Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – The Vassar College Women's Basketball team, the No. 5 seed, opens the 2026 Liberty League Championship Tuesday evening with a visit to fourth-seeded St. Lawrence. Tip-off in the North Country is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. with Live Stats and Video available for those unable to attend.
Quick Hitters
- Vassar enters the Liberty League Championship at 12-13 overall and earned the fifth seed after posting an 11-7 record in Liberty League play.
- The Brewers will make their eighth straight appearance in the Liberty League Championship and have won the last two league titles.
- Vassar features two players who are scoring in double-figures, led by 12.5 points from senior Sierra McDermed (San Antonio, TX).
- First Year Lindsey Shoulders (Glen Allen, VA) is good for 11.3 points per game and is leading the team with just under seven rebounds per game.
- McDermed has handed out a team-high 55 assists to date and is second on the team with 44 steals.
- Shoulders has been named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week on seven occasions.
- Junior Maureen Regan (Oak Lawn, IL) has knocked down a team-high 24 three-point field goals is third on the team in scoring with just under 10 points per outing.
- Regan also paces the Brewers with 59 steals and is second on the team with 49 assists.
- Vassar is shooting 37.6-percent as a team and is scoring 55.6 points per game, ranking seventh and eighth in the conference respectively.
- The Brewers surrender 56.4 points per game and rank fourth in the Liberty League in scoring defense.
Scouting The Saints
- St. Lawrence enters Tuesday's First Round matchup with a 16-9 overall record and claimed the fourth seed in the championship bracket, by tiebreaker, with an 11-7 record against league rivals.
- Jackie Malley leads a trio of Saints scoring in double-figures with 13.9 points per night and is tops on the team with 74 three-pointers made and a 40.4-percent conversion rate from long distance.
- Elizabeth Flynn checks in with 11.5 points and Annie Perry is good for just shy of 11 points per night.
- Flynn leads St. Lawrence on the glass and is hauling in 9.5 rebounds per contest.
- St. Lawrence is scoring just over 63 points per game as a team, ranking second in the conference in scoring.
- The Saints defense gives up 60 points per game, sitting sixth in the league in defense.
- The Saints have knocked down 184 three-pointers to date, 30 more triples than the second highest total in the Liberty League.
Regular Season Series
- Both teams won on their home floor with Vassar scoring a 70-58 victory on January 10 before the Saints earned a 68-59 victory in Canton on January 30.
- Vassar shot 47.3-percent from the field in its win and connected on six three-pointers, shooting better than 42.-percent from bonus distance.
- Shoulders led four players in double-figures with 15 points and closed a double-double with 10 rebounds.
- St. Lawrence shot 46.9-percent overall in its victory and went 4-for-7 from three-point range.
- Vassar was held to a 1-for-8 effort from behind the arc, but still shot an even 40-percent for the game.
- Norah Niesz led the way with 17 points for the Saints with Flynn coming off the bench to post 16 points and 11 rebounds.
- Vassar was led by a 23-point, 10-rebound double-double from McDermed.
- Shoulders came off the bench to register 16 points.
Recent History vs. St. Lawrence
- The Saint's victory in the last meeting stopped a seven-game winning streak in the series for Vassar and gave St. Lawrence its first victory over the Brewers since an 80-63 win in the Liberty League Championship Semifinal Round on February 26, 2022.
- Since the start of the 1999-00 season, Vassar is 24-33 against St. Lawrence.
- The Saints won 16 straight contests in the series from January 18, 2002-February 20, 2009.
- Tuesday's matchup will be the first meeting in the conference championship since the 2022 meeting and the fourth since 2018.
Recent Liberty League Championship History
- Tuesday will mark the eighth straight appearance in the Liberty League Championship for the Brewers.
- Vassar has won each of the last two league crowns, topping Skidmore as the top seed in 2024 and upsetting top seed Ithaca on the road in 2025.
- The Brewers have won five Liberty League Championships in program history.
What's At Stake
- Tuesday's winner will advance to the Semifinal Round and travel to top-seed Union on Friday.