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Leila Chipepo
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Winner Ithaca ITH 21-4,7-0 Liberty League
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St. Lawrence SLU 7-18,1-6 Liberty League
Winner
Ithaca ITH
21-4,7-0 Liberty League
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Final
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St. Lawrence SLU
7-18,1-6 Liberty League
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Ithaca ITH 25 25 25 (3)
St. Lawrence SLU 17 16 8 (0)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Arla Davis '23, Athletics Communications Student Assistant

Volleyball Continues Hot Run; Top St. Lawrence in Three Sets

CANTON, N.Y. - With Friday night's three-set win over St. Lawrence, the Ithaca College volleyball team setup a winner takes all on Saturday against Clarkson for hosting rights for the Liberty League Semifinal matchups and the Championship, which will take place November 4-5. The Bombers are 21-4 and 7-0 in the Liberty League while Clarkson is 15-9 and are also 7-0 within conference play with tomorrow's match being played in Potsdam.

VS. ST. LAWRENCE (25-17, 25-16, 25-8)
  • Leila Chipepo led the Bombers on offense with an impressive 18 kills, while Peyton Miller added an equally impressive 37 assists, Ellie Gaskill had 4 aces, and Grace Isaksen tallied 9 digs.
  • With the 9-6 lead, Ithaca established momentum in the first set with a six-point run that helped them to a 15-6 advantage. The scoring run started with a Leila Chipepo kill that was capped off with back-to-back Eli Gaskill service aces. The Saints pushed IC to make it 23-16, but the Bombers closed it out with a Chipepo kill.
  • Both teams went head-to-head again at the start of the second set, tying things up at 4-4 before Ithaca took the lead yet again. However, the Saints made another comeback and tied the set back up at 12-12 when the Bombers took their first timeout of the match. After returning to the court, Ithaca put five straight points on the scoreboard and led 17-12 before St. Lawrence called another timeout. Unfortunately, the break wasn't enough for the Saints to close the gap for a third time and Ithaca won the second set 25-16 and led overall 2-0.
  • The Bombers continued to take care of business by pressing their will in what turned out to be the decisive third set. Ithaca opened on a 6-1 run that was capped off with a Leila Chipepo kill. That lead quickly turned into a 17-4 advantage with an uninterrupted 5-0 run that was finished off with an ace by Peyton Miller, kill by Chipepo that was followed by another from Alexandra Montgomery. The match-point was delivered by Leila Chipepo who with her successful swing finished Friday's match with a season-high 18 kills. She swung an impressive .696 as Peyton Miller helped churn out the offense with 37 assists.
 
REACTION FROM HEAD COACH JOHAN DULFER
"St Lawrence made us earn a lot of our points and we are grateful for that. I thought we executed at a high-level tonight and got better as the evening wore on. We bring a lot of pressure and that's not easy to respond to. I thought tonight you could see glimpses of how St. Lawrence will grow the next few years - they are young. As far as our side is concerned, I'm really proud of this special group. They remain undeterred."
 


Next up, Ithaca takes on Clarkson University who won their Friday night match over SUNY Geneseo, also in three sets as this matchup will take place in Alumni Gymnasium at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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