) posted a 3-1 win over RMU in the 2022 non-conference finale.
 
- Junior outside hitter Abby Ryan earned a spot on the Fairfield Inn and Suites Dunn Campbell Invitational All-Tournament Team. In three matches she notched 32 kills (3.56 per set) and a .250 attack percentage, including a season-high 19 kills against The Citadel.
 
- Sophomore outside hitter Ally Christman ranks 10th in the Horizon League in hitting percentage (.242) and sophomore setter Ashleigh Wallin averages 5.35 assists per set, which sits sixth in #HLVB.
 
- RMU returns home to the UPMC Events Center for a three-match homestand after its trip to the Midwest, beginning Tuesday, Sept. 27, with a 6:00 p.m. tilt against Cleveland State.

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The All-Time Series (Green Bay) – Friday's #HLVB road opener marks the fifth time the Colonials and Phoenix matchup on the volleyball court. Green Bay owns a 3-1 (.750) record in the all-time series after sweeping the 2021 season series. In the opener last year, the Phoenix posted a 3-0 win over RMU at the Kress Center (10/15/21) before the Colonials fell in five sets at the UPMC Events Center (11/14/21) as part of Senior Day festivities. In that match former outside hitter Alyson Londot (2017-21) paced RMU with 14 kills.
 
The All-Time Series (Milwaukee) – The Colonials and Panthers meet for the fourth time Saturday, with Milwaukee having won each of the previous three meetings. During the 2021 campaign, the Panthers earned a pair of 3-0 victories over the Colonials. The first-ever meeting between the two programs came in 2014, a 3-0 setback in Milwaukee, Wisc., as part of the Panther Invitational (8/29/14).
 
Aces High – Junior Annie Monaco became the 10th different RMU student-athlete in program history to notch at least six service aces in a match when she turned the trick in the Horizon League opener against Oakland (9/20) at the UPMC Events Center. Each of the six aces for Monaco came in the fourth set, including three consecutive that gave the Colonials a 10-3 lead. Former middle blocker Emma Granger (2017-21) owns the single-match record of eight, which she set last season in a 3-0 sweep of George Washington (9/17/21) in Morgantown, W.Va., as part of the Mountaineer Invitational. Granger broke the previous mark of seven, which was held by Colonials Amanda Graham (2007-10) and Darcey Miller (2001-04). Monaco became the ninth RMU student-athlete to register six in a match.
 
Did You Know? RMU has outscored its opponents, 228-209, in the fourth while also owning a 30-19 advantage when playing in a fifth set. Combined, the Colonials own a record of 6-4 in matches that go either four or five sets.

Dig Me Out – Senior Allena Carmody is looking to become the second student-athlete for the Colonials to join the RMU 1,000-Dig Club in as many years. Carmody eclipsed 800 career digs at the Fairfield Inn and Suites Dunn Campbell Invitational and owns 841 during her career. Based on a four-set match, Carmody would need to average 2.34 digs per set through the remaining 17 matches of the 2022 regular season to become the 14th RMU student-athlete in program history with 1,000 career digs. Carmody has posted at least 10 digs in 12 of RMU's 13 matches this season, including 11 consecutive entering Friday's match @ Green Bay.

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