Lincoln University, Pa. – The Lincoln Women's Volleyball team is in search of their first win of the 2019 season as the Lions welcome University of the Sciences to Manuel Rivero Hall Thursday evening.
WHEN Thursday, September 19 | 6:00pm
WHERE Lincoln University, Pa. (Manuel Rivero Hall)
FOLLOW Lions Video on the CIAA Network
THE SERIES
This will be the fifth meeting between these two teams. The Devils have won all four previous contests against Lincoln, earning wins at Manuel Rivero Hall in 2014 and 2017 and at USciences' Bobby Morgan Arena in 2016 and 2018.
LIONS HIGHLIGHTS
Lincoln enters the contest with a 0-3 record after suffering a 3-0 defeat in their home opener last week against Frostburg State.
Senior
Tierra Russaw (Westland, Mich./Summit Academy) leads the team with nine kills, 16 assists,22 digs and three service aces. Junior libero
Tymera Crudup (Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat) has 21 digs and is tied with Russaw for the team lead with three aces.
Kaiya Lewis (Woodhaven, N.Y./Queens Preparatory Academy) leads the team with four blocks
SCOUTING THE DEVILS
The Devils enter Thursday's game with a 1-5 record, their lone win coming against LU's CIAA rival Bowie State University
Natalia Velez leads Usciences with 67 kills (3.35 k/s) while Caelin Jeskot has 39 assists. Velez and Sarah Miller have five service aces apiece while Miller leads the team with 38 digs. Kerrigan Clem, Jennifer Marrero and Velez have combined for 24 total blocks (eight apiece) to highlight the Devils net defense.
