Skidmore College Athletics

CANTON, N.Y. – The Skidmore College volleyball team hit .410 as a unit while sticking St. Lawrence at 17 in all three sets in a sweep on the road over the Saints on Friday evening.

• Skidmore, now at 9-8 overall, improves to 2-2 in the Liberty League at the halfway point of its conference schedule.
• St. Lawrence is 10-7 and 1-3.
• First-year Chloe Heitman powered the Thoroughbreds. She finished with 12 kills on 23 swings (.391 percentage) with three aces, two blocks (one solo), and six digs.
• Maya Stolarz and Natalie Pedersen both had nine kills. Pedersen added a solo block, while Stolarz had three digs, a block, and an assist.
• Catriona Hoelperl finished with an even 30 assists with five kills and four digs.
• Marlowe McIntyre tallied a team-high seven digs with four aces and four assists.
• Araiza Acum-Santos led the Saints with eight kills and eight digs.
• St. Lawrence jumped out to the early lead before Skidmore scored 7-of-8 to go up by two. Later, three-straight Heitman kills led the Thoroughbreds to the 20-point plateau before Skidmore closed on a 5-1 run with two Jazlin Chen kills and one each by Hoelperl and Pedersen.
• In the second, the Thoroughbreds galloped away by tallying the final five points of the frame and seven out of the last eight. Skidmore's lead was two, 18-16, before the decisive run.
• The teams traded runs in the third with Skidmore holding a tight lead until it rattled off 5-of-6 to take a 21-15 lead. Consecutive kills from Heitman, Hoelperl, and Chen clinched the sweep.
• Skidmore had now defeated St. Lawrence in four consecutive seasons.

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Skidmore will travel to (RV) William Smith next Saturday, Oct. 18.