Logan Baer sets
1
Russell Sage College RSCWVB 12-10/2-4 E8
3
Winner Houghton HOUGHTON 9-9/6-0 E8
Russell Sage College RSCWVB
12-10/2-4 E8
1
Final
3
Houghton HOUGHTON
9-9/6-0 E8
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Russell Sage College RSCWVB 17 25 21 23 (1)
Houghton HOUGHTON 25 20 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Women's Volleyball Secures Postseason Berth with Win Over Sage

HOUGHTON, NY – The Houghton Highlanders became the first team in the Empire 8 to earn a conference tournament berth, as they defeated the visiting Russell Sage Gators on Friday night, 3-1.
 
After trading the first two sets, the Gators led the crucial third set, 18-16, when the Highlanders got a kill from Morgan Brace.  The point cut the Sage lead to a single point and kick-started a four-point Highlanders' run.
 
Sage would tie the set, 20-20, but Houghton again reeled off three straight and never looked back, taking the set, 25-21.
 
In the fourth set, the two sides traded leads throughout, but the Gators gained the upper hand late, as a kill by Macey Salvione put Sage up, 23-22.  But a service error put the ball back in the Highlanders hands, and back-to-back kills by Ainslie Reimer and Lilly Bentley sealed the win for Houghton.
 
GAME VITALS
Match Score: Houghton – 3 | Sage – 1
Records: Houghton: 9-9 (6-0 Empire 8) | Sage: 12-10 (2-4 Empire 8)
Set Scores: 25-17, 20-25, 25-21, 25-23
Venue: The Nielsen Center, Houghton University | Attendance: 176

NOTABLE STATS
>> Bentley posted her sixth consecutive game with at least 10 kills, racking up 15 on the night.  She has reached double-digit kills 12 times this season, and has tallied 15 in three of the last four matches.
 
>> Reimer and Emma Cole collected 10 kills apiece, while Reimer added 10 digs and Cole four blocks.  Reimer has reached double-digit digs in 16 or the Highlanders 18 matches this season, and has earned a double-double five times.  She passed the 250 digs mark in the final set, and now has 253 on the season.
 
>> Natalie Rivera notched 25 digs, the second-highest total of her career and the most in a four-set match.
 
>> Ella Smith added 16 digs and Logan Baer dished out a season-high 28 assists.  Morgan Brace tacked on 15 assists. 
 
UP NEXT
The Highlanders return to the Nielsen Center tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 p.m. when they will host the Hartwick Hawks.  Hartwick enters tomorrow's matchup with a 14-2 record.  They have beaten the Highlanders each of the past three years.
 
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