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ITHACA, N.Y. – On Saturday evening, the No. 2 seed Ithaca College women's soccer team heads to Geneva to face No. 3 seed RIT in the semifinal round of the Liberty League Championship.
 
After receiving a bye in the first round, the Bombers will take on RIT – at William Smith – for a chance to play in their first-ever Liberty League final on Sunday afternoon since joining the league in 2017.
 
Ithaca locked up the No. 2 spot in the tournament with last Saturday's 3-0 victory over Vassar in which sophomore Alex Epifani netted two goals.
 
The Bombers currently sit at 13-2-2 overall with a 7-2-0 mark in the conference and have won five of their last six games. IC opened up the season with 10-straight games without a loss, which was the best start since 2012 when the team won 12 games in a row.
 
Offensive Leaders
 
Epifani has proved to be an offensive powerhouse for the Bombers during her sophomore campaign, leading both the team and conference in several categories.
 
Her 25 points on nine goals and seven assists are all tops for IC and in the Liberty League. She also ranks among the leaders in shots (52) and game-winning goals (5).
 
Epifani has earned recognition in the Liberty League weekly awards for five of the last six weeks, including two Offensive Performer of the Week nods. She has also earned a spot on the weekly honor roll three times.
 
Junior Gabriella Mihale has been an important scoring option for the Bombers this season, scoring five goals and adding 2 assists for 12 points. Her five goals currently ranks eighth in the Liberty League.
 
Fellow junior Ally Christman has also been productive on the offensive end, scoring two goals and notching five assists, which is second on the team and in the conference behind Epifani.
 
Both senior Sarah Pirnie and first-year Stella Campodonico have also added three goals for the Bombers.
 
Ithaca Against Tournament Field
 
The Bombers only two losses this season have been against Liberty League opponents. IC's first loss of the season was 4-0 decision to William Smith on October 3. Most recently, the Bombers lost to RIT, 2-1, on October 24.
 
Ithaca topped No. 4 seed St. Lawrence, 2-0, on September 29. St. Lawrence will play William Smith in the semifinal round on Saturday at 4:30 pm.
 
Scouting No. 3 RIT
 
The Tigers are coming off a 3-2 overtime victory over Vassar in the first round of the Liberty League Tournament on Tuesday afternoon. After falling behind, 2-0, to the Brewers, RIT went on to score two goal in the final 3:08 to tie things up and force the extra period.
 
Rebecca Hext scored the first goal for RIT with just 3:08 left before Marla Roberts netted the tying goal with just 1:12 left in regulation. The Tigers ultimately won just 1:28 into overtime on an Abbey Saia goal on a pass from Lauren Chester.
 
The Tigers are currently 11-4-2 on the season and finished the regular-season with a 5-2-2 Liberty League record. RIT opened up the conference slate with back-to-back losses to Vassar and William Smith, and have not lost a conference game since.
 
RIT is led by Roberts, who has eight goals and two assists on the season with 18 points. Both Mia White and Maggie Hoey have scored four goals this season while Saia and Danielle Losquadro each have three.
 
In the net, Alyssa Salls has started seven of her 14 games played, including the Tiger's most recent matches. Salls has made 51 saves while allowing just eight goals for a .864 save percentage.
 
Scouting No. 4 St Lawrence
 
The Saints are coming off a 1-0 victory over Skidmore in the first round of the Liberty League Tournament behind a Megan Gannon goal in the 46^th minute.
 
St. Lawrence currently sits at 10-2-4 on the season and finished out the Liberty League slate with a 4-2-3 mark.
 
Julie Mulhern leads the Saints with six goals on the year. Four of those goals have been game-winning, which leads the Liberty League. Kate Clemmer has scored five goals and record one assists while Olivia Goodwide, Isabel Silvia and Gannon have all netted two this year. Five different Saints have also scored one goal on the season.
 
Samanthan Allen has started all 16 games in the net for St. Lawrence, amassing 61 saves while letting up just seven goals for a .920 save percentage.
 
Scouting No. 1 William Smith
 
The Herons, who earned a bye in the first round of the tournament, closed out the regular-season with a 2-0 win over St. Lawrence on October 27.
 
Overall, William Smith has a 12-3-0 record with a mark of 8-1 in the Liberty League. The Herons suffered back-to-back non-conference losses to the University of Rochester and Misericordia in September and most recently fell to Vassar on October 20, 1-0.
 
The Herons have been in the national rankings all season, most recently checking in at No. 10 the October 30 poll.
 
Megan Barwick leads the team with seven goals and five assists for 19 points while Sheila McQuillen and Julia Keogh each have five goals and two assists on the season. Emilie Sauvayre has three goals while Merilyn Hinrichs, Sarah Olick-Sutphen and Sarah Gray have each scored two goals.
 
Veronica Romines has started nine of 10 games played in goal for the Herons, allowing just two goals while making 20 saves. She currently leads the Liberty League in goals-against average (.214) and save percentage (.920).
 
Game Coverage
 
All games this weekend will have live stats and video. William Smith's games will also have radio.