WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
>>Saint Francis men's volleyball is set for its season series against Merrimack Mar. 28-29. Both matches will be at 6:00 p.m.
>>NEC Front Row | Live Stats
THE WORD ON MERRIMACK
Merrimack is 7-11 overall and 2-4 against the Northeast Conference. Last weekend saw the Warriors lose in four sets to LIU, and followed that up by getting swept by FDU.
Logan Whitaker leads the Warriors in kills with 233. Matthew Motes(133), Isaiah Vogel(111), and Kai Vogel(103) each have triple-digit kill totals as well. Reece Lindstorm engineers the offensive attack with 539 assists. Rounding out the offensive leaders is Isaiah, who has 21 service aces.
Defensively, Kyle Standage is the team leader in digs with 186. Motes leads in blocks with 36.
LAST TIME WE MET THE WARRIORS
Thursday and Friday's matches will be the third and fourth meeting between the two teams. In their first year against one another in 2023, the Red Flash swept the season series.
LAST TIME OUT
Saint Francis is currently 14-8 overall and 6-0 in the NEC. They became the only team in the NEC to remain undefeated after picking up two 3-1 wins over Daemen last weekend.
Andrew Deardorff earned First Point/NEC Player of the Week and NEC Prime Performer after tallying 28 kills, 10 digs, and hitting percentages of .500 and .219 overall against the Wildcats. Peyton Blain received his third First Point/NEC Defensive Player of the Week and Primer Performer after collecting 32 digs and leading a Red Flash defense that held Daemen's offense to hitting percentages of .210 and .211.
Nathan Zini and Ryan Parker collected Prime Performer selections as well. Zini registered 26 kills, 11 digs, three service aces, and two blocks. Parker contributed 72 assists, 15 digs, eight blocks, five kills, four service aces, and became the fifth player in program history to surpass 2,000 assists.
Blain is up to 247 digs on the season, the most in Division I and II men's volleyball. According to the record books, he is 21 away from passing Zach Nanni(267) in 2007 for the most digs in a single season.
UP NEXT
Men's Volleyball will travel to Buffalo, N.Y. for two matches against D'Youville April 5-6.
