Volleyball Breaks from BIG EAST Action with Non-Conference Match against
Hartford on Wednesday
Game Notes [.pdf]
STORRS, Conn. (Oct. 8, 2008) – The University of
Connecticut women’s volleyball team (11-6, 2-2) returns to Harry A. Gampel
Pavilion on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. non-conference match against Hartford. The
Huskies take a break from BIG EAST play after starting off with a 2-2 mark
against conference foe this season.
UConn split its second week in conference action, dropping
a 3-1 decision at Syracuse on Oct. 3. Despite a season-high kill effort from
Lauren Lamberti (Cary, Ill.), the Huskies were unable to overcome a two-set
deficit. With 18 kills, Lamberti led both teams, including three other UConn
players who reached double figures. Chauntay Mickens (Germantown, Md.)
contributed 15 kills while Jordan Kirk (Plano, Texas) and Rebecca
Murray (Carmel, Ind.) each had 13.
Mickens led the Huskies with 11 kills in their 3-0 victory
over Marquette on Oct. 5. UConn used a balanced scoring attack against the
Golden Eagles as six players had five or more kills in the match. Annie
Luhrsen (Wheaton, Ill.) contributed a season-high eight kills, finishing the
match with .545 hitting-percentage.
Lamberti leads the team with 158 kills and is one of four
players to have recorded 155 or more kills this year. Mickens, with a team-best
kill average (2.74/s) has totaled 156 kills along with Murray (156). Kirk has
registered 157 kills so far during her freshman campaign.
With 636 assists, Luhrsen leads the team and the BIG EAST
in assists per game (10.10). She has also recorded a team-best 36 service aces
this season, averaging 0.63 per set she is third in the NCAA. As a team, UConn
is 18th in the nation with 1.81 aces per set.
Last season, UConn opened the 2007 season with a 3-0 win at
Hartford have a 19-3 edge in the all-time series. The Huskies have not lost to
the Hawks since Sept. 14, 1991.
The match is set to begin at 7 p.m. with the first 100 fans
to receive free chicken fingers.
- UCONN - |
