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Tuesday, Nov. 11 – 7 p.m. Post vs. Philadelphia University Drubner Center- Waterbury, Conn. Coverage: Live Stats

 
WATERBURY, Conn. –The Post University women's volleyball team prepares to host its first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) tournament game since the 2005 season. The Eagles will welcome the Rams of Philadelphia University to the Drubner Center for a Quarterfinal showdown on Tuesday, Nov. 8. First serve is set for 7 p.m.
 
Scouting the Opposition
The Rams finished 15-14 in the regular season and 12-7 in CACC play, securing the third seed in the South Division. Philadelphia is riding a two game winning streak, having recently swept Goldey-Beacom and Bloomfield at home. The Rams will target junior Chelsea Hughes to carry the load offensively. Hughes has recorded 349 kills on the season connecting for a .263 hitting percentage. The Rams also rely heavily on defensive production from their bigs. Three Philadelphia players rank in the top six in the conference in blocks per set. The Rams will also lean on sophomore libero Michele Chai to handle the high-powered Eagle offense. Chai ranks fourth in the CACC in total digs with 549, averaging 4.73 per set. The Rams lost in the CACC Championship match a season ago to Georgian Court.
 
All-Time Series vs. Philadelphia
The Eagles have won just one game in 11 meetings against the Rams, however the lone win came at the Drubner Center. The teams have met just once during the regular season, and Post dropped a heartbreaker in five sets in Philadelphia, Pa. Since joining the conference, Post has never faced Philadelphia in the postseason. The Eagles have won five consecutive and will look to capitalize on their home court advantage to get even with the Rams in the biggest game of the season.
Results
10/18/14…………A………….L, 3-2
10/19/13................H................ L, 3-2
10/27/12................A................ L, 3-1
9/24/11 .................H............... W, 3-2
10/31/10................A................ L, 3-1
 
ECAC Honors
Sophomore Skylar German (Kansas City, Mo.) was named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Week on Wednesday, Oct. 8. It's the first time this season she has achieved the honor. In three matches the week prior, German recorded team highs in kills (43), blocks (11), and hitting percentage (.458). Against Concordia, she had 12 kills on 19 attacks and no errors for an impressive .632 hitting percentage. It marked the fourth time this year she's hit over .600 in a game. In the Eagles' 3-2 loss to Dominican, German had 17 kills, 11 digs, and five blocks.
 
Rewriting The Record Books
Senior Julia Slyaktina (Moscow Russia) tallied 42 assists against Caldwell University on Oct. 22 and passed Desere Obregon for sole possession of third place in all-time assists at Post!
 
Senior Emily Wilman (Perth Amboy, N.J.) landed her 1,000^th career kill against Concordia College on Nov. 4 in the first set of the match. Wilman has joined the elite 1,000-1,000 club (kills-digs) and is just the fifth player in Post history to record 1,000 career kills!
 
CACC Leaders
This season, German leads the CACC and ranks 17^th in Division II with a .376 hitting percentage. German also ranks 14^th in Division II in points per set (4.7). Furthermore, she ranks in the top-five in the conference in kills per set (3.69), blocks per set (1.00), and points (487.5).
 
Slyaktina leads the CACC in assists per set averaging 10.37 and ranks first in Division II in total service aces with 63 on the season.
 
Preseason Prognostications
The Post volleyball team was picked to finish fifth in the CACC North Division in the Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Eagles earned 47 points, just two behind fourth-place Bloomfield. Caldwell and Wilmington were picked atop the North and South Divisions, respectively.
 
Playoff Picture
Should the Eagles defeat Philadelphia in the Quarterfinal match, they will travel to Lakewood, N.J. to continue tournament play and face the winner of Georgian Court and Bloomfield on Friday, Nov. 14.