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THE WEEK AHEAD
The Southern Connecticut State University volleyball team opens up Northeast-10 play with a Tuesday night showdown at Pace University before challenging Merrimack College Thursday evening in North Andover, Mass.. The Owls will wrap up the week with two non-conference matches against Bloomfield and Georgian Court Saturday afternoon.  

A LOOK BACK AT LAST WEEK'S ACTION
The Owls went 1-2 last week in non-conference play. SCSU opened the week with a home loss to Concordia (N.Y.), but the Owls bounced back picking up their second win of the season against Holy Family. However, SCSU ended the week with a 3-0 loss to Dominican (N.Y.) in Orangeburg, N.Y.

ITS ALL ABOUT THE OFFENSE
The Owls finished last week with a combined .116 hitting percentage as well as averaged 9.78 kills per set. SCSU also finished the week with 10 service aces. On the year, the team averages 8.22 kills per set as well 7.69 assists and 1.54 service aces per set.

ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE
Junior Morgan Carman finished with a total of 41 digs (4.56 d/s) while the team avergaed 17.1 digs per set. On the net, the Owls 'opponents outblocked the team 14-5.

FRESHMAN SUCCESS
Freshman Alexandria Jurgens led the Owls' offense with a team-high 23 kills (2.56 k/s), three assists, four service aces, 37 digs (4.11 d/s) and three blocks. She is also named this week's CT Army National Guard/SCSU Athlete of the Week after a stellar week for the Owls.

TEAM LEADERS
After last week, Nicole Hauser continues to lead the team kills with 66 (2.28 k/s). Junior Taylor Carlson and freshman Alexandria Nimz both lead the team with 111 assists. Freshman Sean Taylor ranks first on the team with 19 total blocks.

NORTHEAST-10 WEEKLY HONOR
Morgan Carman and Nicole Hauser were both selected to the Northeast-10 Conference weekly honor roll back on Sept. 8th.

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.

ALL-TIME VERSUS PACE
The Setters hold a 23-8 edge in the all-time series with the Owls.

ALL-TIME VERSUS MERRIMACK
Merrimack leads the all-time series with the Owls by a 14-8 margin.

ALL-TIME VERSUS BLOOMFIELD
SCSU has a 6-0 edge in the all-time series with the Deacons.

ALL-TIME VERSUS GEORGIAN COURT
SCSU leads the all-time series with the Lions by a 4-1 margin.

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 Sept. 30th when the team takes on The College of Saint Rose. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Albany, N.Y.