WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL MATCH PREVIEW

GANNON GOLDEN KNIGHTS AT D'YOUVILLE TOURNAMENT
DATE/TIME: Friday, Sept. 13, and Saturday, Sept. 14
ARENA/LOCATION: Saints Center l Buffalo, N.Y.

GANNON MATCHES:
Friday, 5 p.m.: vs. Ursuline (0-4) 
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Saturday, noon: vs. D'Youville (0-4) 
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Saturday, 6 p.m.: vs Rollins (4-0) 
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Rosters:
Gannon
Ursuline
D'Youville
Rollins

Schedules:
Gannon  
Ursuline
D'Youville
Rollins

Head coaches:
Gannon's Matt Darling 
Ursuline's Rachel Tolbert
D'Youville's Jamie Snyder
Rollins' Mike Robinson

 
ERIE, Pa. – The Gannon women's volleyball team will go back on the road this weekend after winning its home opener on Wednesday.  
 
Coach Matt Darling's Golden Knights rallied for a four-set victory over a solid Ashland team on Wednesday evening at Cathedral Prep's Hagerty Family Events Center. Gannon will now travel to Buffalo, N.Y., where it will play three matches over two days in the D'Youville Tournament, beginning with a matchup against Ursuline College (0-4) on Friday evening.
 
The Knights are in the midst of opening the season with road games in 11 of their first 12 matches and 16 of their first 18 matches. After playing four matches in the PSAC-MEC Crossover on Sept. 19-21, Gannon will return home on Sept. 27 against IUP.
 
Gannon enters this weekend with a 2-3 record after going 1-3 at the highly competitive Oredigger Classic in Colorado to open the season.


Knights to Watch:
 
Senior libero Emma Hall (Lowell, Mich./Lowell): Hall had a season-high 34 digs against Ashland as she moved into the No. 2 spot in Gannon history with 1,904 digs. She now trails only record-holder Taryn Graham (2,003 digs, 2011-14) after passing No. 3 Sara Crandall (1,872 digs, 2014-17) and No. 2 Toni Leitshuh (1,884 digs, 2016-19) on Wednesday.
 
Senior outside hitter Journey Blevins (Richwood, Ohio/North Union): She had an exceptional match against Ashland as she delivered a season-best 27 kills. She had 11 of those kills in the all-important third set as Gannon took the 2-1 lead on the way to winning in four sets.
 
Junior setter Bengisu Arslan (Ankara, Turkey/Private Çankaya Doga Anatolian): She compiled a season-high 44 assists to help Gannon past Ashland. She now has 1,992 assists in her three-year career and is tied with Carolyn Knollman (1,992 assists, 2015-17) for ninth place in GU's career assists list. Arslan also had 11 digs against Ashland.