MATCHES 25-26_­

RMU (6-18, 3-10 #HLVB) at Green Bay (9-14, 7-4 #HLVB)
Friday, October 27 • 7:00 p.m.
Kress Center • Green Bay, Wisc.
 
RMU (6-18, 3-10 #HLVB) at Milwaukee (17-8, 9-2 #HLVB)
Saturday, October 28 • 5:00 p.m.
Klotsche Center• Milwaukee, Wisc.

Can You Dig It?
- The RMU volleyball team makes a trip to Wisconsin to take on a pair of conference foes. The Colonials travel to Green Bay on Friday, Oct. 27 before closing their trip at Milwaukee on Saturday, Oct. 28

- Opening up its three-game road slate, RMU traveled to Dayton, Ohio to take on Wright State on Tuesday night, dropping a 3-1 decision at the C.J. McLin Gymnasium.

- In frame two it was a different story as RMU battled to even the match with a 25-21 victory. The Colonials mounted a 5-2 spurt to begin the set, as graduate student Rosina Esposito registered a kill and junior Jaidan Hockman collected a service ace. The Raiders netted four consecutive scores to take a 6-5 lead before RMU scored eight of the next 10 points to force a Wright State timeout.

- Sophomore Hillarie Adams paced the charge with a pair of successful swings while senior Emma Brown found the floor successfully and freshman Azra Eric produced an ace during the run. Later in the set, the Colonials held an 18-12 lead before the Raiders rattled off an 8-4 surge to trim the deficit.

- RMU would stall the run after collecting three of the final five points, thanks to a pair of kills from Adams and Esposito.

- Esposito paced the Colonials with her second kill/dig double-double of the campaign, recording 12 successful swings and 11 digs on Tuesday. Brown and Adams each registered six kills and two digs each while Powers found the floor four times and collected a dig.

- Ashleigh Wallin collected 13 assists, five digs, and two aces while Katie Cook tallied 11 helpers and one block. Allena Carmody collected 18 digs while Ally Christman posted 12 digs and two kills. Hockman finished with six digs and tied for the team lead with a pair of aces.

- The Colonials return to Moon Township for its final two home matches of the season, when they host IUPUI on Nov. 2 before welcoming Purdue Fort Wayne on Nov. 3.

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The All-Time Series (Green Bay) – It'll be the eighth meeting when the Colonials and Phoenix take floor on Friday night. Green Bay currently holds a 6-1 mark in the all-time series while capturing the last six meetings between the two teams. In September, the Phoenix collected a 3-1 win over RMU at the UPMC Events Center. In the second set, RMU used 17 successful swings and three service aces to even the match. The two squads traded the opening 10 points of the set before the Colonials mounted a 6-2 run to claim an 11-6 advantage. Three different players registered a kill for RMU while freshman Azra Eric collected a service ace.

After a Phoenix timeout, the Colonials continued to apply pressure, boosting six of the next nine points to hold a 17-10 lead. Sophomore Hillarie Adams paced the surge with a pair of kills while senior Emma Brown and graduate student Rosina Esposito each tallied a point. RMU extended its lead to 22-16 before freshmen Katie Cook and Natalie Stepanovich posted kills, while Brown secured the set with a kill, 25-18.

Three Colonials ended with double-digit kills, led by Stepanovich. For the third consecutive match, she's posted a kill/dig double-double, finishing with 16 successful swings and 11 digs. Stepanovich paces the squad with eight double-doubles this season while carding double figure kills in 12 matches. Hillarie Adams recorded 11 kills and two digs while recording five kills and a .444 hitting percentage in the second set alone. Adams has finished with double-digit kills in four of the last seven matches. Rosina Esposito ended the evening with her first double-double of the season, tallying 11 kills and 10 digs. Esposito registered five kills alone in the opening stanza to pace the Colonials.

Emma Brown posted nine kills and a season-best .471 attacking percentage while Azra Eric finished with five kills, six digs, and block. Ashleigh Wallin recorded 26 assists, nine digs, and a service ace while Katie Cook rallied with a season-high 21 assists. Graduate student Allena Carmody finished with a team-best 23 digs, two assists, and two aces while Jaidan Hockman tallied a career-high 10 digs against Green Bay.

The All-Time Series (Milwaukee) – The Panthers have had the upper hand in the all-time series against the Colonials, winning the last six meetings and capturing a 3-1 win earlier this season. The second frame has been generous to the Colonials all season long as they evened the match with a 27-25 victory. RMU opened the set with a 7-3 surge, led by senior Emma Brown, who posted a pair of kills and two blocks during the run. Freshman Natalie Stepanovich tallied a kill and a service ace while sophomore Hillarie Adams netted a successful swing and Esposito collected a pair of blocks. The Panthers would respond by scoring seven of the next nine points, grabbing their first lead of the stanza, 10-9.

Tied at 16-16, the Colonials put together a 6-4 run to secure a 22-19 advantage. Adams and Stepanovich each registered a point while sophomore Kaitlyn Brown collected a service ace. Milwaukee continued to respond, tying the set at 23-all before the Colonials registered four of the final six points to secure the frame. Emma Brown started the run by finding the floor successfully before Esposito posted back-to-back points for the set win.

The Colonials were led by Stepnaovich, who posted her seventh dig/kill double-double of the season. She finished with a team-high 12 kills while collecting 11 digs, two blocks and an ace. Adams posted nine kills and three digs while Esposito carded seven successful swings, four digs, two blocks, and a service ace. Emma Brown ended the evening with seven kills and a team-best .368 hitting percentage while totaling three blocks. Wallin registered her third double-double of the season with 17 assists and 10 digs while Kaitlyn Brown recorded 12 assists and six digs. Allena Carmody ended with a team-high 15 digs and Tatum Otolski collected three blocks.

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