SKIDMORE WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFF PREVIEW
 
#5 Skidmore College Thoroughbreds (12-13, 4-4 Liberty League) vs. #4 Vassar College Brewers (16-9, 6-2 Liberty League)
Tuesday, Nov. 7; 6 p.m.; Kenyon Hall; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
 
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MATCHUP:

• Vassar won this season's regular season match in straight sets in late September.
• The Brewers have a 27-18 edge in the head-to-head matchup going back to 2001.
• Skidmore is led statistically by Jo Blanco with 1.86 kills per set. Carolyn Scott has 1.69. and Madison Manning has 1.58.
• Jazlin Chen is third in the Liberty League in hitting percentage at .308 and leads with an average of 1.12 blocks per set.
• Ella Harris is second in the league with 83 total blocks.
• Noa Berger paces the team in assists with 274. She also has a team high 30 aces.
• Athena Braverman has 243 digs to lead the squad and ranks fourth in the conference with 3.33 digs per set.
• First-year Madison Manning brings the hot hand for the Thoroughbreds coming off back to back Liberty League Honor Roll nods.
• Skidmore leads the Liberty League with 2.04 blocks per set and has the second-lowest opponent hitting percentage at .147.
• For the Brewers, Holland Kaplan is the lead offensive threat with 281 kills. Maura McAusland is second at 246 on the season. Kaplan ranks third in the conference with 3.23 kills per set.
• On the other side of the net, Julia Hale has a team leading 61 blocks on the season.
• The leading setter for the Brewers is Melia Voss, who has 567 assists.
• Vassar has the fewest attack errors (408) of any team in the league and ranks second with a .207 team hitting percentage. The Brewers have also allowed the fewest opponent blocks at just 1.05 per set.

 
SERIES/POSTSEASON:

• Skidmore is in the postseason for the first time since 2017. The Thoroughbreds won the Liberty League championship in 2011 and finished as the runner up in 2012. Skidmore previously won three consecutive Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA) championships (1998-2000). The Thoroughbreds have made eight NCAA Tournament appearances.
• Vassar is making its second consecutive playoff appearance. The Brewers have won seven UCAA/Liberty League titles, but none since 2006.
• Skidmore and Vassar last played a Liberty League Tournament match against each other in 2010. Vassar won in five sets.

 
NEXT:

• The winner will advance to the Liberty League Semifinal to challenge #1 Ithaca College on Friday.