2019 MEDIA NOTES #ICVB #MAACVB #GaelNation LAST TIME VERSUS #### 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS • Iona defeated Saint Peter’s in three sets at the Yanitelli Center back on Sept. 22. OVERALL: 3-21 H: 1-6 A: 2-9 N: 0-6 MAAC: 3-11 It was Iona’s first win of the season. Date Opponent Time/Results • Senior Karla Johnson had a team-leading 12 kills and six blocks. Junior Jamie Sat. 8/31 vs. Rhode Island! L, 0-3 ! Smith and sophomore Cassandra Patsos had 10 kills each. Sun. 9/1 vs. New Hampshire L, 1-3 • At the time, Iona set new season bests in kills (47), hitting percentage (.304), assists Sun. 9/1 at Army! L, 0-3 Thur. 9/5 at Connecticut# L, 0-3 (45), and block assists (18). It tied season-highs with 62.0 points and nine total blocks. Fri. 9/6 vs. Central Connecticut# L, 0-3 • Iona improved its overall record against Saint Peter’s to 26-7. The Gaels have won Sat. 9/7 vs. Boston College# L, 0-3 the last eight matches and haven’t lost to the Peacocks in New Rochelle since Wed. 9/11 at Seton Hall L, 0-3 2015. Fri. 9/13 vs. Georgetown^ L, 0-3 SAINT PETER’S PRIMER Sat. 9/14 at William & Mary^ L, 1-3 Sat. 9/14 vs. UNC Greensboro^ L, 2-3 • Saint Peter’s has lost 15 straight matches. It’s last five matches have all been four Sat. 9/21 at Rider* L, 0-3 sets. The Peacocks’ last win was in four sets against Manhattan on Sept. 21. Sun. 9/22 at Saint Peter’s* W, 3-0 • Alanis Alvarado leads Saint Peter’s in points (343.5), kills (308) and service aces SAT. 9/28 CANISIUS* @ L, 1-3 (23). She is tied for the team lead with 97 sets played. SUN. 9/29 NIAGARA *@ L, 2-3 • Karla Seda is the fulcrum of Saint Peter’s’ defense with a team-leading 516 digs * Sat. 10/5 at Quinipiac L, 1-3 and a 5.32 digs per set average. * Sun. 10/6 at Fairfield L, 0-3 • The Peacocks have had over 20 attack errors in their last five, and six of last seven Sat. 10/12 at Manhattan* W, 3-0 matches. They don’t have a hitting percentage more than .200 in a match this WED. 10/16 RIDER* L, 1-3 SAT. 10/19 MARIST* L, 1-3 season. SUN. 10/20 SIENA* W, 3-1 • Saint Peter’s opponents have hit over .204 in each of its last 12 matches. Sat. 10/26 at Niagara* L, 0-3 • Peacocks are averaging 10 blocks per match over its last three games. * Sun. 10/27 at Canisius L, 0-3 2019 MAAC RANKINGS (AS OF 11/5/19) FRI. 11/1 FAIRFIELD* L, 1-3 SUN. 11/3 QUINNIPIAC* L, 2-3 IONA MAAC STAT MAAC SAINT PETER’S WED. 11/6 SAINT PETER’S* 7:00 PM .132 9th Hitting Percentage 10th .126 SAT. 11/9 MANHATTAN* 1:00 PM 10.22 8th Kills Per Set 10th 9.22 Fri. 11/15 at Marist* 7:00 PM 10.92 8th Assists Per Set 10th 9.87 Sat. 11/16 at Siena* 1:00 PM 1.91 5th Digs Per Set 10th 1.19 1.56 2nd Aces Per Set 7th 1.42 !Army Invitational #UConn Challenge 15.57 7th Blocks Per Set 3rd 16.47 ^Colonial Classic *MAAC Games .210 6th Opp. Hitting Percentage 10th .237 @Played at Monroe College

Keep up with the latest news surrounding SAINT PETER’S LEADERS Iona Volleyball by following the team on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Name Category Total Alanis Alvarado Kills 308 Alanis Alvarado Points 343.5 Wildalys Soto Assists 763 Alanis Alvarado Aces 23 Karla Seda Digs 516 /IONAVOLLEYBALL @IONAVOLLEYBALL @IONAVOLLEYBALL Daniel Lopez Blocks 54.0

ROSTER REPORT IONA LEADERS No. Name Cl. Pos. NOTES Name Stat Total Per/Set 1 Alexandra Russo Sr. DS/L Serving specialist...2x MAAC All-Academic Jamie Smith Kills 235 2.76 4 Samantha Juran Fr. S/DS Averaging 4.87 AST/S in MAAC play Jamie Smith Points 295.5 3.48 5 Alessandra Brady So. OH Career-best 10 kills, 12 points & 4 blocks vs. QUI (11/3) Samantha Juran Assists 292 4.79 8 Jessica Paolucci RS Sr. DS/L 2nd all-time digs at Iona...Season-high 30 digs vs. QUI (11/5) Mail Powell Assists 246 5.00 9 Jamie Smith Jr. OH/S TRP-DBL vs. SIE (10/20)...Team leader in kills, points & aces Jamie Smith Aces 28 0.33 10 Maile Powell So. S Career-high 39 assists adn 24 digs vs. NIA (9/29) Jessica Paolucci Digs 325 3.78 13 Taylor Cole Jr. DS/L Averaging 10+ digs per match over last three games Karla Johnson Blocks 84.0 0.98 14 Julia Stewart Sr. OH/DS Career-high 8 digs vs. QUI (11/3) 15 Tess Connolly Sr. OH Averaging 2.90 DIG/S and 1.47 Kill/S in MAAC Play 18 Julia Thomas Fr. MB Career-high 8 blocks vs. QUI (11/3)...0.79 BLK/S in MAAC play 23 Karla Johnson Sr. MB 14.5 points vs. QUI (11/3)...Has a .269 hitting percentage 24 Cassandra Patsos So. MB Career-high 15 kills vs. FFD (11/1)...26 kills in last two games IONA COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL QUICK FACTS COLLEGECOLLEGE INFORMATIONINFORMATION IONA WOMEN’STEAM INFORMATION SOCCER IN REVIEW School...... Iona College 2018 Overall Record...... 20-8 City/Zip...... New Rochelle, NY / 10801 Home/Away/Neutral...... 9-2 / 7-4 / 4-1 Founded...... 1940 2018 MAAC Record/Finish...... 16-2 MAAC / 1st Enrollment...... 3,792 2019 MAAC Preseason Selection...... 3rd Nickname...... Gaels Senior/Junior/Sophomore/Freshman...... 5/2/3/2 Colors...... Maroon & Gold Starters Returning From 2017...... 4 Affiliation...... NCAA Division I Newcomers...... 3 Conference...... Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC Tournament Championships...... 2 President...... Dr. Seamus Carey, Ph.D ...... 2018, 2004 Athletics Director...... Matthew Glovaski NCAA Tournament Appearances (Last)...... 2 (2018) Athletic Website...... ICGaels.com MAAC Player Of The Year...... 2 Athletic Dept. Phone...... (914) 633-2654 ...... Miki Hogg (2004); Claire Archibald (2018) Ticket Office Phone...... (914) 633-2672 MAAC Defensive Player Of The Year...... 2 Baseball Field...... City Park ...... Chelsea Holly (2005); Allison Nieters (2007, ‘08) Basketball/Volleyball Arena...... Hynes Athletics Center MAAC Libero Of The Year...... 2 Soccer/Lacrosse Stadium...... Mazzella Field ...... Allison Nieters (2008, ‘09) Softball Field...... Donald E. Walsh Field MAAC Setter Of The Year...... 3 COACHING STAFF ...... Emily Mansur (2004); Beth Holly (2005); Emma Rose (2018) MAAC Rookie Of The Year...... 2 Head Coach...... Esai Velez-Perez ...... Rachelle Wilson (2008); Jamie Smith (2017) ...... University of Puerto Rico (’11) MAAC Coach Of The Year...... 2 ...... Universidad del Este (‘13) MBA ...... Bob Weiner (2002); Patric Santiago (2018) Years at Iona...... 1st All-MAAC First Team...... 14 Record at Iona...... 3-21. 3-11 MAAC All-MAAC Second Team...... 16 Career Record...... 3-21. 3-11 MAAC All-Rookie Team...... 5 Graduate Assistant...... Caylie Denham IONAATHLETIC WOMEN’S COMMUNICATIONS SOCCER IN REVIEW Athletic Trainer...... Greg Tozzi Media Contact/SID...... Jonathan Stanko Strength and Conditioning Coach...... Kelly Shaver Office Phone...... 914-633-2310 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Cell Phone...... 203-598-4453 4 Samantha Juran Jur-ann E-Mail...... [email protected] Additional Comm. Staff...... Jack Clark / [email protected] 8 Jessica Paolucci pah-LOO-chee ...... Brian Beyrer / [email protected] 10 Maile Powell Miley Address...... Hynes Athletics Center HC Esai-Velez Perez S-I-E Velez Perez ...... 715 North Avenue IONA VOLLEYBALL SOCIAL MEDIA ...... New Rochelle, NY 10801 Twitter...... @IonaVolleyball/@ICGaels ...... #ICVB #MAACVB #GaelNation Instagram...... @ionavolleyball/@icgaels Facebook...... Iona College Volleyball/@IonaVolleyball IONA COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL QUICK FACTS Iona College Volleyball Iona College Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 05, 2019) All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 3-21 1-6 2-6 0-9 CONFERENCE 3-11 1-6 2-5 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-10 0-0 0-1 0-9

Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 9 Smith, Jamie 85 235 2.76 98 707 . 1 9 4 161 1.89 28 32 0.33 2 176 2.07 8 49 57 0.67 3 19 295.5 23 Johnson, Karla 86 178 2.07 57 430 . 2 8 1 8 0.09 7 28 0.08 1 24 0.28 13 71 84 0.98 5 1 233.5 24 Patsos, Cassandra 84 181 2.15 106 557 . 1 3 5 7 0.08 5 12 0.06 14 71 0.85 4 23 27 0.32 6 0 201.5 15 Connolly, Tess 78 110 1.41 91 496 . 0 3 8 15 0.19 10 10 0.13 19 200 2.56 2 17 19 0.24 7 1 130.5 5 Brady, Alessandra 83 95 1.14 76 434 . 0 4 4 8 0.10 1 2 0.01 12 39 0.47 1 32 33 0.40 2 0 113.0 18 Thomas, Julia 74 80 1.08 42 236 . 1 6 1 5 0.07 0 0 0.00 0 19 0.26 8 43 51 0.69 7 2 109.5 13 Cole, Taylor 84 7 0.08 8 59 - .0 1 7 0.08 23 31 0.27 18 171 2.04 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 30.0 8 Paolucci, Jessica 86 0 0.00 2 26 - .0 7 91 1.06 26 18 0.30 29 325 3.78 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 26.0 14 Stewart, Julia 41 20 0.49 28 113 - .0 7 5 0.12 1 10 0.02 11 41 1.00 2 4 6 0.15 0 0 25.0 4 Juran, Samantha 61 6 0.10 2 25 . 1 6 0 292 4.79 12 22 0.20 0 97 1.59 0 2 2 0.03 0 13 19.0 10 Powell, Maile 52 3 0.06 4 34 - .0 2 260 5.00 13 8 0.25 0 111 2.13 0 4 4 0.08 0 5 18.0 1 Russo, Alexandra 40 0 0.00 1 1 -1.00 1 0.03 2 8 0.05 1 26 0.65 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 TEAM ------23 ------IONA COLLEGE 86 915 10.6 515 311 . 1 2 8 860 10.0 128 181 1.49 130 130 15.1 38 245 160. 1.87 30 44 1203. Opponents 86 108 12.5 423 308 . 2 1 3 999 11.6 129 135 1.50 129 143 16.7 21 233 137. 1.60 42 26 1347.

Team Statistics ION OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK Aug 31 vs Rhode Island L 0-3 21-25,17-25,20-25 120 K i l ls 915 1081 Sep 1 vs New Hampshire L 1-3 16-25,16-25,25-19,8-25 250 E r r o r s 515 423 Sep 1 vs Army West Point L 0-3 9-25,12-25,20-25 250 Total Attacks 3118 3087 Sep 05 at UConn L 0-3 23-25,16-25,22-25 279 Attack Pct . 1 2 8 . 2 1 3 Sep 06 vs Central Connecticut L 0-3 13-25,14-25,18-25 130 K i l ls / S e t 10.6 12.6 Sep 07 vs Boston College L 0-3 21-25,21-25,9-25 108 SET Sep 11 vs Seton Hall L 0-3 21-25,22-25,13-25 133 A s s is ts 860 999 Sep 13 vs Georgetown L 0-3 24-26,17-25,10-25 45 A t t e m p t s 3323 3169 Sep 14 vs W illiam & Mary L 1-3 15-25,15-25,27-25,19-25 231 Assist Pct . 2 5 9 . 3 1 5 Sep 14 vs UNC Greensboro L 2-3 13-25,17-25,25-21,25-21,1 91 A s s is t s / S e t 10.0 11.6 *Sep 21 at Rider L 0-3 23-25,19-25,18-25 216 SERVE *Sep 22 at Saint Peter's 3-0 25-20,25-16,25-21 87 A c e s 128 129 *Sep 28 CANISIUS L 1-3 18-25,25-20,21-25,26-28 142 E r r o r s 181 135 *Sep 29 NIAGARA L 2-3 18-25,25-23,27-29,25-21,1 157 A t t e m p t s 1699 2022 *Oct 5 at Quinnipiac L 1-3 20-25,16-25,25-15,19-25 44 Serve Pct . 8 9 3 . 9 3 3 *Oct 06 at Fairfield L 0-3 17-25,21-25,10-25 288 A c e s / S e t 1.5 1.5 *Oct 12 at Manhattan 3-0 25-23,25-18,25-15 108 SERVE RECEPTIO *Oct 16 RIDER L 1-3 16-25,25-21,20-25,10-25 218 E r r o r s 130 129 *Oct 19 MARIST L 1-3 13-25,30-26,16-25,13-25 156 E r r o r s / S e t 1.5 1.5 *Oct 20 SIENA 3-1 22-25,25-15,25-22,25-20 173 A t t e m p t s 1880 1511 *Oct 26 at Niagara L 0-3 21-25,28-30,13-25 89 Reception Pct . 9 3 1 . 9 1 5 *Oct 27 at Canisius L 0-3 18-25,24-26,19-25 45 DEFENSE *Nov 1 FAIRFIELD L 1-3 25-27,16-25,25-19,21-25 58 D ig s 1300 1438 *Nov 3 QUINNIPIAC L 2-3 28-26,17-25,21-25,25-20,1 251 D ig s /S e t 15.1 16.7 BLOCKING Record in 3-set matches: 2-11 Block Solo 38 21 Record in 4-set matches: 1-7 Block Assist 245 233 Record in 5-set matches: 0-3 Total Blocks 160.5 137.5 B lo c k s /S e t 1.9 1.6 Block Errors 30 42 Ball handling errors 44 26 ATTENDANCE UPCOMING MAAC SCHEDULE MAAC STANDINGS (as of 11/5/19) T o t a l WEDNESDAY, NOV.1155 6 1156 OVERALL MAAC Dates/Avg Per Da 7/165 8/144 SCHOOL W L % W L % NeutralMarist site #/Avg vs. Fairfield9/151...... 7:00 PM Fairfield 18 4 .818 13 0 1.000 CurrentSaint win streakPeter’s vs. Iona0...... - 7:00 PM Home win streak 0 - Rider 13 13 .500 10 4 .714 Canisius 12 13 .480 9 4 .692 THURSDAY, NOV. 7 Marist 11 12 .478 9 4 .692 Niagara vs. Canisius...... 6:00 PM Niagra 10 13 .435 9 4 .692 Quinnipiac 10 12 .455 6 7 .462 Siena 9 15 .375 4 9 .308 Manhattan 6 21 .222 3 1 .214 Iona 3 21 .125 3 1 .214 Saint Peter’s 3 23 .115 1 13 .071