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CACC Semi Finals Friday, Nov. 14 – 1 p.m. Post @ Georgian Court University Lakewood, N.J.

 
LAKEWOOD, N.J. – The Post University women's volleyball team will travel to Lakewood, N.J. in its quest for a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) championship after defeating Philadelphia University 3-0 in the Quarterfinal round. The Eagles will face the reigning CACC champion Lions of Georgian Court University on Friday, Nov. 14. First serve is set for 1 p.m.
 
Scouting the Opposition
Georgian Court entered the tournament as the top-seed in the South Division of the CACC. The Lions stand at 20-13 overall on the season, having recently defeated fourth-seeded Bloomfield College 3-2 in the Quarterfinal stage. The Lions will look to target senior Tatiana Rodriguez for production offensively. Rodriguez has recorded 428 kills on the season, averaging 3.29 per set. Georgian Court will count on sophomore Kelsie Blue to make a stand defensively as she ranks third in the CACC in blocks per set averaging 0.91. Sophomore Kelsey Oliver will be another impact player for the Lions. She ranks second in the CACC, behind Julia Slyaktina, in assists per set averaging 9.83.
 
All-Time Series vs. Georgian Court
The Eagles are 8-11 all-time against the Lions, but defeated Georgian Court in the one and only meeting of the season in a grueling five sets at home. In the series history, Post has fared better against the Lions in Lakewood, N.J. rather than at the Drubner Center having played to a 3-4 record on the road. The Eagles are riding a six game winning streak. The magic number is eight, and the first test will be against Georgian Court on their home court on Friday afternoon, Nov. 14.
Results
10/4/14…………...H....….…..W, 3-2
10/5/13...................A ...............L, 3-2
10/20/12 ................H................L, 3-1
10/8/11...................A ...............L, 3-0
10/9/10...................H................L, 3-1
 
Playoff Picture
Should the Eagles defeat Georgian Court in the Semi Final round, they will advance to the Championship match and face the winner of Wilmington vs. Caldwell on Saturday, Nov. 15 in Lakewood, N.J.
 
CACC Accolades
Sophomore Skylar German (Kansas City, Mo.) was named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Player of the Year on Monday. She is the first Eagle ever to receive the honor. German led the conference with a .376 hitting percentage and 1.00 blocks per set. In five games this year she recorded over 10 kills and hit above .600. She led the Eagles with 384 kills and a single-season school record of 104 total blocks. Joining German on the first team was senior Julia Slyaktina (Moscow, Russia). Slyaktina has put up 1,078 assists this year to lead the conference. She also leads Division II with 63 service aces. This year she jumped to third all-time with 2,696 career assists. Head coach Michael Brienza was also named Coach of the Year after leading the Eagles to their best season since 2004.