SMITHFIELD, R.I. - The Bryant University women's volleyball team continues America East play this weekend at NJIT on Friday, Oct. 30 before returning to the Chace Athletic Center to host Binghamton on Sunday, Nov. 1.
MATCH INFORMATION:
Match #1- Bryant (10-14, 4-2 America East) vs. NJIT (1-20, 0-6 AE)
Time: Friday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m.
Match #2- Bryant (10-14, 4-2 AE) vs Binghamton (11-8, 2-4 AE)
Time: Sunday, Nov. 1, 1 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY:
NJIT
- Friday's match will be the 12th meeting between Bryant and NJIT and second of the 2026 season.
- The Bulldogs have won ten consecutive matches against the Highlanders and hold a 10-1 all-time record.
- Bryant faced NJIT on Sept. 25, 2026, beating the Highlanders 3-1 at the Chace Athletic Center.
- Ruth Ochelli led the Bulldogs with 13 kills in the win.
BINGHAMTON
- Sunday's match will be the 13th meeting between Bryant and Binghamton and the second of the 2026 season.
- The Bulldogs have won three consecutive matches against the Bearcats and hold an 8-6 all-time record.
- Bryant topped Binghamton, 3-2, in a five-set thriller on Oct. 3, 2026 at West Gym.
- Kalia Alvarado and Hannah Jackson posted 16 and 15 kills in the victory.
BULLDOG NOTES:
- The Bulldogs brought America East-leading UMBC to five sets in Baltimore on Oct. 24, but ultimately fell 3-2.
- Hannah Jackson has put down 15 kills in back-to-back matches and ranks second on Bryant in kills with 191.
- Kaitlin Curran sits ninth in the America East in kills per set (2.70) and sixth in digs per set (3.13). Curran's 232 kills leads the Bulldogs.
- Carrina Barron averages 4.53 digs per set, good for third in the America East, and has recorded a Bryant-best 358 digs.
- Bryant tops the America East with 15.30 digs per set.
- Brookelyn Talmadge and Layla Olatunde hold the seventh-best (.280) and eighth-best (.242) hitting percentages in the America East.
SCOUTING THE HIGHLANDERS:
- NJIT was swept by Albany on Friday, Oct. 23 and is still looking for its first conference win.
- Ema Torres paces the Highlanders offense with 153 kills and averages 2.79 kills per set, which ranks seventh in the America East.
- Pedro Trevino directs NJIT in his eighth season with the program. Trevino played for NJIT's men's team as a setter from 1997-2000.
SCOUTING THE BEARCATS:
- Binghamton is coming off a 3-2 loss against New Hampshire on Sunday, Oct. 25.
- Viktoria Dimitrova leads the Bearcats offense with 212 kills and averages 3.42 kills per set, which ranks third in the America East.
- Allie Yaeger oversees Binghamton in her fifth year at the helm of the program.
