Women's Volleyball vs. Marywood
Saturday, Oct. 25 | 1 p.m.
Alumnae Hall | Immaculata, Pa.

Watch | Live Stats

WHAT TO KNOW

• Immaculata (8-13, 2-0 AEC) enters Saturday on a two-match winning streak. They have won four of their last five, including a 3-1 win over Pratt last Saturday.
• Marywood (20-3, 1-1 AEC) snapped two straight losses with a sweep over Moravian on Wednesday.

SERIES HISTORY

• Marywood leads the all-time series 18-2 over Immaculata. The Mighty Macs have lost the previous eight matchups against the Pacers.

LAST MEETING

• The last meeting between Immaculata and Marywood was on Oct. 16, 2024 in Scranton, Pa. The Pacers got the sweep on their home court.
• Emma Hodgson and Mia Esposito had a team-high six kills each.
• Christina Lenzo was the main setter with 10 assists.
• Dinah Stabinski had nine digs, which was first on the team.

MIGHTY MAC NOTES

• Esposito is Immaculata's main offensive option with 201 kills. She currently sits at ninth for the most single-season kills in Immaculata women's volleyball history. Three kills against Marywood would put her in seventh.
• Angelica Santini Bulerin is up to 468 assists in her first season. She sits at 10^th all-time for single-season assists in Immaculata women's volleyball history. Ten assists against Marywood would place her in ninth.
• Santini Bulerin also has a team-high 36 aces.
• Adriana Ventura's 303 digs are good for first for Immaculata. She only needs 28 more digs to enter Immaculata's single-season top 10.
• Leading the defensive unit is Antonia Antolini with 43 total blocks (12 solo, 31 assisted). Antolini needs just three more assisted blocks to jump up to eighth all-time in a single season in the team's history. There is currently a three-way tie for eighth with 33.

SCOUTING MARYWOOD

• The Pacers have two players with at least 200 kills this season: Taylor Hallam (218) and Genevieve Pollock (211). Hallam and Pollock are second and tied for third, respectively, in the Atlantic East Conference.
• Not only does Ayla Bransford lead Marywood with 655 assists, she also leads the AEC by a wide margin.
• Bransford also has a team-best 38 aces. Next to her, three more Pacers have logged at least 30 aces: Hallam (36), Catie Woolf (32), and Carolina Samaniego (30).
• Woolf is the Pacers' back row leader with 383 digs, which is second in the AEC.
• Hallam's 74 total blocks are first on the team and in the conference.

UP NEXT
The Mighty Macs continue their homestand on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. They will host the Centenary University Cyclones. Diana Rivera, Hodgson, and Esposito, Immaculata's seniors, will be honored before the match.