NIAGARA UNIV. — The Niagara volleyball team continues conference play with a couple of home matches against Iona on Saturday and Manhattan on Sunday.
Niagara is off to its best home start (3-0) since winning eight straight home matches in 2011. The Purple Eagles are returning home, after splitting last weekend’s conference matches; a loss to Fairfield 0-3 (10/1) and a comeback win at Quinnipiac 3-2 (10/2). In their match against Fairfield, two Purple Eagles continued their statistical streaks; Alexis Gray posted 11 assists, continuing her streak of at least 11 assists per match, and libero Rylee Hunt recorded 12 digs to continue her double-digit streak of digs to 16 straight matches.
Two Purple Eagles set new records during their five-set match win against Quinnipiac. Nicole Matheis and Alexis Gray both tacked on new career-highs. Matheis had a career-best 27 kills for the most since 2007. Gray dished out 60 assists for the highest amount of assists for a Purple Eagle since 2011. Rylee Hunt logged 16 digs against the Bobcats, continuing her streak of double-digit digs to 17 straight matches. The Purple Eagles had season-highs in kills (70), assists (69) and attacking percentage (.265).
Niagara is 24-17 all-time against Iona. The Purple Eagles split two meetings with the Gaels last season. Against Manhattan, Niagara is 15-24 all-time and are in search of their first win against the Jaspers since 2011.
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