SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Skidmore College volleyball team will play a playoff game at home for the first time since 2012 after it clinched the four seed with a four-set victory (25-17, 25-17, 12-25, 25-14) over Clarkson on Saturday. Completing the tri-match, the Thoroughbreds also beat Oswego 3-1 (25-21, 20-25, 25-17, 25-14) to wrap up Senior Day.

• Skidmore finished fourth in the Liberty League and will host fifth-seeded Vassar on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
• It will mark Skidmore's first home postseason match since it hosted the league's final four as the top seed in 2012.
• The Thoroughbreds improve to 14-9 and wrapped league play with a 5-3 mark.
• Before the match against Oswego, Skidmore honored its four seniors in a special ceremony: Jazlin Chen, Angie Mozrall, Rudi Reyes, Maya Stolarz.

 
Match 1 - Skidmore 3, Clarkson 1

• The Thoroughbreds raced out to a 2-0 lead with a pair of 25-17 wins before a dominant Clarkson (12-13, 3-5 Liberty League) third extended the match to the fourth, where Skidmore closed the door in the tight game with a strong finish to clinch the four-set win.
• It is the second year in a row that Skidmore has defeated Clarkson after not having done so in a dozen years prior.
• Stolarz led with 12 kills, two blocks, and three kills.
• Chloe Heitman and Chen had nine kills apiece. Heitman added nine digs and two block assists, while Chen finished with four blocks (one solo).
• Catriona Hoelperl dished out 43 assists with eight digs.
• Marlowe McIntyre racked up 16 digs and three aces.
• Conley Burns led two Golden Knights in double figures with 16 kills and 13 digs. Jordyn Leader put down a dozen kills for the visitors.
• Three Thoroughbreds (Heitman, Stolarz, Chen) led the Thoroughbreds in set one with four kills apiece as Skidmore hit .375 to take the opener.
• Skidmore rattled off the first eight points of set two and never looked back to take the commanding 2-0 lead.
• In the third, Clarkson flipped the script, scoring 12 out of the game's first 15 points.
• Clarkson worked its way back to tie set four at 21 before a service error stopped the rally giving way to a Stolarz kill and Hoelperl ace for set point. Stolarz put it away two points later.

 
Match 2 - Skidmore 3, Oswego 1

• Skidmore used 19 aces, including seven from Hoelperl, to keep the Lakers off balance, along with three players who finished with 10 or more kills.
• Stolarz had 12 for the second time, while Natalie Pedersen had 11 and Madison Manning 10. Manning also had 14 digs for the double-double.
• Athena Braverman tallied four aces and eight digs, while McIntyre added 17 more digs with four assists and two aces. Isobel Streeper had nine digs and two aces.
• Hoelperl also finished with 34 assists and six digs to complement her dynamite serving night.
• Priscilla McReynolds had 10 kills and seven digs to lead the way for Oswego (19-7).
• Skidmore bounced back from a four-point deficit in the first set with five unanswered to take the lead. Skidmore later closed it by scoring the final three points.
• The visitors had runs of 5-0 and 5-1 in set two to lead by as many as seven.
• Skidmore got back in gear in the fourth fueled by an 8-1 opening run.
• The Thoroughbreds were also in command from start-to-finish in the fourth after starting 9-2.    

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Skidmore will finish the regular season on Friday on the road at Plattsburgh.