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Tuesday, Sept. 30 – 7 p.m. Post vs. Dominican College Drubner Center- Waterbury, Conn. Coverage: Live Stats

Friday, Oct. 3 – 6 p.m. Post at Concordia College Bronxville, N.Y. Coverage: Live Stats

Saturday, Oct. 4 – 12 p.m. Post vs. Georgian Court University Drubner Center – Waterbury, Conn. Coverage: Live Stats

 
WATERBURY, Conn. –The Post University women's volleyball team will look to make a splash in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) this week with three conference matches. The Eagles will host the first game of the three game slate as they face the Chargers of Dominican College at the Drubner Center on Tuesday, Sept. 30. First serve is set for 7 p.m. Post travels to Bronxville, N.Y. to take on Concordia College Friday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. The Eagles will finish the week at home when Georgian Court University comes to town on Saturday, Oct. 4, scheduled for a noon start. Last season Post recorded just one victory in the month of September. The Eagles have already earned six entering the last week of the month.
 
Scouting the Opposition
Thus far, the Lady Chargers remain unbeaten sitting atop the CACC standings at 4-0, and 7-0 overall. Dominican is coming off of a 3-0 sweep at University of Sciences. Dominican was picked to finish third in the North Division in the 2014 CACC Preseason Poll Rankings tallying 61 first place votes. Concordia received 23 votes in the preseason poll, good for the seventh seed in the North Division. The Clippers are 0-4 in conference play entering the week and 1-5 on the season. Georgian Court is projected to finish second in the CACC South Division credited with 81 first place votes. The Lions have played to a .500 record in conference play at 2-2 and 5-9 overall.
 
All-Time Series vs. Dominican
Dominican is a familiar opponent; the two teams will meet for their 30^th contest in series history on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Post has the all-time advantage with a 19-10 record against the Chargers and will have the leg-up at the Drubner Center as they have recorded 10 victories in 13 matches at home against the opponent.
Results
10/11/13................H................W, 3-2
10/1/13 .................A................W, 3-1
10/19/12................H................ L, 3-0
9/25/12 .................A................ L, 3-1
10/27/11................H................ L, 3-0
 
All-Time Series vs. Concordia
The Eagles have the upper-hand in the series history tallying eight wins in 14 meetings against the Clippers. As of late, the two squads have traded victories and the trend suggests that Post should be looking to pick up a CACC win on the road in Bronxville, N.Y. this week.
Results
10/25/13................A................ L, 3-2
10/4/13 .................H................W, 3-0
11/1/12 .................H................ L, 3-2
9/6/12....................H................W, 3-1
10/20/11................A................ L, 3-2
 
All-Time Series vs. Georgian Court
Post is 7-11 all-time against Georgian Court, with every victory recorded prior to the 2006 season. The Eagles have the opportunity to do something no player on the team has done yet, and that is to pick up a win at home on Saturday, Oct. 4.
Results
10/5/13...................A ................L, 3-2
10/20/12 ................H.................L, 3-1
10/8/11...................A ................L, 3-0
10/9/10...................H.................L, 3-1
10/10/09 ................A ................L, 3-0
 
Back-To-Back
In each of the first two weeks of the season Skylar German has been named the CACC Player of the Week. She is the first Eagle to earn the honor since 2007. This year, German leads the Eagles in kills (88), hitting percentage (.414), service aces (11), and total blocks (26). She is also in the top five in the conference in all four categories. In Post's victory over Clark Atlanta on Sept. 13 she recorded the second-highest hitting percentage in CACC history at .800 (12 kills, 15 attacks, 0 errors).
 
Approaching Milestones
Julia Slyaktina enters the week with 1,974 assists in her career, good for fourth all-time. She is just one of four players to record over 1,000 career assists and just 369 assists away from Desere Obregon for third place all-time. The senior recorded 753 assists a year ago. Emily Wilman could become just the third player to join the 1,000 kill-1,000 dig club this season. She sits 153 kills and 91 digs away from the milestone.
 
Preseason Prognostications
The Post volleyball team was picked to finish fifth in the CACC North Division in the Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Eagles earned 47 points, just two behind fourth-place Bloomfield. Caldwell and Wilmington were picked atop the North and South Divisions, respectively.
 
On The Horizon
The action continues the following week when the Eagles play another three, ever important, CACC games on the road. The Eagles will soar to Rutherford, N.J. to take on Felician College on Wednesday, Oct. 8 scheduled for 7 p.m. Post will face the Lady Chargers of Dominican College for their second meeting of the season, this time at Orangeburg, N.Y. on Friday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. Post will finish out the week in Philadelphia, P.A. facing off against University of the Sciences. First set is set for 12 p.m.