The St. Lawrence University volleyball team is gearing up to face top-seeded Clarkson in the Liberty League semifinals tomorrow evening at 5 p.m. in Potsdam, New York. The Saints will be making their first postseason appearance since 2015, and enter the tournament as the fourth seed after holding the head-to-head win against Vassar over Skidmore.
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The Saints finished the regular season 22-9 and 4-3 in Liberty League play, posting 19 wins in their first 22 matches of the season.
Sophomore Natalie Piper leads the Saints with 3.73 kills per set for 414 kills on the season. Piper also posts 3.20 digs and 0.45 blocks per set. Annika Kreppein adds in 1.82 kills per set, Julia Wagner averages 1.81 kills per set while Amanda Teppo produces a little over 1.50 kills as well as team-best 1.07 blocks per set. Vivian Susko has posted 3.74 digs per set, while Jenna Britton runs the offense with 8.11 assists per set to go along with a team-best 40 aces.
Clarkson wrapped up the regular season 23-5 overall and 6-1 in conference play. Rachel Reusch leads the Golden Knights offense with 3.52 kills per game, while Isabelle Crow assists on 9.47 plays per game and Kate Isaksen posts a team-high 6.03 digs per game. Reusch also leads Clarkson with 0.62 blocks per game.
During the regular season, the Golden Knights topped the Saints 3-0, by scores of 25-14, 25-11 and 25-14.
No. 3 RIT will face No. 2 Ithaca in the second semifinal match at 7:30 p.m. and the two winners will advance to the championship match on Saturday, November 9.