SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College women’s volleyball team will play a postseason match on its home court for the first time since 2008 when the fourth-seeded Garnet Chargers host fifth-seeded Rochester Institute of Technology in the first round of the Liberty League Tournament on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Viniar Athletic Center.
POSTSEASON HISTORY: Union is making its sixth appearance in the Liberty League Tournament since the postseason switched to its current qualification format in 2011. Union is 3-5 in those five appearances (2013-16, 2022) and 2-0 as the higher seed, earning victories as the second seed in 2013 and 2015. The team is 31-40 all-time in Liberty League Tournament play, including back-to-back Liberty League titles in 2007 and 2008 that saw Union go 4-0 each season.
PLAYOFF POSITIONING: Union (19-10, 4-4 Liberty League) finished the regular season in a three-way tie for fourth place in the conference standings with RIT (18-13, 4-4 Liberty League) and Skidmore College, but the Garnet Chargers beat both teams during the regular season to earn the tiebreaker. The team’s fourth-place finish is the program’s highest seed since placing third in the seven-team Liberty League in 2016.
UNION VS. RIT: Union and RIT have met 25 times on the court, with the Tigers holding a 15-10 edge in the all-time series. Curiously, only three of the 25 meetings have come in Schenectady, while eight have been played in Rochester and 14 have been contested at neutral sites. The teams have met twice in postseason play, with the Tigers getting the best of Union in the NYSWCAA State Tournament way back in 1991 and 2002.
LAST MEETING: The Garnet Chargers snapped a six-match losing streak to RIT with a hard-fought 3-1 win earlier this season in Rochester. The Tigers (.255) hit better than Union (.177) on the day, but the visitors got 10 kills from junior Shannon McGrath, a…
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