THE BASICS
Weekend Schedule
Friday, Oct. 9
6 p.m. - Rhode Island at VCU | Live Stats | ESPN+

Saturday, Oct. 10
12 p.m. - Rhode Island at VCU | Live Stats | ESPN+

RHODE ISLAND VS. VCU - SERIES NOTES

• Rhode Island is 4-21 all-time against VCU in a series that dates back to 2012.
• VCU has won the last 17 meetings between the schools.
• Rhode Island's last win in the series came on Oct. 30, 2016 in a five-set match on the road.
• URI is 2-8 as the road team in the series.
• Rhode Island is looking to snap a seven-match losing streak.
• After starting the season 1-6, VCU is 4-2 in its last six matches.
• Lara Del Core has been a big part of the turnaround for VCU. She did not play in the team's first six matches of the season, but she has 85 kills over the last seven matches.
• Del Core has at least nine kills in each match, and she has 13 or more in four of her seven matches.
• She is averaging 3.15 kills per set while hitting .286 on the season.
• VCU's Letizia Galli ranks third in the Atlantic 10 with 1.16 bocks per set. She has recorded 59 blocks in 51 sets this season.

HENRY ONE DIG AWAY FROM 900 FOR CAREER

• Third-year libero Dakota Henry leads the Atlantic 10 in both total digs with 291 and digs per set with 4.41. 
• Entering the week, she ranked 16th nationally in total digs.
• Despite being just midway through her third season, Henry cracked URI's top 10 for career digs during the Rally Point era (2001-current).
• She is ninth in URI history in the Rally Point era with 899 digs to her credit. 
• With 101 more, should would become just the 11th player in program history overall to reach 1,000 digs.
• She has recorded 20 or more digs nine times this season. 
• Henry was the A10 Defensive Player of the Week for the week of Aug. 31 after she averaged 5.29 digs per set over the course of 14 sets at the CCSU Tournament. 
• She had a career-best 28 in a win over Holy Cross on Aug. 29, the sixth most in a match in URI history. 
• As a team, Rhode Island is second in the A10 with 13.5 digs per set.
• Only Davidson (14.75 per set) averages more than the Rams.