Radnor, Pa. – The top two seeds in the 2016 Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) volleyball playoffs will meet on Saturday evening in the championship match.
Top-seeded Cabrini University (17-14) and second-seeded Keystone College (21-9) will meet at 5:00 p.m. in Radnor for the conference title and the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Both teams received first-round byes, with Cabrini defeating Notre Dame of Maryland University 3-0 on Thursday night, while Keystone dispatched Neumann University 3-0 in the other semifinal.
This marks Keystone's first trip into the title match, while Cabrini will be looking to win its fourth straight CSAC title and seventh in the last eight years. The Cavaliers have been in the championship match every year since 2008.
Cabrini, which went undefeated in conference play, defeated Keystone in the team's lone meeting back on October 6, by a 3-0 score. Set scores were 25-20, 25-13 and 25-15. For Cabrini, junior outside hitter Anne-Marie Jones had 12 kills with senior outside hitter Kelly Guarino adding ten.
Keystone was led by senior outside hitter
Hannah Zuchowski (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area) with five kills, with sophomore outside hitter
Taylor Beatty (Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes) adding four.
Cabrini is headlined by Guarino, the 2016 CSAC Player of the Year, Jones and Guarino were first-team selections to the 2016 All-CSAC team. Guarino, a four-time All-CSAC selection, leads the team in kills with 238 and digs with 439. Her career digs (1,712) are sixth best all-time in CSAC history.
Keystone's Zuchowski was a First Team All-CSAC selection who leads the Giants with 376 kills and ranks fifth all-time in CSAC history with 1,522 career kills.
Pamela Heitman (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) and
Malley Bowen (Owego, N.Y./Tioga Central), both Second Team All-CSAC honorees, lead the Giants in digs (437) and assists (613), respectively.
Amanda Hardy (Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunkhannock), and Honorable Mention All-CSAC pick, paces Keystone with 45 blocks on the year while
Victoria Homfeld (Smithtown, N.Y./Hauppauge) leads the conference with 69 service aces this fall.
Live coverage of Saturday's championship contest are available at the links below for fans who are unable to make the trip to Radnor.
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