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THE ROAD AHEAD
The Southern Connecticut State University volleyball continues Northeast-10 Conference play as the team hosts three matches this week at Pelz Gymnasium. The match starts Tuesday night against Adelphi Universtiy and again on Friday as Southern New Hampshire comes to town for a 3 p.m. match. On the weekend, the Owls will host Stonehill on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

A LOOK BACK
The Owls went 1-1 last week in Northeast-10 Conference play with a 3-1 home victory against Assumption. However,  Bentley took the Owls second match of the week with a 3-0 win in Waltham, Mass.

ALL-TIME VERSUS ADELPHI
The Panthers lead the all-time series against Southern Connecticut, 20-1.

ALL-TIME VERSUS SNHU
The Penmen hold a 9-8 edge in the all-time series over the Owls.

ALL-TIME VERSUS STONEHILL
 The Skyhawks have a 15-4 edge in the all-time series with Southern Connecticut.

SHARE THE OFFENSE
The Owls had four players with over 11 kills through the Owls two matches last week: Nicole Hauser (19), Natasha Carlbert (16), Alexandria Jurgens (15) and Kelly Gunneson (11).

FORD BLOCKS THE WAY HOME
Leading the Owls on the net last week in block was sophomore Faith Ford. She finished the week with a team-high total of five blocks. She is currently ranks fourth on the team in blocks with 24.

SEASON BEST FOR CARLBERT
Natasha Carlbert picked up her first season double-double against Assumption recording 15 kills and 13 digs. She also posted a season-high .243 hitting percentage.

WHO RANKS WHERE?
Nicole Hauser continues to lead the Owls' offense with a combined total of 151 kills (2.65 k/s). Also leading the Owls' offense is Taylor Carlson with 226 assists. Defensively, Morgan Carman ranks first on the team in digs (250) while Briauna Tutwiler leads the team in blocks (28).

THIRD TIMES A CHARM
Hauser recorded her third career triple-double in the five set thriller at home against Le Moyne. The sophomore finished the day with a career-high 22 kills to go along with a .381 hitting percentage, and also tallied 11 assists and 12 digs. Following that game, Hauser was selected to the Northeast-10 weekly honor roll.

MS. 1,000
Carman went over the 1,000 dig mark for her career during the match against Le Moyne on Saturday, Oct.4. She now has 1,057 in her career.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
Alexandria Jurgens posted her first career double-double (10 kills and 12 digs) in the 3-0 win against Holy Family. Nicole Hauser recorded her first double-double of the season for the Owls with a 20 kill and 15 assist performance against Nyack. Hauser also registered her second double-double of the season against Dowling College.

NORTHEAST-10 WEEKLY HONORS
Alexandria Jurgens was named Northeast-10 Rookie of the Week as well as CT Army National Guard/SCSU Athlete of Week back on Set. 22. Morgan Carman and Nicole Hauser were both selected to the Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll back on Sept. 8th.

O'CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN
Juniors Morgan Carman and Kelly Gunneson will serve as team captains for the Owls this fall.

IN THE NORTHEAST-10 PRESEASON POLL
The Owls were selected to finish 10th according to the Northeast-10 Conference coaches' poll.

LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR
The Owls posted their sixth consecutive winning season during the 2013 campaign and closed the year with 17 wins. SCSU also narrowly missed out on a bid to the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament.

EIGHT IS GREAT
The Owls have eight student-athletes returning from last year's team, including Morgan Carman, Taylor Carlson, Kelly Gunneson and Nicole Hauser, all of whom have seen time as starters in their careers.

OWLS WELCOME NINE NEWCOMERS
The Owls welcome 10 student-athletes to the team this year: Carly Balskus, Jasmin Barrett, Emily Carver, Alexandria Jurgens, Taylor Macdowell, Alexandra Nimz, Alisha Noble, Haley Samuelson, Sean Taylor and Briauna Tutwiler.

GUNNESON NAMED TO NE-10 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Kelly Gunneson was named to the Northeast-10 Conference Volleyball All-Academic Team for her work in the classroom and on the court last fall. To be eligible for selection to the academic teams, a student-athlete must have met and/or exceeded the following minimum requirements: participated in at least half of the team's competitions and be either a starter or significant contributor; achieved a 3.3 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale); and completed at least one academic year at his/her current institution.

MCVEY EARNS ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
Senior Lauren McVey received year-end honors from the Northeast-10 Conference, as voted on by the league's coaches. McVey was named to the Third-Team for the second consecutive season.

ON DECK
The Owls are back in action on Oct. 23 as they'll travel to Springfield, Mass. to take on American International. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.