Skyhawks Volleyball Game Day Notes

Friday, Oct. 16 | Vs. Colorado Mesa University | 7 p.m.
Whalen Gymnasium | Durango, Colo.
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Saturday, Oct. 17 | Vs. Westminster College | 5 p.m.
Whalen Gymnasium | Durango, Colo.
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Freshman Matisse Monty recorded a match high 15 kills and senior Shelby Lehman added 12 kills and hit .455 offensively to lead the Fort Lewis College volleyball team to a 3-1 win at New Mexico Highlands University Friday night. 
 
The win snapped a 10 match losing streak and was the Skyhawks first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference win of the season.
 
FLC dropped the first set, 25-23, but won the next three sets to take the match, 25-23, 25-18, 25-21.
 
As a team, the Skyhawks hit .225 in the match with 55 kills.  Delaney Scanlan recorded 41 of the Skyhawks 53 set assists.  Junior libero Ally Dell'Amico tallied 28 digs and Clara Salopek added 14.  Hannah Hargrove posted two solo blocks and assisted on another to go with her five kills.
 
Fort Lewis is hosting three matches this week.  FLC dropped a 3-1 decision to Adams State University on Tuesday night.  The Skyhawks hold the all-time series lead against the Grizzlies, 68-34, and a 33-10 series lead when playing ASU at Whalen Gymnasium.
 
On Friday the Skyhawks will play host to Colorado Mesa University.  The Mavericks are currently in a three-way tie for second place in the Rocky Division with a 7-2 record (9-8 overall). CMU is tied for third place overall in the league standings.
 
Colorado Mesa holds the all-time series lead over the Skyhawks with a 55-33-1 record, and a 23-14 record at FLC.  The last time the Skyhawks defeated Colorado Mesa was Nov. 15, 2013 at FLC (W, 3-2).
 
Saturday's match against Westminster College will be the first ever meeting between the two teams.  WC is in their first year as a full member of the RMAC.  They enter the weekend tied for seventh place in the Rocky Division with a 2-7 record.  The Griffins are tied for 13th in the overall standings.
 
Freshman Matisse Monty ranks eighth in the league in service aces with 21.
 
Junior libero Ally Dell'Amico has the sixth most digs per set in the RMAC with 4.55.
 
As a team, the Skyhawks are fifth in the league in service aces per set (1.35) and eighth in digs per set (15.74).
 
Of the Skyhawks six main starters this season, four are new to the program (Matisse Monty, Gabriella Hickman, Maddie LeBlanc, Delaney Scanlan) and three of which are true freshman (Monty, Hickman, LeBlanc).  Sophomore Hannah Hargrove saw limited playing time as a true freshman last season and senior Shelby Lehman is a four year letterwinner for the Skyhawks.
 
Matisse Monty and Gabriella Hickman were named to the 2015 OPSU Aggies Challenge All-Tournament Team.
 
Eight student-athletes return from last year's program: Rachel Hendrick, Ally Dell'Amico, Shelby Lehman, Lindley Gallegos, Hannah Hargrove and Emily Dellenbach.  Bella Bernazzani and Clara Salopek redshirted as true freshman.
 
The Skyhawks return three starters from last year's team: Shelby Lehman and Emily Dellenbach, including libero Ally Dell'Amico.
 
The 2015 roster features nine newcomers: freshmen Alyssa Cortez, Gabriella Hickman, Maddie LeBlanc, Hannah Martinez, Matisse Monty, Johannah Peterson and Kendra Swackenberg, and junior Nicole Williams.  Delaney Scanlan transfers into the program from South Mountain Community College.
 
Head coach Kelley Rifilato is in her third year at the helm of the program.  She has guided the Skyhawks to an 18-36 overall record in her first two years.
 
Assisting head coach Kelley Rifilato is first year assistant coach Gabriella Hochanadel.  Hochanadel is the daughter of Rifilato.  She  played for her mother at Bayfield High School before becoming an all-conference setter at Adams State University.  Tessa Andrews also enters her third year on the sidelines with Rifilato.  Andrews was an All-RMAC performer at Mesa State College (now Colorado Mesa University) from 2007-2010.