FLUSHING, N.Y. – Continuing East Coast Conference (ECC) play, the Queens College women's volleyball team enters week nine with an overall record of 3-18 and a 1-5 mark in conference play after falling in three sets to Mercy University and battling Roberts Wesleyan University in a five-set contest last week.
 
As a team, the Knights have recorded 695 kills (9.1 per set), 652 assists (8.6 per set), 160 service aces (2.1 per set), 947 digs (12.5 per set), and 87 total blocks (1.1 per set).
 
Rookie Zoe Sercu leads the Knights' offense with 210 kills, averaging 2.80 kills per set, and has recorded four double-doubles this season. Sercu has earned three weekly conference honors this season, including two ECC Rookie of the Week awards. Last week, Sercu paced the young Knights squad with a team-best 30 kills, averaging 3.75 kills per set, while adding 11 digs, two blocks, and three service aces. Against defending ECC champions Mercy, Sercu recorded 12 kills. In Saturday afternoon's five-set battle against Roberts Wesleyan, she recorded a career-high 18 kills, 10 digs, three service aces, and two blocks for her fourth career double-double.
 
Fellow rookie Mikayla Haskell has recorded 136 kills (1.79 per set), 23 service aces, and 37 total blocks. Haskell has earned one ECC Honor Roll selection this season.
 
Rookie setter Kaiya Banks leads Queens with 339 assists while adding 28 service aces, 32 kills, and 130 digs. Banks has earned ECC Honor Roll recognition twice this season.
 
The Knights open a two-match ECC homestand on Saturday, Oct. 24, when they welcome the D'Youville University Saints to Fitzgerald Gymnasium. Queens will conclude the weekend by hosting the Daemen University Wildcats on Sunday, Oct. 25.

D'Youville University Preview

The Saints enter the week with an overall record of 12-10 and a 5-1 mark in ECC play. D'Youville is coming off a three-set sweep of St. Thomas Aquinas College on Sunday, Oct. 18.
 
Saturday's contest marks the 11th all-time meeting between the two programs, with the Knights holding an 8-2 advantage in the series. Last season, Queens and D'Youville split their season series, with the Knights falling on the road before earning a four-set victory in Flushing.

Daemen University Preview

The Wildcats enter the week with an overall record of 11-9 and a 4-1 mark in ECC play. Daemen will travel to Rockville Centre to face Molloy University on Saturday before concluding its trip against the Knights on Sunday.
 
Sunday's contest marks the 26th all-time meeting between the two programs, with Queens trailing the series, 5-20. The Knights will look to earn their first victory over Daemen since recording a four-set win in Flushing on Oct. 5, 2024.

NEXT WEEK OUTLOOK

The Knights will open the following week on Saturday, Oct. 31, traveling to Sparkill, N.Y., to conclude their season series against the St. Thomas Aquinas College Spartans. Queens will then return home to host the Molloy University Lions on Sunday, Nov. 1, for Senior Day.

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