POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist volleyball team heads to Western New York this weekend to open up their Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference season. The Red Foxes square off with Niagara on Saturday, September 18th at 1 p.m. and then take on Canisius at Noon on Sunday, September 19th.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Both matches will be streaming on ESPN3.
• Live statistics will be available on GoRedFoxes.com
• Follow @MaristVB on both Twitter and Instagram for live updates.

last time out

• Marist fell to UNCG in straight sets on Sunday, September 12th at the George Mason Invitational in Fairfax, Virginia.
• Madelyn Waumans led Marist with 11 kills in the match and added 11 digs for a double-double.
• McKinley Fox had 26 assists.
• Morgan Owens tied for the team lead with 11 digs.
• Jillian Hanna had a career-high three service aces.

non-conference review

• Despite the setback to the Spartans, Marist racked up two five-set wins in the George Mason Invitational, defeating Morgan State and Robert Morris.
• At the Harvard Invitational, the Red Foxes defeated the host Crimson in five sets and swept Merrimack the following day.
• Marist's first win of 2021 came against UCSD in the Cactus Classic on August 27th.

weekly awards

• The Marist volleyball team brought in three MAAC weekly awards last week.
• Senior outside hitter Waumans was named Player of the Week.
• Hanna was selected as the Co-Rookie of the Week.
• Owens was tabbed as Libero of the Week for the second time this season, and third of her career.
• Waumans and Hanna collected their first-ever MAAC weekly awards.

national rankings

• As a team, Marist is 11th in the nation in total attacks with 1,477.
• That's contributed to a top-40 offense: the Red Foxes are 36th with 475 kills.
• The program is also 14th in Division I with 640 digs and 36th with 440 assists.
• Fox has 381 of those assists, which puts her tops in the MAAC and 10th in the nation.
• Owens' 187 digs are a conference-best and put her 16th in the country.

scouting niagara

• The Purple Eagles are 3-6 so far on the season.
• Most recently, they defeated Cornell in five sets at the Cornell Invitational.
• Middle blocker Laryssa Imbuzeiro was recently named the MAAC Co-Rookie of the Week.
• Amanda Darling, who is the reigning MAAC Libero and Rookie of the Year, was named to the Preseason All-MAAC First Team.
• Niagara was picked to finish sixth in the Preseason MAAC Coaches Poll, one spot below Marist.

series history

• Since 1995, Marist is 19-25 against Niagara.
• Marist holds the advantage in the last ten matchups, winning seven of them.
• The last matchup between the two teams took place in the first round of the MAAC Championships on November 22, 2019, where the Red Foxes won in straight sets.

scouting canisius

• Canisius is still searching for their first win on the season, bringing an 0-9 record into MAAC play.
• The Golden Griffins most recently participated in the WNY Invitational, dropping matches to Duquesne, West Virginia, and Buffalo.
• Junior outside hitter Ella Loussia was named to the 2021 Preseason All-MAAC Team.
• Canisius was picked to finish third in the Preseason MAAC Coaches Poll.

series history

• Since 1993, Canisius leads the series 21-18 over the Red Foxes.
• In the last ten matchups, Marist is 7-3.
• From September 28^th, 2013 to September 15^th, 2018, Marist defeated the Golden Griffins in eleven straight matches.
• The Golden Griffins have won the last three meetings between the two teams.