This Week
•    Navy will close its regular season by playing host to a pair of matches in the Wesley A. Brown Field House.
•    The Mids (15-8 / 7-7), who are the only team in the league playing two matches this week, will first face Lehigh (13-13 / 5-10) Thursday at 7 p.m.  Navy then plays host to Army West Point (13-9 / 11-4) in the annual Star Match, part of the Star Series presented by USAA, Saturday at 8 p.m.
•    Links for live ESPN+ video and live statistics from each match can be found at NavySports.com.
•    Navy will recognize its Class of 2024 prior to the start of Thursday's match against Lehigh.

Accessing the USNA
•    Vehicle access to the USNA is limited to those with an approved ID card.  All others must park outside of the USNA.
•    On Thursday, fans can park ($10 / vehicle) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (550 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, MD, 21401) and ride the free shuttle bus.  
•    On Saturday, the free shuttle bus will depart from and return to the Navy Health Clinic (695 Kinkaid Rd., Annapolis, MD, 21402) due to the Navy football game taking place at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
•    The shuttle bus service begins one hour prior to the start of the match and ends four hours after the match begins.
•    Fans also can park downtown and walk through the gate one visitors center (52 King George St., Annapolis, MD, 21402) on either day.
•    Regardless of how one accesses the USNA, those ages 18 and over must have a government issued photo identification card, such as a driver's license, and visitors ages 17 and under who do not have a valid photo ID must be accompanied by an adult.

Playoffs Notes
•    Navy's playoff spot has been decided.  The Mids will be the No. 5 seed in the tournament no matter the results of any match this week.  Navy will play a road quarterfinal round match at the No. 4 seed on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
•    Lehigh is currently in a tie with Lafayette and Loyola for the sixth and final playoff berth.
•    The Mountain Hawks will claim the No. 6 seed with a win over Navy.  Lehigh also would advance with a loss to the Mids AND a Lafayette loss to Colgate AND a Loyola loss to Holy Cross.
•    Army can finish as the No. 1, 2 or 3 seed for the tournament.
•    Also, Colgate can be the No. 1 or 2, Bucknell can be the No. 2, 3 or 4 and American can be the No. 3 or 4.

Last Week
•    Navy split a pair of home matches, losing in five sets to Colgate and winning a three-set match against Holy Cross.

Colgate 3, Navy 2 (16-25, 9-25, 25-18, 25-22, 15-5)
•     Colgate changed its lineup after set two, swapping three starters from set two and four from the first set to start set three.  The fresh legs made the difference.
•    Navy was hitting .392 (25 kills, 5 attack errors) and had totaled seven aces and five blocks through the second set.  Conversely, Colgate was hitting .038 (13 kills, 11 attack errors) and had posted two aces and one block after the second set.
•    Colgate amassed a .347 hitting percentage (42 kills, 9 errors), three aces and nine blocks in the last three sets.  Meanwhile, Navy totaled a .131 hitting effort (28 kills, 14 errors), one ace and one block in the same span.
•    Jordan Llewellyn posted 21 kills and a .309 hitting percentage.  Hannah Hoover had five aces and 16 digs.

Navy 3, Holy Cross 0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-13)
•     Navy hit .355 and limited Holy Cross to a .025 effort.
•    Four Mids had at least seven kills, with Jordan Llewellyn's nine leading the team.
•    Maggie Bodman had five blocks.

Lehigh Preview
•    Lehigh recently posted three-set wins over Loyola and Lafayette before falling in four sets at Bucknell on Sunday.
•    The Mountain Hawks have posted a 5-3 record in league home matches and a 0-7 record in league road matches.

Series History
•    Navy leads the all-time series with Lehigh, 39-30.  The Mids have a 21-11 advantage in matches played in Annapolis.
•    Navy also has a 31-24 edge in Patriot League regular season matches.  The Mids have posted a 19-9 record against the Mountain Hawks in league matches played at Navy.
•    Each of the last two and three of the last five matches in the series has been extended to five sets.  
•    Including this season when Lehigh won in Bethlehem, 17-25, 25-23, 25-23, 15-25, 15-7, the teams have played one five-set match in six of the last seven seasons in which they have met.  

Army Preview
•    Army has won three of its last four matches.  The Black Knights recorded 3-0 home wins over Colgate and Holy Cross, lost in three sets at Loyola and won a five-set match at American.

Series History
•    Army holds a 53-20 lead in the all-time series with Navy.  The Black Knights have a 20-12 advantage in matches played in Annapolis.
•    Army also leads, 39-15, in Patriot League regular season matches.  The Black Knights enter the match with a 17-10 edge in league matches played in Annapolis.
•    Army has won the last three Star Matches against Navy (2019, 2021, 2022).
•    Army leads, 6-5, in matches with Navy head coach Paco Labrador on the sidelines.  The teams have split the four matches played on The yard during the Labrador era.
•    The teams met three times last season, with Army winning both regular season matches –– 25-19, 28-26, 25-19 at Army; 25-19, 21-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11 at Navy –– before the Mids defeated the Black Knights, 25-15, 24-26, 20-25, 25-17, 18-16, in the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament that was held at Colgate.
•    Four of the last nine (since 2019) and eight of the last 18 matches (since 2015) played between the teams have been extended to five sets.
•    Army defeated Navy, 25-19, 25-19, 19-25, 25-22, Oct. 7 at West Point.

Recent Fifth-Set Scores in Army vs. Navy Matches
2015 - 15-13, Army (at Army)
2016 - 15-10, Army (at Army)
2017 - 15-12, Army (at Army) / 15-12, Navy (at Navy)
2018 – no 5-set matches
2019 - 17-15, Army (at Army) / 15-12, Navy (at Navy)
2020/21 - did not meet
2021 - no 5-set matches
2022 - 15-11, Army (at Navy) / 18-16, Navy (at Colgate)

Five-Set Matches
•    Navy has played six Patriot League matches that have been extended to five sets.
•    Since the Patriot League has played a 16-match schedule (2014-19, 2021-pres.), the most five-set matches the Mids have played in a league regular season is five.

Most 5-Set PL Matches by Navy (16-match schedule)
1.    6    2023
2.    5    2015, 2017, 2022

•    This year's Navy team is tied for third place for the most five-set matches in a season since the league expanded to a 16-match schedule.

Most 5-Set PL Matches (16-match schedule)
1.    9    Lehigh, 2019
2.    7    Army, 2018
3.    6    Loyola, 2018; Bucknell, 2022, Navy, 2023

•    Navy has played the most five-set Patriot League matches of any league team since the start of the 2022 season.

5-Set Patriot League Matches, 2022-23
11    Navy (5 in 2022 / 6 in 2023)
9    Bucknell (6 / 3)
6    Lehigh (3 / 3)
6    American (3 / 3)
5    Colgate (1 / 4)
4    Army (2 / 2)
3    Lafayette (1 / 2)
2    Loyola (1 / 1)
0    Holy Cross

Bodman & Klemeyer Among Hitting Pct. Leaders
•     Maggie Bodman and Anna Klemeyer rank among the Navy career hitting percentage leaders for both all matches and during the rally scoring era.

Career Hitting Pct. -- Overall (1994-pres.)
1.    .346    Katie Schullian, 1991-94
2.    .308    Katie Patrick, 2015-18
3.    .302    Maggie Bodman, 2020/21-pres.
3.    .299    Anna Klemeyer, 2020/21-pres.
4.    .296    Alexa Gibbs, 2005-08

Career Hit. Pct. -- Rally Scoring (2001-pres.)
1.    .308    Katie Patrick, 2015-18
2.    .302    Maggie Bodman, 2020/21-pres.
3.    .299    Anna Klemeyer, 2020/21-pres.
4.    .296    Alexa Gibbs, 2005-08

Bodman & Klemeyer Blocking
•     Maggie Bodman and Anna Klemeyer rank among the Navy career blocking average players.

Career Blocks Per Set -- Overall (1995-pres.)
1.    1.00    Katie Patrick, 2015-18
2.    0.96    Megan Boyd, 2003-06
3.    0.92    Maggie Bodman, 2020/21-pres.
4.    0.90    Kristin Davidson, 2001-02
5.    0.89    Jen Williams, 1996-99
6.    0.87    Anna Klemeyer, 2020/21-pres.

Career Blocks Per Set -- Rally Scoring (2001-pres.)
1.    1.00    Katie Patrick, 2015-18
2.    0.96    Megan Boyd, 2003-06
3.    0.92    Maggie Bodman, 2020/21-pres.
4.    0.90    Kristin Davidson, 2001-02
5.    0.87    Anna Klemeyer, 2020/21-pres.

•     Bodman additionally ranks among the top total blockers in school history.

Career Total Blocks -- All Matches (Since 1995)
1.    392    Katie Patrick, 2015-18
2.    358    Jen Williams, 1996-99
3.    329    Megan O'Connell, 1997-00
4.    284    Maggie Bodman, 2020/21-pres.

Career Total Blocks -- Rally Scoring (2001-pres.)
1.    392    Katie Patrick, 2015-18
2.    284    Maggie Bodman, 2020/21-pres.

Miller Surpasses 2,600 Career Assists
•     A year ago, Averi Miller became the ninth Mid during the rally scoring era and 13th Navy setter since 1994 (when statistics became available) to surpass 1,000 career assists.
•    This season, she became the seventh Mid overall and fourth during the rally scoring era to reach 2,000 career helpers.  Miller became the fifth Mid overall and second in the rally scoring era to hand out 2,500 assists when she surpassed the milestone Oct. 18 vs. Loyola.
•    The current senior was limited to just 69 assists as a freshman when Navy played only five matches during the 2020/21 spring COVID season.

Career Assists -- Overall (1994-pres.)
1.    3,849    Patricia Mattingly, 2015-18
2.    3,391    Jessica Van Norman, 1999-02
3.    2,928    Nikki St. Clair, 1993-96
4.    2,642    Averi Miller, 2020/21-pres.

Career Assists -- Rally Scoring (2001-pres.)
1.    3,849    Patricia Mattingly, 2015-18
2.    2,642    Averi Miller, 2020/21-pres.

•    She also ranks among the Navy career leaders in assists during league regular season matches.

Assists / Patriot League Matches -- Overall (1995-pres.)
1.    2,365    Patricia Mattingly, 2015-18
2.    1,664    Averi Miller, 2020/21-pres.    

Assists / Patriot League - Rally Scoring (2001-pres.)
1.    2,365    Patricia Mattingly, 2015-18
2.    1,664    Averi Miller, 2020/21-pres.    

Navy Siblings
•     Twin sisters Jamie and Jordan Llewellyn enter the weekend with a combined:

147 career matches played (had 4 in 2020/21)
514 career sets played (had 9 in 2020/21)
1,525 career kills (had 14 in 2020/21)
173 career aces (had 0 in 2020/21)
974 career digs (had 1 in 2020/21)

•     Jordan ranks among the Navy leaders for career kills and aces in Patriot League regular season matches.

Kills / Patriot League Matches -- Overall (1995-pres.)
1.    807    Ashley Van Hartesvelt, 2001-04
2.    633    Maddi Sgattoni, 2017-20/21
3.    606    Erin Fortner, 2010-13
4.    598    Jessie Sims, 2005-08
5.    554    Avery Stowell, 2018-21
6.    549    Rachel Dougherty, 2004-07
7.    505    Maggie Phillios, 2014-17
8.    487    Jordan Llewellyn, 2020/21-pres.

Kills / Patriot League - Rally Scoring (2001-pres.)
1.    807    Ashley Van Hartesvelt, 2001-04
2.    633    Maddi Sgattoni, 2017-20/21
3.    606    Erin Fortner, 2010-13
4.    598    Jessie Sims, 2005-08
5.    554    Avery Stowell, 2018-21
6.    549    Rachel Dougherty, 2004-07
7.    505    Maggie Phillips, 2014-17
8.    487    Jordan Llewellyn, 2020/21-pres.

Aces / Patriot League Matches -- Overall (1995-pres.)
1.    102    Ashley Musser, 2002-05
2.    78    Maddi Sgattoni, 2017-20/21
3.    77    Ashley Van Hartesvelt, 2001-04
4.    65    Darby Minton, 2015-18
    65    Jordan Llewellyn, 2020/21-pres.

Aces / Patriot League - Rally Scoring (2001-pres.)
1.    102    Ashley Musser, 2002-05
2.    78    Maddi Sgattoni, 2017-pres.
3.    77    Ashley Van Hartesvelt, 2001-04
4.    65    Darby Minton, 2015-18
    65    Jordan Llewellyn, 2020/21-pres.

Statistical Notes
•     Senior Maggie Bodman has recorded 620 kills and 284 blocks for her career.
•    Junior Hannah Hoover has now grabbed 729 career digs.  Her 45 career matches with 10 or more digs places her fifth at Navy for the most during the rally scoring era and eighth overall.
•    Senior Anna Klemeyer begins the weekend with 343 kills, a career hitting percentage of .299 and 240 career blocks.
•    Senor Jamie Llewellyn has posted 791 kills, 87 aces and 515 digs in her career.  Her 46 career matches with 10 or more kills places her sixth at Navy for the most during the rally scoring era and eighth overall.
•    Jamie Llewellyn is on the verge of becoming the sixth Mid during the rally scoring era and ninth overall to total at least 800 kills and 500 digs in a career.  She needs nine kills to reach the milestone.
•    Senior Jordan Llewellyn has tallied 734 kills, 86 aces and 459 digs in her career.
•    Senior Averi Miller has totaled 2,642 career assists and 557 career digs.  Her 18 career assist / dig double-doubles places her fourth at Navy for the most during the rally scoring era and sixth for the most in school history.