Mason (5-15, 1-8) vs. Duquesne (4-17, 1-8)
WHEN: Friday, 5 p.m. & Saturday, 5 p.m.
WHERE: Recreation Athletic Complex; Fairfax, Va.
LIVE STATS: LINK (Friday), LINK (Saturday)
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
 
FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason women's volleyball team returns home to Fairfax this weekend to welcome the Duquesne Dukes for two matches in the RAC. Saturday's game will be played in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness and the first 200 students in attendance will get a free t-shirt.
 
The Dukes hold an edge in all time match-ups, 10-7, including the last four. Prior to joining the A-10, Mason won all five meetings from 1986-1993. However, since joining the conference in 2013, Duquesne has only dropped two matches to the Patriots. Mason's last win came as a five-set win on Oct. 19, 2018 on the road.

Mason and Duquesne are both tied in the conference standing with an A-10 record of 1-8. 
 
The Dukes most recently split last weekend's two-match series with Rhode Island, sweeping the Rams in Friday's match 3-0 and dropping Saturday's game 3-1.
 
The Patriots are coming off two road losses (0-3, 1-3) to Loyola Chicago, who is currently undefeated in the A-10 at 9-0.
 
PATRIOT POINTS

• Sophomore Olyvia Kennedy continues to lead the Patriots' offense, tallying 188 kills so far this season. Freshman Gabriella Gelfound and senior Mujay Mambu have also been solid contributors on the attack, putting down 124 and 122 kills, respectively.
• Gelfound also paces the offense with 315 assists, and leads the team with 22 service aces after a career-high five on Friday night at Loyola Chicago.
• Defensively, senior Stephanie Der leads Mason with 262 digs and is sixth in the conference in digs/set, averaging 4.09.
• Graduate student Peyton Ehmke leads GMU at the net with 72.0 blocks (6^th, A-10), including nine solo blocks. She has also contributed 99 kills so far in 2022.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
Carsyn Henschen leads the Dukes with 209 kills (6^th, A-10) so far this season while Morgan Kelly (187) and Elizabeth Osborn (134) have also registered over 100 kills a-piece. Hailey Poling paces the Duquesne offense with 655 assists, good for the second-highest total in the Atlantic 10. Defensively, Madison Grimm has tallied 263 digs and Ariel Helm has notched 62.0 blocks.
 
UP NEXT
The Patriots will take the short trip up to Washington, D.C. to complete their home-away series with George Washington on Tuesday. First serve is set for 7 p.m. from the Charles E. Smith Center.