THE BASICS
Weekend Schedule
Friday
6 p.m. - George Mason (4-8, 0-0 A-10) at Rhode Island (3-9, 0-0 A-10) | Watch: ESPN+ | Live Stats
Saturday
12p.m. - George Mason at Rhode Island | Live Stats

Weekend Notes

RHODE ISLAND VS. GEORGE MASON - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island and George Mason are facing each other for the 19th time on Friday.
• Friday is the Atlantic 10 opener for both schools.
• The Rams lead the all-time series, 14-4.
• The series began in 1985, when Rhody scored a 3-1 victory over the Patriots at the Penn State Invitational.
• Rhode Island is 8-1 at home against George Mason.
• Rhode Island is 4-2 against the Patriots over the last three seasons, though the teams have split matches each of the last two years. 
• Last season, after the Patriots won the first meeting 3-0 on Oct. 28, URI came back with a 3-1 victory the following day.
• Karlee Pinell had a combined 19 kills in the two matches with George Mason last season.
• In the 3-1 win for the Rams, Gabrielle Shilling had eight kills and eight blocks.
• George Mason's Nani Spaar ranks third in the Atlantic 10 with 3.81 kills per set.
• She is fourth in the league with 137 total kills.
• George Mason libero Gracie Halley is fourth in the conference with 4.25 digs per set.
• The Patriots come into the weekend on a three-match losing streak, while URI has two straight wins.
• The teams will meet again Saturday at noon in Keaney Gymnasium. That match will not be streamed, as the Rhode Island men's soccer match again La Salle will be streamed Saturday evening.

PASSERELLO SETTING UP OTHERS FOR SUCCESS

• Redshirt sophomore Hope Passerello handled the setter position for Rhode Island in its wins over American and Stonehill.
• Her passing helped the Rams hit .220 against American and then .347 against Stonehill.
• It was the top two hitting percentages for Rhode Island this year.
• Passerello had 76 assists over the two matches.
• Her 43 in the American win were the most for any player on the team this season.
• She added 33 more against Stonehill.
• It was the first two times this season a URI player has reached 30 assists in a match.

VENTE FINDS RHYTHM ON OFFENSE

• Redshirt sophomore Emma Vente had the two best offensive matches of her career last weekend.
• She opened Saturday with a career-high 12 kills to go with four digs against American.
• That was followed by six kills with just one error in 20 attacks against Stonehill.