SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women's volleyball team will take the road and face UAlbany on Sunday, Nov. 8 at PE Gym in Albany, New York. First serve is set for 4 p.m., and the match will be streamed on AmericaEast.TV.
GAME INFORMATION
Matchup: Bryant (11-15, 5-3 America East) at UAlbany (6-13, 2-5 America East)
Time: Sunday, Nov. 8, 4 p.m.
Location: PE Gym
Live Stats: ualbanysports.com
AMERICA EAST VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CLINCHING SCENARIOS:
- The Bulldogs can earn a spot in the America East Volleyball Championship from Nov. 20-22 through three different scenarios this weekend:
- A UAlbany loss to Binghamton tonight (Nov. 6).
- Binghamton losses to UAlbany tonight and NJIT on Nov. 8.
- A win over UAlbany on Nov. 8.
SERIES HISTORY:
- Friday's match will be the 12th Division I meeting between the Bulldogs and Great Danes and the second of the 2026 season.
- Bryant holds a 6-5 all-time record against UAlbany.
- The Bulldogs outlasted the Great Danes in a five-set battle on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Chace Athletic Center.
- Kalia Alvarado put down a team-high 16 kills in the win.
NOTES AND NOTABLES:
- The Bulldogs are coming off a five-set loss to Binghamton on Sunday, Nov. 1 at the Chace Athletic Center. Neither team won a set by more than three points in one of the most back-and-forth matches in America East conference play this season.
- After posting 13 kills against Binghamton, Hannah Jackson has tallied 10 or more kills in five straight matches,
- Kaitlin Curran leads Bryant with 256 kills. Curran ranks sixth in the America East in digs per set (3.07) and ninth in kills per set (2.72).
- Carrina Barron has registered a Bryant-best 399 digs and averages 4.59 digs per set, the third most in the America East.
- The Bulldogs as a unit top the America East in digs per set, averaging 15.45.
- Setters Madison Koeller and Madison Keem have recorded 472 and 453 assists.
- Brookelyn Talmadge and Layla Olatunde have the sixth- and ninth-best hitting percentages in the America East at .282 and .248, respectively.
SCOUTING THE GREAT DANES:
- UAlbany comes off a 3-0 loss to UMBC on Nov. 1 and squares off with Binghamton tonight (Nov. 6) at PE Gym.
- Pinar Erol paces the Great Danes with 256 kills and averages 3.46 kills per set, good for third in the America East.
- Josh Pickard directs UAlbany in his eighth season with the program.
