Huskies Welcome Iona, UNH & Syracuse for UConn Challenge

Friday, August 31

Storrs, Conn.

7:00 PM

University of Connecticut

Iona

Photo by: Stephen Slade

8/30/2018 12:45:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Huskies play Iona and UNH Friday; Syracuse on Saturday

STORRS, Conn. - The Huskies welcome Iona, New Hampshire and Syracuse to Gampel Pavilion this weekend for the two-day UConn Challenge. UConn will open the weekend on Friday at noon facing the UNH Wildcats and then take on the Iona Gaels at 7 pm. On Saturday, the Huskies will go toe-to-toe with Syracuse at 2 pm. For a full schedule and live stats and video links, click here.

- UConn opened the week with their first sweep of the season, taking down in-state rival Quinnipiac in three-straight in Tuesday night's home opener. Freshman Caylee Parker came up with 13 kills, her third-straight game in double digit kills, with four digs and two total blocks against QU. Senior Iman McGary chipped in 12 kills and hit .375 in the match (13-8-34) and added five digs. Senior setter Emma Turner dished out 40 assists, had four kills on six attempts, five digs, a block and served up a pair of aces. The Huskies hit a season-best .357 (50-15-98) in the win.

- Parker earned herself a spot on the American Athletic Conference Volleyball Honor Roll after an impressive rookie debut last weekend. Parker posted 41 kills and 22 digs over the three matches while earning All-Tournament team honors at the WVU Invitational. Coming into this weekend, the rookie is third among AAC leaders in kills per set, averaging 4.15.

- Senior setter Emma Turner is one of three AAC setters to average double digit assists per set in the early weeks of the season. Turner enters the weekend averaging 10.25 assists per set. She also is the team leader with six service aces.

- Senior Elizabeth Kline leads the team with 70 digs and ranks fourth in the AAC at 4.38 digs per set.

- Thanks to a 3-1 start to the season, the Huskies have put head coach Kris Grunwald just one win away from reaching 100 career coaching victories. Grunwald is in his fifth season at UConn and had a two-year head coaching stint at Auburn to sit at 99-91 during his career.

- The Huskies will head to Chicago next weekend to take part in the DePaul Invitational. UConn will take on Florida Atlantic, Fort Wayne and the host Blue Devils.