MATCHES 7-8-9
 
RMU (3-3) vs. North Alabama (6-0)
Friday, Sept. 9 • 1:00 p.m.
Johnson Arena • Morehead, Ky.
 
RMU @ Morehead State (2-3)
Friday, Sept. 9 • 7:00 p.m.
Johnson Arena • Morehead, Ky.
 
RMU vs. Quinnipiac (1-3)
Saturday, Sept. 10 • 11:00 a.m.
Johnson Arena • Morehead, Ky.
 
Can You Dig It?
 
- The RMU volleyball team heads to the Bluegrass State to continue tournament action this weekend by traveling to Morehead, Ky., to take part in the Morehead State Comfort Inn-vitational. The Colonials will square off with North Alabama (9/9) and Quinnipiac (9/10) in neutral site matches as well as take on the host Eagles Friday, Sept. 9, at 7:00 p.m.
 
- 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.
 
- The Colonials posted a record of 2-1 during the Chick-fil-A Robinson Labor Day Classic. RMU fell in the opener, 3-1, to William & Mary (9/2) before earning a 3-1 triumph over Canisius (9/2), both of which were played at the UPMC Events Center. The Colonials concluded the tournament with a five-set road victory over Duquesne (9/3) at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse.
 
- Senior defensive specialist Allena Carmody and sophomore setter Ashleigh Wallin each earned spots on the 2022 Chick-fil-A Robinson Labor Day Classic All-Tournament Team. Carmody led the RMU defense by compiling 54 digs (4.15 per set) while also handing out 12 assists, while Wallin posted 75 assists (5.77 per set) and also recorded 23 digs.
 
- Junior outside hitter Annie Monaco posted a team-high 40 kills in the Chick-fil-A Robinson Labor Day Classic, including a pair of double-doubles. She also racked up 36 digs and six blocks.
 
- Junior outside hitter Abby Ryan compiled 29 kills, a .295 hitting percentage and nine blocks during the Chick-fil-A Robinson Labor Day Classic, including her first double-double of the 2022 campaign thanks to 17 kills and 14 digs in the win @ Duquesne (9/3).
 
- RMU enters action this weekend leading the Horizon League in service aces, producing an average of 1.92 per set. Freshman Kaitlyn Brown sits sixth in the league with nine aces in 23 sets (0.39), while senior Allena Carmody owns nine in 24 sets (0.38) to rank seventh. Junior Annie Monaco owns eight service aces in 23 sets, an average of 0.35 per set that ranks ninth in #HLVB.
 
- The Colonials opened their 2022 season by finishing 1-2 at the JMU Invitational in Harrisonburg, Va., at Sinclair Gymnasium. RMU dropped matches with Kent State (8/26) and the host Dukes (8/27) before earning its first win under Doherty, a 3-1 triumph over UAlbany (8/27) to close out the invite.
 
- RMU returns 11 letterwinners from 2021, including junior middle blocker/right side Emma Brown and junior outside hitter Abby Ryan, who each started a team-high 12 matches for the Colonials.
 
- RMU continues non-conference action after taking part in its three matches in Morehead, Ky., traveling to the Tar Heel State for the Fairfield Inn and Suites Dunn Campbell Invitational. The Colonials will open the tournament Friday, Sept. 16, with an 11:00 a.m. match in Buies Creek, N.C., against North Carolina Central. RMU faces host Campbell the same day at 6:00 p.m. and concludes the invite Saturday, Sept. 17, with a 2:00 p.m. match against The Citadel.

COMFORT INN-VITATIONAL LINKS
- Live Stats vs. North Alabama (9/9/22)
- Live Stats @ Morehead State (9/9/22)
- Video @ Morehead State (9/9/22)
- Live Stats vs. Quinnipiac (9/10/22)
 
The All-Time Series (North Alabama) – Friday's opener of the Morehead State Comfort Inn-vitational against North Alabama marks the first meeting between the two programs in program history. The Lions are the only team on the schedule that the Colonials are facing for the first time in 2022.
 
The All-Time Series (Morehead State) – While RMU has never faced North Alabama, the Colonials and Eagles have met just once prior to Friday's match. During the 2016 campaign, Morehead State earned a 3-1 win over RMU in Charleston, S.C., as part of the Bulldog Battle on the campus of The Citadel. In that match, outside hitters Taylor Lord (2015-18) and Arden Fisher (2013-16) each notched double-doubles, with Lord posting 12 kills and 17 digs and Fisher finishing with 11 kills and 19 digs.
 
The All-Time Series (Quinnipiac) – It's been almost a decade since the Colonials and Bobcats have met on the volleyball court, but the two programs are no strangers. Former rivals in the Northeast Conference (NEC), Saturday's tilt marks the 21st meeting in all-time series that RMU leads, 18-2 (.900). The two teams last met during the 2012 season, when the Colonials earned a 3-0 win at the Charles L. Sewall Center (10/28/12). The trio of Lindsey Monger (2009-12), Becky Jay (2011-14) and Amanda Craig (2009-12) combined for 24 kills in the victory.
 
Dig Me Out – Senior Allena Carmody earned a spot on the Chick-fil-A Robinson Labor Day Classic All-Tournament Team last weekend by anchoring RMU's back line, racking up 54 digs across 13 sets, an average of 4.15 per set. Carmody enters action this weekend ranked ninth in the Horizon League in digs per set (3.42) and is looking to become the second student-athlete for the Colonials to join the RMU 1,000-Dig Club in as many years. Based on a four-set match, Carmody, who owns 730 career digs, would need to average 2.81 digs per set through the remaining 24 matches of the 22 regular season to become the 14th RMU student-athlete in program history with 1,000 career digs.
 
Double It Up – A total of four different Colonials registered a double-double during the 2022 Chick-fil-A Robinson Labor Day Classic, showing the balance of the RMU attack. In a 3-1 win over Canisius (9/2) at the UPMC Events Center, junior Annie Monaco (14 kills, 16 digs) and sophomore Ally Christman (12, 17) turned the trick, while the next day @ Duquesne (9/3) in a 3-1 triumph both junior Abby Ryan (17, 14) and sophomore Ashleigh Wallin (29 assists, 10 digs) eclipsed the double-double threshold. Monaco owns a pair of double-doubles this season and is RMU's active leader in the category with five on her career, while Ryan owns four to her credit.

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