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HEADING INTO WEEK 8
The Southern Connecticut State University women's volleyball team resumes Northeast-10 Conference play as the Owls prepare for three  crucial road games this week. The Owls open week eight with a Northeast-10 Conference showdown against Adelphi University beginning at 7 p.m in Garden City, N.Y.. Southern Conn. will wrap up the week with back-to-back matches against Saint Michael's College and Saint Anselm College on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon.

TEAM INFORMATION AND RECORDS
- Adelphi currently leads the Northeast-10 Conference with an unbeaten conference record of 6-0. The Panthers are also 15-4 on the season and is currently on a 10-game winning streak.
-Saint Michael's is seventh in the Northeast-10 Conference with a 3-3 conference mark as well as holds a 10-6 overall record. The Purple Knights are on a two-game winning streak after defeating both Saint Anselm and Assumption in five-sets.
-Saint Anselm is 12th in the Northeast-10 Conference with a 2-4 conference mark while on a five-game losing streak. The Hawks only two conference wins came from Stonehill and Pace.

ALL-TIME AGAINST ADELPHI
The Panthers lead the all-time series against the Owls 21-1.

ALL-TIME AGAINST SAINT MICHAEL'S
The Owls hold a 10-7 edge over the Purple Knights in the all-time series.

ALL-TIME AGAINST SAINT ANSELM
The Hawks lead the all-time series against the Owls 9-6.

WEEK SEVEN RECAP
Southern Connecticut wrapped up week seven with a record of 2-2 and 0-1 in the conference. The Owls conference loss came from Bentley University, 3-1, while picking up two non-conference wins against Mercy, 3-1, and Felician College, 3-0. The other loss came from Goergian Court in five-sets.

WEEK SEVEN STATS
Junior Faith Ford led both the Owls' offense and defense in kills and blocks averaging 2.56 kills and 1.00 blocks per set. Sophomore Alexandra Nimz recorded four straight double-doubles for Owls while averaging 10.12 assists and 3.06 digs per set. Sophomores Carly Balskus and Alexandria Jurgens also recorded double-doubles for the Owls .

AMONG NE-10 LEADERS
Senior Morgan Carman and freshman Leanna Jadus are ranked amongst the volleyball NE-10 leaders as both are ranked fourth in total kills and total digs. Carman has a total of 358 digs and Jadus has a total of 221 kills.

TEAM LEADERS
-Leanna Jadus: kills (2.99 k/s), attacks (710) and service aces (28 total and 0.38 sa/s)
-Alexandra Nimz: assists (762 total and 8.37 a/s)
-Briauna Tutwiler: blocks (78 total and 0.88 b/s), solo blocks (12) and block assists (57)
-Morgan Carman: digs (358 total and 3.98 d/s)

DOUBLE-DOUBLE COUNT
1. Leanna Jadus - 11 (1 triple double)
2. Alexandra Nimz – 10
3. Alexandria Jurgens -3
4. Carly Balskus – 2

TEAM STAT BREAK-DOWN
-The Owls are averaging 10.70 kills per set while posting a team hitting percentage of .146.
-Southern Conn.'s defense leads the conference in block assists (256) and block totals (169) as well as ranks second in the conference in blocks per set (1.86) and solo blocks (41)
-This season the Owls are 2-8 in three-set matches, 3-6 in four-set matches and 1-4 in five-set matches.

LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR
Southern Connecticut finished the 2014 season with an overall record of 7-22 and a conference record of 3-11.

O'CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN
For the second year in a row, seniors Morgan Carman and Kelly Gunneson will serve as team captains for the Owls this fall.

RETURNING TO THE COURT
The Owls have 13 student-athletes returning from last year's team, including Morgan Carman, Jasmin Barrett, Taylor Carlson, Kelly Gunneson, Sean Taylor, Alexandra Nimz, Carly Balskus, Alexandria Jurgens, Taylor Flowers, Faith Ford, Briauna Tutwiler, Haley Samuelson and Taylor MacDowell.

OWLS WELCOME FIVE NEWCOMERS
The Owls welcome five student-athletes to the team this year: Bridgette Walsh, Jennifer Dawson, Leanna Jadus, Jessica Schmitz and Janae Owen.

IN THE NORTHEAST-10 PRESEASON POLL
Southern Connecticut was selected 12th in the Northeast-10 Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, as voted on by the league's coaches.
2015 Northeast-10 Conference Volleyball Preseason Coaches' Poll
1. New Haven - 188 (9)
2. Adelphi - 172 (3)
3. Bentley - 171 (3)
4. Stonehill – 148
5. Saint Rose – 147
6. So. New Hampshire – 128
7. Franklin Pierce – 120
8. Merrimack – 106
9. Le Moyne – 88
10. Saint Anselm – 75
11. Assumption – 61
12. So. Connecticut – 57
13. American Int'l – 54
14. Pace – 34
15. Saint Michael's – 26

GUNNESON AND HAUSER EARN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Kelly Gunneson and Nicole Hauser were two out of 37 SCSU student-athletes that were named to the Division II Athletics Directors Association Academic Achievement award for the 2014-15 academic year. The student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, have attended a minimum of two years (four semesters) of college level work and have been an active member of an intercollegiate team during his/her last academic year.

GUNNESON INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL MATH HONOR SOCIETY
Last fall, Kelly Gunneson was inducted into Pi Mu Epsilon, the National Math Honor Society.

GUNNESON NAMED TO NE-10 ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Senior 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.

ON DECK
The Owls are back in action on Oct. 27th as the teal returns to Pelz Gymnasium to host American International. Game time is set for 7 p.m.