Friday, September 4th vs. Weber State (10am CT/11am ET); vs. Manhattan (4pm CT/5pm ET)
at Bradley Invitational
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Saturday, September 5th vs. Bradley (4pm CT/5pm ET)
at Bradley Invitational
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SCOUTING THE RIVER HAWKS: The River Hawks enter the weekend with an 0-4 record with their most recent loss coming last Saturday to Maryland-Eastern Shore (3-1) in Princess Anne, Md. UMass Lowell took at least one set from their opponents in three of four matches last weekend at the UMES Tournament. Freshman middle blocker Lade Adeniyi (Springfield, Ill.) leads the team with 32 kills (2.13 kps) and freshman outside hitter Haley Shimon (Des Moines, Iowa) is right behing her with 30 kills (2.00 kps). Freshman Delaney Mendez (Phoenix, Ariz.) and junior Alexa Toth (Portland, Ore.) have both seen time at the setting position. Mendez has amassed 80 assists (7.27 aps) in three starts for the River Hawks, while Toth has 33 helpers (5.5 aps) to her credit.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS:
Weber State - The Wildcats enter the matchup with the River Hawks at 0-3 following 1-3, 0-3, and 0-3 losses to UC Riverside, Santa Clara and San Jose State, respectively. 
 
Manhattan - The Jaspers carry a 4-1 record into their clash with the River Hawks on Friday night. Claire Van Dyk leads the attack with 44 kills, and 2.93 kills/set. Jade Gray has dished out 119 assists for an average of 7.93 per set. Allie Yamashiro has registered a team-high 61 digs (4.07 per set), while Ivana Kostic and Marissa Behrens both have 10 blocks. 

Bradley - Heading into the weekend, the hosts of the CEFCU Classic are 3-0, as the Braves defeated Toledo (3-2), Youngstown State (3-2), and swept Wisconsin-Green Bay at the Toledo Rocket Invitational. Kelsey Cave leads the team with 1.85 kills per set, and is tied for the lead with nine blocks. Reagan Jackson and Erica Haslag have nine blocks, as well. Afton Sobasky has tallied 54 assists, good for 4.15 per set, both team-highs. Lea Sack has 67 digs and Sobasky has 33 for second. 
 
THOUGHTS FROM RESA: "Some of the freshmen got over their jitters after Day one, so Day two we talked about being a little more gamers and encourage them just to play hard and especially in the match vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore they started to do that as the match went on," said Head Coach Resa Provanzano. "I think as we move forward I am hoping to come out of the gates with that mentality. I think the setters are working extremely hard, we are asking a lot of them and they both came in at different times and did some great things, so I was happy to see that.

"We need to have a more of a killer mentality, we need to find kills and so that starts with our serve receive. We need to pass the ball to the setters so we can run the offense we want to run. So that means passers need to talk to each other a little bit more and give us something to work with. For the hitters, they need to take it upon themselves, good set or bad, to find a way to score."

AMERICA EAST LEADERS: Junior middle blocker Lauren Bennett (Wilmington, Mass.) leads America East with 1.13 blocks per set. Freshman setter Delaney Mendez ranks third in America East with 7.27 assists per set. Freshman libero Lindsey Visvardis (Homer Glen, Ill.) ranks eighth in America East with 3.2 digs per set.

DID YOU KNOW?: Junior Lauren Bennett was the lone River Hawk named to the UMES Invitational All-Tournament Team last weekend, as she registered 22 kills and 17 total blocks (4s,13a) in four matches over the weekend. Saturday's match marks the first national TV appearance for the River Hawks in the program's history.