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Syracuse, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College volleyball team heads to Erie Pennsylvania to take on Mercyhurst University at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Lakers are 5-11 overall and 1-3 in the NEC.
Senior opposite/outside hitter Branwyn Lupton (Napanee, Ontario/Napanee District Secondary School) leads the team offensively with 65 kills and is third on the team in blocks with 24. Junior middle hitter Alise Evans (Tampa, Florida/Oak Park/UNC Asheville) has 39 kills and the second most blocks on the team with 25.
Freshman Katie Barbour (Durham, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons) and junior Skylar Jehlen (Rochester, N.Y./Churchville-Chili) have split the setting duties with 192 (4.09/set) and 111 assists (3.17/set) respectively. Sophomore Eiley Schneider (Ramsey, N.J./ Ramsey) leads the team in blocks with 26 and in hitting percentage with .250.
Senior Haley Buescher (Toledo, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy) leads the team with 89 digs (2.41/set) while freshman Aubrey Kimball (Greensboro, N.C./Cornerstone Charter Academy) helps the team out defensively with 78 digs (2.11/set)
The Dolphins are facing Mercyhurst for just the sixth time in the program’s history. Le Moyne is 0-5 against the Lakers, with the most recent meeting resulting in a pair of losses against Mercyhurst in 2024.
Mercyhurst opened its season at the YSU Invitational and registered a 3-0 loss to Youngstown State and Duquesne before beating Canisius 3-2. The Lakers recorded another 1-2 weekend at the Mercyhurst Invitational. A 3-2 win over Siena was sandwiched between a loss to Morehead State 3-0 and a loss to Cleveland State 3-1.
The squad next traveled to the Laker Invitational, where after losses to Columbia 3-1 and Kent State 3-2, the Chargers pulled out a 3-0 win over Niagara. Mercyhurst’s final tournament in the stretch was the Bobcat Invitational. Another 1-2 weekend occurred as they fell to UNC Asheville and Ohio, both by a score of 3-1 before winning against Morgan State 3-0. Finally, the Chargers dropped a pair of games to FDU, by scores of 3-1 and 3-0 and split two games with Stonehill as they lost the first game 2-3 before winning the next day, 3-1.
Julia Shepherd leads the Chargers with 202 kills (3.26/set) on a .312 hitting percentage to go with 33 blocks (0.53/set). Roslyn Guerra has tallied 120 kills (2.03/set) and 43 digs (0.73/set). Ava Carney has 111 kills (1.79/set) and 40 blocks (.65/set) and Mia Mattingly has 95 kills (1.56/set) and 41 blocks (.67/set). Alyssa Krause directs the offense with 346 assists (5.58/set), while also contributing 107 digs (1.73/set). Kelsie Gaiter-Davis leads the squad defensively with 152 digs (2.45/set).