Riverdale, NY - Not only will Manhattan volleyball play its final two home matches this weekend, but the program will also honor senior middle blocker
Ginamarie Napoli (Elmsford, NY / Maria Regina) before the Jaspers' 1:00 pm match against Fairfield Sunday, November 3.
Match Notes:
- Manhattan (6-19, 3-9 MAAC) will face Quinnipiac (8-12, 4-7 MAAC) on Saturday, November 2, also at 1:00 pm.
- In the first match between the two teams, the Jaspers took the Bobcats to five sets, winning a marathon contest which saw 37 tied scores and 17 lead changes.
- Quinnipiac has gone 3-3 since last facing Manhattan, positioning the Bobcats at sixth the in league standings.
- Earlier this season, Manhattan fell in three sets to MAAC-undefeated Fairfield (16-4, 11-0). As a team, the Stags are hitting .223 this season while averaging 13.40 kills per set.
- Sophomore Vivian Donovan (Newport Beach, CA / Newport Harbor) is leading Manhattan in kills per set, averaging 2.65 over 62 sets played. She is also fourth in the MAAC for service aces per set at 0.45.
- Junior Erin Hoener (St. Louis, MO / Incarnate Word) leads the conference in blocks overall (86) and blocks per set (0.95). She also ranks eighth in hitting percentage at .280 for the season.
- Starting libero Nashally Eleutiza (Orlando, FL / Monroe) sits at sixth in the MAAC for digs per set, averaging 4.07.
- Napoli, the team's lone senior, is a two-time MAAC All-Academic honoree and vice president of social life for the Manhattan Student Government. She has spearheaded the team's annual fundraiser for the Friends of Karen organization, and last year, she was inducted into the prestigious Chi Epsilon organization, which is dedicated to the purpose of maintaining and promoting the status of civil engineering as an ideal profession.
