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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Seattle U volleyball concludes its nine-match, season-opening road swing at the Sacramento State Invitational Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8. The Redhawks face UC Riverside on Friday at 4:30 p.m. They follow with a pair of matches Saturday, facing Nevada at 10 a.m. and host Sacramento State at 7:30 p.m.
FOLLOW THE REDHAWKS
- Friday, Sept. 7 at 4:30 p.m. PT
- vs. UC Riverside (The Nest, Sacramento, Calif.)
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- Saturday, Sept. 8 at 10:00 a.m. PT
- vs. Nevada (The Nest, Sacramento, Calif.)
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- Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. PT
- at Sacramento State (The Nest, Sacramento, Calif.)
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ABOUT THE MATCHES
- Seattle U (3-3) vs. UC Riverside (4-2)
- All-time series - Seattle U leads, 2-0
- Home - NA
- Away - NA
- Neutral - Seattle U leads, 2-0
- Last meeting - Seattle U 3, UCR 0 (Aug. 31, 2013 at Ogden, Utah)
- Seattle U vs. Nevada (5-1)
- All-time series - Series tied, 2-2
- Home - NA
- Away - Nevada leads, 2-0
- Neutral - Seattle U leads, 2-0
- Last meeting - Seattle U 3, Nevada 0 (Aug. 29, 2015 at Berkeley, Calif.)
- Seattle U vs. Sacramento State (3-5)
- All-time series - Sac State leads, 2-0
- Home - NA
- Away - Sac State leads, 1-0
- Neutral - Sac State leads, 1-0
- Last meeting - Sac State 3, Seattle U 1 (Sept. 9, 2017 at Highland Heights, Ky.)
NEWS AND NOTES
- Seattle U enters the week with an even 3-3 record. The Redhawks are coming off a 2-1 performance at the Comfort Suites University Jackrabbit Invitational in Brookings, S.D. They earned a pair of sweeps over South Dakota State and Weber State while dropping a three-set match to Green Bay.
- Seniors Shae Harris and Maja Stojanovic were named to the All-Tournament Team following their play in the three matches.
- Freshman Eve Kerschenbaum leads the Redhawks with 3.00 kps and is hitting at a solid .308 percentage.
- Harris averages 9.71 aps, which ranks third among all WAC players.
- Kerschenbaum had eight toal aces and an average of 00.40 per set, good for second in the WAC.
- Harris and Kerschenbaum were both named to the All-Tournament Team at the Aztec Classic hosted by San Diego State.
- The Redhawks return nine letterwinners from 2017 and add six freshman to make up the 2018 squad.
- Shae Harris and senior middle blocker Maja Stojanovic were both named to the Preseason All-Western Athletic Conference Team.
- Harris is the reigning Western Athletic Conference Setter of the Year after dishing 986 assists in 2017. She twice set the Seattle U DI program single-match record with 62 assists.
- Stojanovic led the team in blocks with 1.12 per set.
- Also returning to the lineup is sophomore libero Tijana Milojevic, who was named to the WAC All-Freshman Team a year ago.
- Milojevic set DI program records with 504 digs and 4.89 digs per set in 2017.
- Head Coach James Finley enters his sixth season at the helm of the Redhawk program in 2018.
TICKETS ON SALE
- Season and single-game tickets are available now for the 2018 season. Season ticket package prices are as low as $50 while a family four pack is just $150. For more information visit goseattleu.com/tix or call the SU Athletics Ticket Office at 207-398-4678.