Loretto, Pa. – The Saint Francis women's volleyball team will look to put an end to its three-game skid this weekend with home matches vs. LIU (4-11, 3-0 NEC) and Fairleigh Dickinson (1-17, 0-4 NEC) on Friday and Saturday
 
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Scouting the Sharks
 
After a 1-11 start in non-league action, the Sharks have started to find their groove with three consecutive wins to open conference play. Senior Kora Schaberl leads LIU and ranks second in the conference with 205 kills and 3.73 kills per set. Karolina Nova is second on the team with 143 kills and leads the Sharks with 14 service aces. Senior libero Natalia Rivera, the reigning 2018 NEC Defensive Player of the Year, hasn't played since September 14^th with an injury.
 
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Scouting Fairleigh Dickinson
 
The Knights are in search of their first league win and second win overall. Freshman Mujay Mambu and junior Magdalena Makisimovic rank 1 & 2 on the team in kills with 137 and 136, respectively. The Knights rank fourth in the NEC in blocks per set (1.69) while Jaelyn Young ranks fifth in the country in digs per set at 3.76.
 
Shut the Door
 
Saint Francis must find a way to close out sets if it wants to get itself in contention for a playoff spot. The Red Flash are just 5-10 in sets when it scores 20 or more points. Saint Francis had four set points in the first set at Sacred Heart last Friday, but couldn't shut the door in a 29-27 loss that set the tone for the rest of the match.
 
Home Sweet Home
 
Saint Francis will be glad to be back on its home floor this weekend where it has been pretty good over the last three seasons. Saint Francis has a much better record at home then on the road, going 9-10 since the start of the 2017 season at DeGol Arena. Saint Francis is 1-0 at home this season, defeating Merrimack in four sets.

Dig Pink

Saturday's match vs. FDU will also be the annual Dig Pink game game where all proceeds will go to the American Volleyball Coaches' Association's Dig Pink/Side Out Cancer charities.
 
The Red Flash will have a basket raffle where fans will have the chance to purchase tickets to win gift certificates to area restaurants, crafts and Red Flash gear and t-shirts will be sold on-site.

Additionally, the first 40 students to Friday's match will receive a coupon for a free slice of pizza courtesy of Best Way Pizza.