Volleyball Set to Spook Georgia State for Halloween Weekend

BOONE, N.C. – The App State volleyball staff (13-8, 4-6 SBC) is ready to host Georgia State on Friday and Saturday.  Friday’s 6 p.m. Halloween match will function postgame trick-or-treating for followers. During Saturday’s 2 p.m. match, followers will be capable of play Volleyball Bingo. Both matches will likely be out there to stream on ESPN+. 
 
Last Time Out 
The Mountaineers fell brief to Coastal Carolina on Oct. 24 and 25 in Conway, S.C. In Friday’s contest, senior Keionna Mackey led the Mountaineers with 9 kills. Redshirt senior Addison Heidemann and junior Maria Contreras mixed for twenty-four of App State’s 31 assists. Sophomore MeMe Davis made a staff excessive 12 digs. App State fell brief in 5 units on Saturday. Sophomore Bella Hutchens set a brand new profession excessive with 24 kills and served up six of App State’s eight aces. Senior Ali Morris slammed down 15 kills for the Black and Gold. Heidemann dished out 47 of App State’s 50 assists, whereas Davis made a staff excessive 17 digs.
 
Mountaineer Leaders 
Senior Maya Winterhoff continues to steer the league and ranks thirty fifth nationally in hitting proportion with a mark of .392. She additionally stands third within the SBC and seventeenth within the NCAA in blocks, totaling 108 (19 solo, 89 assists). In the kills class, Winterhoff leads the staff with 241 kills, averaging 2.71 kills per set. Following Winterhoff within the kills class is Ali Morris, who has 226 on the season (2.54 ok/s). Morris, who eclipsed 1,000 profession digs on Oct. 17 towards Georgia Southern, is on observe to surpass one other profession milestone this fall, coming into Friday’s contest with 954 profession kills. Morris additionally leads the staff in aces, serving up 24 this fall. Heidemann, who leads the staff within the assists class, stands second within the league in assists (688) and fifth in assists per set (7.73). Davis rounds out the league’s high 5 within the digs class, tallying 348 digs (3.91 per set). Additionally, Davis is on tempo to eclipse 1,000 profession digs this season, coming into this weekend’s contests with 968. 
 
App State stands second within the Sun Belt and forty eighth nationally in kills, slamming down 1,124 this fall. The Mountaineers additionally rank second within the league in assists (1,019), aces (83), and assaults (3,046). Additionally, the Black and Gold rounds out the convention’s high 5 in blocks, totaling 193.5. 
 
Series History vs. Georgia State
App State leads the sequence towards Georgia State, 18-11. The Mountaineers have received the final 4 matches towards Georgia State, together with three within the 2024 season alone. During the common season final fall, App State downed Georgia State in 4 units on Nov. 1 and defeated the Panthers in 5 units on Nov. 2. 
 
In the quarterfinal spherical of the 2024 Sun Belt Tournament, the No. 1 East seeded Mountaineers got here out victorious after a five-set battle towards the No. 5 East seeded Panthers on Nov. 22. Three Mountaineers made double-figure kills, led by Winterhoff, who slammed down 15 kills on a mark of .313. Heidemann dished out 54 of App State’s 57 assists whereas Kenady Roper made a staff excessive 22 digs on the afternoon. The victory set the Mountaineers up for an look within the semifinal spherical of the SBC Tournament, the primary for this system since within the 2018 marketing campaign. 
 
Scouting Georgia State

This weekend’s matches mark Georgia State’s third consecutive week on the highway. The Panthers (12-9, 3-7 SBC) come to Boone after splitting matches with Old Dominion (Oct. 17 and 18) in addition to with Marshall (Oct. 24 and 25). GSU had opened Sun Belt play on Sept. 26 and 27, splitting their weekend with Arkansas State. The Panthers then fell brief to James Madison (Oct. 3 and 4) and Coastal Carolina (Oct. 9 and 10). GSU opened the season with a trio of victories over Presbyterian, West Georgia, and Furman (Aug. 29-30). Additionally, the Panthers picked up nonconference victories over Florida A&M (Sept. 5 and 13), Evansville (Sept. 6), McNeese State (Sept. 12), Sam Houston (Sept. 19) and Houston Christian (Sept. 20).
 
Freshman Marta Lazzarin ranks eleventh nationally and leads the Sun Belt in digs per set (5.05). Additionally, Lazzarin leads the league and ranks among the many NCAA’s high 40  in digs with 379 this fall. Georgia State’s high attacker is senior Nazli Guvener, who has 199 kills and averages 2.62 kills per set. Following Guvener within the kills class is graduate scholar Maria Cecilia de Pinho, who has 189 kills (2.49 ok/s). Three Panthers have registered triple-digit assists, led by senior Shanelle Martinez (427 assists, 5.47 a/s). Martinez additionally leads the staff in aces, serving up 25 this fall. In the blocks class, graduate scholar Myllean Torquetti leads the staff with 58 blocks (15 solo, 43 assists). The Panthers rank third within the league in digs per set (15.51) in addition to assists per set (12.28). 
 
On the Horizon
The Mountaineers will journey to Marshall for his or her penultimate common season weekend on Nov. 6 and seven. Thursday’s match is ready for 1 p.m. and Friday’s match is ready for 4 p.m. Both will likely be out there to stream on ESPN+.