FLUSHING, N.Y. – Continuing East Coast Conference (ECC) play, the Queens College women's volleyball team enters the week with an overall record of 3-16 and a 1-3 mark in conference play after falling in four sets to Molloy University on Sunday afternoon.
 
As a team, the Knights have recorded 622 kills (9.1 per set), 585 assists (8.6 per set), 139 service aces (2.0 per set), 854 digs (12.6 per set), and 81 total blocks (1.2 per set).
 
Rookie Zoe Sercu leads the Knights' offense with 180 kills, averaging 2.69 kills per set, while recording three double-doubles this season. Sercu has earned two weekly conference honors this season, including her first ECC Honor Roll selection on Sept. 21. Last week, against St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) and Molloy, Sercu recorded 21 kills, including 11 against the Lions.
 
Fellow rookie Mikayla Haskell has recorded 129 kills (1.90 per set), 21 service aces, and 33 total blocks. Against Molloy, Haskell led the Knights' offense with 12 kills.
 
Rookie setter Kaiya Banks leads Queens with 297 assists while adding 25 service aces, 29 kills, and 121 digs. Banks earned ECC Honor Roll recognition on Oct. 12 after recording 79 assists, five service aces, 14 digs, and seven kills during a three-match week. On Saturday against STAC, Banks posted a career-high 41 assists to go along with six digs, two service aces, and four kills.
 
The Knights open the week at home on Thursday, Oct. 15, when they welcome the Mercy University Mavericks. Queens will then travel to Rochester, N.Y., to face the Roberts Wesleyan University Redhawks on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Mercy University Preview

The Mavericks enter the week with an overall record of 15-1 and a 4-0 mark in ECC play after earning a three-set victory over STAC.
 
Thursday's contest marks the second meeting between Queens and Mercy this season. The Knights fell to the Mavericks in straight sets on Sept. 30 in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
 
Queens will look to snap its seven-match losing streak against Mercy, with the Knights' last victory in the series coming on Sept. 30, 2023, when they earned a four-set win over the Mavericks in Flushing.

Roberts Wesleyan University Preview

The Redhawks enter the week with an overall record of 2-15 and an 0-4 mark in ECC play after falling in four sets to D'Youville University on Saturday.
 
Saturday's contest marks the second meeting between the two programs this season, with Queens looking to complete the season sweep after earning a four-set victory over the Redhawks at home on Oct. 3.

NEXT WEEK OUTLOOK

Queens returns home for a weekend ECC series, beginning Saturday, Oct. 24, when the Knights welcome D'Youville University. The Knights will conclude the weekend on Sunday, Oct. 25, when they host the Daemen University Wildcats.

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