Cabrini University Cavaliers (1-5) vs. Haverford College Fords (2-5)
Tuesday, September 11, 7pm
Nerney Field House

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Last Meeting: Cavaliers cruised to a 3-0 road win (10/14/2017, Haverford, PA)
Cabrini scored its sixth consecutive win with a 25-20, 25-9, 25-20 win at Haverford.

Seven Cavaliers posted between two and nine kills, with sophomore Steph Judkins notching a team high nine to go with 11 digs. Senior Emily Shannon led the defense with 13 digs, while classmate Ashley Shannon chipped in with nine.

Junior Sara Matsumura paced the Fords with 12 kills and 14 digs, both team highs. Sophomore Claire Nicholas chipped in with nine digs.

Cabrini Last Time Out: Cavaliers split 2 matches at Messiah Tri-Match (9/8/18, Grantham, PA)
The Blue and White dropped a tough five setter to host Messiah (19-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-21, 15-7) before rolling to a 3-0 win over Houghton College (25-13, 25-17, 25-23) on Saturday.

Judkins led the Cavaliers in the opener with a monster double-double, pairing a career best 28 kills and 15 digs. Freshman Amelia Ballard added her first career double-double, tallying 17 assists, 13 digs and a pair of service aces. Ashley Shannon anchored the defense with a match-high 31 digs.

Judkins added her second double-double of the day in the night cap, posting 11 kills and 12 digs in the Cavaliers' first win of the season. Ballard just fell short of the mark, notching 19 assists and eight digs. Emily Shannon stuffed the stat sheet with a team-high 16 digs, six kills, three assists, and three service aces.

Haverford Last Time Out: Fords go 1-2 at York College Spartan Invitational (9/7-8/2018, York, PA)
The Fords fell to the host Spartans 3-0 on Friday, before splitting a pair of matches on Saturday. Haverford succumbed to NYU 3-1 and scored a 3-0 win over Gallaudet in the nightcap.

Five Fords recorded at least six kills in the loss to NYU, with junior Julia Gallagher-Teske and freshman Caroline Baldwin posting 11 each. Matsumura anchored the defensive effort with 16 digs, five more than freshman Elena Filograna.

Senior Natalie Pisch led the way in the nightcap with 12 kills and six digs. Matsumura paired nine kills with 13 digs, while Filograna earned match-high honors with 16 digs. Freshman setter Sara Hunsberger added 30 assists to her 37 from the opener.

5 Factors for Cabrini

• Cabrini has won each of its last seven home openers.
• Judkins ranks 13th in Division III with 11.95 attacks per set. The sophomore's 3.90 kills per set also rank 32nd.
• Emily Shannon stands just 80 digs from becoming the sixth player in program history to record 1,000 career digs.
• Four Cavaliers have recorded at least 30 kills through six matches, with Judkins' 78 leading the way. Newcomers Katrina Shelly and Hannah Dalton rank second and third, respectively, with 39 and 32.
• Dalton leads the Atlantic East with 20 total blocks, while Ashley Shannon's 4.45 digs per set rank fourth in the league.

5 Factors for Haverford

• Filograna's 13 service aces rank third in the Centennial Conference and 39th in the country, while junior Julia Gallagher-Teske ranks 13th with 1.29 block per set.
• Pisch ranks among the league's leaders in kills (7th with 79) and kills per set (3rd with 3.29).
• The Fords' score 2.0 blocks per set, good for second in the Centennial Conference.
• Haverford has beaten the Cavaliers in 14 of the previous 18 meetings between the Main Line foes.
• The Haverford roster included student-athletes from 12 states. There are as many students from California and North Carolina, two, as there are from Pennsylvania.

 

	TALE OF THE TAPE
Cabrini		Haverford
1-6	Record	2-5
.120	Hitting Percentage	.158
209	Kills	266
185	Assists	247
341	Digs	350
24	Total Blocks	48
23	Service Aces	53
	TEAM LEADERS
Steph Judkins (.180)	Hitting Percentage	Sara Matsumura (.393)
Steph Judkins (78)	Kills	Natalie Pisch (79)
Amelia Ballard (79)	Assists	Sydney Miller (154)
Ashley Shannon (89)	Digs	Sara Matsumura (104)
Hannah Dalton (20)	Blocks	Julia Gallagher-Teske (31)
Gina Custer (5)	Aces	Elena Filograna (19)