The Canisius volleyball team returns to the Koessler Athletic Center for the first time in the month of October, as the Golden Griffins play host to Quinnipiac and Merrimack this weekend. The Griffs will face Quinnipiac Friday at 6 p.m., before closing out the league weekend with a home match against Merrimack on Saturday at 2 p.m. Both matches will be broadcast live on the Golden Griffin Broadcast Network.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• Canisius returns home with an overall record of 2-15 to go with a 1-6 mark in Metro Conference play. The Griffs dropped a pair of five-set matches last weekend at Iona and Manhattan.
• Three of the Griffs' last four matches have been decided in five sets.
• In the loss at Manhattan last Saturday, Canisius was credited with 14 service aces as a team. The Griffs are one of three teams in the Metro (along with Fairfield and Sacred Heart) to have 13-or more aces in multiple matches this season.
• Junior Emma Isroff leads the Metro with her 0.83 aces per set in league action. Her 26 aces this season in all games ranks sixth-best in the conference.
• Senior Hannah Kos recorded a career-high 18 kills against Manhattan last Saturday. In the five-set loss to Iona last Friday, Kos registered her first career double-double with 17 kills and 12 digs.
• Defensively, the Griffs had five players record 10-or more digs against Iona on Friday, highlighted by senior libero Brenda Reynaga, who tallied a season-high 31 digs on the night. That marked her third career 30-plus dig match.
• Freshman Hayden Siebenaler recorded a team-leading 12 block assists in 10 sets played at Iona and Manhattan. Prior to last weekend, she had a total of four block assists in her previous four matches played.
• Quinnipiac is 5-13 overall and 4-3 in Metro play after the Bobcats scored a 3-2 win over Marist last Saturday.
• Setter Klara Jadwiga Olszewska ranks third in the league with her 8.39 assists per set.
• Friday will be the 32nd all-time meeting between the Griffs and the Bobcats. Canisius leads the series, 17-14.
• Merrimack is 2-18 overall and 2-5 in Metro play, having won two straight. The Warriors start their weekend road trip to Western New York in search of their first road win of the season.
• Canisius is 2-1 all-time against Merrimack. Both of the matches between these two schools in 2025 went to five sets.

UP NEXT
Canisius will return to the road for a pair of road matches at Marist (Oct. 23) and at Siena (Oct. 24).
 

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