Volleyball Announces 2025 Schedule

8/4/2025 12:00:00 AM

(2025 schedule)

A massive step forward was taken last season by Goldey-Beacom's Volleyball team in a memorable campaign and even more success is anticipated with the unveiling of the 2025 schedule.

The campaign opens September 5 with matches against Clarion and Roberts Wesleyan in Clarion, PA. It continues the next day vs. Seton Hill and Shippensburg.

After visiting Millersville on the 10th, GBC hosts a tri-match on the 13th vs. West Chester and Saint Thomas Aquinas. The squad on September 17 plays its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference opener at Holy Family.

GBC on October 1 visits Georgian Court, the reigning CACC champion which won in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The rematch in Pike Creek is on November 6.

Goldey-Beacom on October 4 entertains Post as part of Homecoming & Lightning Family Weekend. The weekend's events include opportunities for alums to come back on campus to reunite with many friends and also see the many changes that many who continue to be part of the family help ignite. It also will give an opportunity for parents to come on campus and spend time with their kids as part of an atmosphere filled with festivities and fun.

GBC ends the season playing three of its last four matches at home, beginning with the aforementioned Georgian Court contest. The squad on November 8 hosts Caldwell, visits Chestnut Hill on the 12th and hosts Wilmington on the 15th.

After the top four teams in each of the two divisions (North and South) make the conference tournament, Championship Weekend will take on a whole new meaning with Goldey-Beacom serving as host. The semifinals are November 22 and the final is the 23rd.

A key addition to last year's squad was Gaby Fernandez (Arecibo, PR), a dynamic libero who was picked second team All-CACC and electrified with many incredible digs and exciting play. Competing in all 30 matches during her freshman campaign, she closed 23rd in the nation and second in the CACC with 583 digs for the second-best single-season total in school history.

Junior Giuliana Jaku (Frontin, Italy) last season joined the squad at outside hitter and gave the Lightning a massive lift in recording nine double-doubles. With Goldey-Beacom's season on the line in the finale at Wilmington, Jaku came up huge with 26 kills in helping the squad clinch a berth in the CACC Tournament.

Sophomore setter Ada Koksal (Istanbul, Turkiye) played great in helping the Lightning achieve their historic campaign. Three times picked CACC Rookie of the Week, Koksal ended 56th in the country and second in the CACC with 1,011 assists for the second-best single-season total in school history.

Goldey-Beacom also is ecstatic to welcome 10 newcomers, including five freshmen, eager to work their way into the lineup.

The Lightning a year ago produced a beyond-remarkable season in which the expectations were darn-near zero, but the results were monumental and memorable. Thanks to a complete change of everything under first-year coach Alexa Poss, Goldey-Beacom (15-15, 8-8 CACC) made the 2024 campaign a stunning one after the team only won two matches in 2022 and just five sets in 2023.

Closing as the fourth seed from the South Division, the Lightning made just their second CACC Tournament appearance since 2006 and first since 2017.

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