VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Villanova women's volleyball team welcomes the Georgetown Hoyas this weekend to Jake Nevin Field House for family weekend.

Head coach Josh Steinbach on the Hoyas, "Georgetown is a rapidly improving team and I think it'll be a tough and important match. Coming off a win I think it's important we play well to build some momentum as we get into a tough stretch of league play with three matches next week."

Villanova and Georgetown enter the weekend with a record of 8-5. Georgetown is currently on a four-game winning streak.  Both teams won their BIG EAST opener on Wednesday night with the Wildcats defeating Seton Hall 3-1 and the Hoyas beat St. John's 3-2. The Wildcats have won the previous three meetings in the series.

Earlier this week, the Wildcats defeated Seton Hall 3-1 in their BIG EAST opener. Freshman outside hitter Clare Delaplane recorded her second double-double in a row with 12 digs and a season-high 22 kills. Junior libero Regan Lough had 27 digs, marking her third game in a row with 25 or more digs.

Live stats and live stream will be available for this match against the Hoyas.

Next up for the Wildcats is on Tuesday September 25th at 7:00 p.m. against St. John's in Jake Nevin Field House for Spike it to Cancer night.