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The Niagara volleyball team will play its final regular season matches of the season at Manhattan on Saturday and Iona on Sunday. 

Purple Points
•    Niagara enters the last weekend of matches with a 9-7 conference record and has clinched a spot in the 2016 MAAC Tournament. 
•    The Purple Eagles wrapped up their home schedule last weekend with a four-set win over Quinnpiac on Saturday and a narrow five-set defeat to conference-leading Fairfield on Sunday. 
•    NU set a season-high 82 digs, and second most kills (68) and assists (66) in the loss versus Fairfield.
•    Alex Stone finished with eight kills and four block assists in her final home match of her career.
•    Junior Madison May is coming off a career-high 22 kill match, set against Fairfield last weekend.
•    Alexis Gray and Nicole Matheis lead the team in double-doubles for the season. Gray has 12, and Matheis holds 10. Libero Rylee Hunt posted her first double-double of the season with 31 digs and a career-high 14 assists in the loss to Fairfield.
•    Freshman Caroline Leitch has had back-to-back matches with 15 or more kills.
•    Taylor Kells recorded a career-high 10 digs in the win versus Quinnipiac.

Hunt Named Libero of the Week 
•    Rylee Hunt was named MAAC Libero of the Week on November after leading the Purple Eagles in digs per set with 5.17 in three matches. 
•    Hunt tied a then-season-high with 23 digs in the Purple Eagles' four-set win versus Quinnipiac on Saturday.  
•    Hunt notched her first double-double of the season against Fairfield on Sunday. 
•    Hunt had a career-high 14 assists to go along with a season and match-high 31 digs. 
•    This is the second time in her career she has been named MAAC Libero of the Week; she earned the award on Sept. 22, 2015.

Record Watch
•    Alexis Gray is three aces away from tying Tammy Greek ('93) for second in career aces at 139. 
•    Alex Stone is 23 total blocks away from tying Tammy Greek ('93) for second in career blocks (412). 

Ace Up Their Sleeve
•    The Purple Eagles maintain their position amongst the top 10 in service aces in the NCAA. They currently rank ninth with 184 team service aces.
•    Alexis Gray ranks ninth as well in the NCAA in service aces with 47 of her own.

In the MAAC
•    Alexis Gray ranks second in the MAAC in service aces per set, with an average of 0.45 aces per set.
•    Nicole Matheis and Madison May rest in the top 10 in the conference in kills; Matheis ranks fifth, averaging 3.14 kills per set, and May ranks seventh with an average 2.90 kills per set.
•    Rylee Hunt resides at fourth in the MAAC in digs, averaging 4.45 digs per set.

Across The Net: Manhattan Jaspers (10-20, 6-10 MAAC)
•    Niagara is 16-24 all-time against Manhattan.
•    The Purple Eagles defeated the Jaspers earlier this season for the first time since 2011.
•    Manhattan ranks fifth in the MAAC in digs, averaging 15.48 digs per set. 
•    Leaders: kills per set - Milena Janjusevic (2.86), assists per set - Zoe Lindsey (9.20), and blocks per set - Ivana Kostic (0.71)

Across The Net: Iona Gaels (6-23, 4-12 MAAC)
•    Niagara is 25-17 all-time versus Iona.
•    NU's last win on the road at Iona was October 12th, 2014.
•    Iona currently rests at third in the Metro Atlantic Collegiate Conference in digs, averaging 1.58 aces per set.
•    Leaders: kills per set - Claire Archibald (2.82), assists per set - Emma Rose (5.87), and blocks per set - Karly White (0.76)