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The Canisius volleyball team closes out its five-match road swing with a pair of conference matches at Iona and Manhattan. The Golden Griffins will play at Iona in New Rochelle, N.Y., on Friday at 5 p.m., on ESPN+, before traveling to Riverdale, N.Y., on Saturday to face Manhattan. The match between the Griffs and the Jaspers\u00a0will start at 2 p.m., and will be broadcast live on the Jasper Sports Network.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
\n\u2022\u00a0The Golden Griffins start their annual road trip to the New York City area with an overall record of 2-13 to go with a 1-4 mark in Metro Conference play. Canisius\u00a0dropped road contests at Rider and Saint Peter’s last weekend.
\n\u2022 In the nine total sets against Rider and Saint Peter’s, the Griffs recorded 12 service aces as a team, with seven of those coming in the team’s five-set loss at Rider Oct. 2. The Griffs rank second in the Metro Conference with their 1.81 service aces per game.
\n\u2022 Junior\u00a0Emma Isroff<\/a>\u00a0was good for 30 total kills last week, with 16 of those coming in Friday’s match at Rider. Isroff leads the Griffs and ranks 10th in the league with her 2.69 kills per set this season.
\n\u2022 In 19 sets through the first five league matches of the year, Isroff ranks eighth in the MAAC in total points with 4.00 points per set. In those 19 sets against Metro opponents, she is tied for the conference’s lead with 13 service aces.
\n\u2022 Senior\u00a0Azoria Davis<\/a>\u00a0posted a career-high 15 kills in the team’s match at Saint Peter’s last Saturday. She ended the four-set contest against the Peacocks by hitting .520, and led the team last weekend with her .392 hitting percentage through the two matches against the league’s New Jersey based schools.
\n\u2022 Freshman setter\u00a0Kenslie Warmbrodt<\/a>\u00a0ranks ninth in the Metro with her 5.13 assists per set.
\n\u2022\u00a0Redshirt-junior\u00a0Julia Lenik<\/a>\u00a0had 12 kills and 13 digs in the road loss to Rider for her fourth career double-double performance.
\n\u2022 Iona starts the weekend with an overall record of 8-9 to go with a 2-3 mark in Metro play. The Gaels have dropped two straight.
\n\u2022\u00a0Canisius will meet Iona for the 61st time in series history on Friday. Iona leads the series, 31-29, but the Griffs have taken each of the last five matches from the Gaels, dating back to 2022.
\n\u2022 Manhattan is 2-14 overall and 1-4 in Metro play, having lost four straight.
\n\u2022 Canisius leads the all-time series with Manhattan, 41-17. The Griffs have defeated the Jaspers in 16-straight matches, dating back to 2017, and 13 of those 16 victories have come by the score of 3-0.<\/p>\n
\nUP NEXT
\nCanisius returns home for the first time in the month of October on Oct. 16, when the team plays host to Quinnipiac. That match will begin at 6 p.m., and will be broadcast live on the Golden Griffin Broadcast Network.<\/p>\n
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