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Syracuse, N.Y. \u2013 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Senior opposite\/outside hitter Branwyn Lupton<\/a> (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<\/a> (Tampa, Florida\/Oak Park\/UNC Asheville) has 39 kills and the second most blocks on the team with 25.<\/p>\n Freshman Katie Barbour<\/a> (Durham, N.C.\/Cardinal Gibbons) and junior Skylar Jehlen<\/a> (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<\/a> (Ramsey, N.J.\/ Ramsey) leads the team in blocks with 26 and in hitting percentage with .250.\u00a0<\/p>\n Senior Haley Buescher<\/a> (Toledo, Ohio\/St. Ursula Academy) leads the team with 89 digs (2.41\/set) while freshman Aubrey Kimball<\/a> (Greensboro, N.C.\/Cornerstone Charter Academy)\u00a0 helps the team out defensively with 78 digs (2.11\/set)<\/p>\n 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. 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n 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).
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\nMercyhurst opened its season at the YSU Invitational and registered a 3-0 loss to Youngstown State and Duquesne\u00a0 before beating Canisius 3-2. The Lakers recorded another 1-2 weekend at the Mercyhurst Invitational.\u00a0 A 3-2 win over Siena was sandwiched between a loss to Morehead State 3-0 and a loss to Cleveland State 3-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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