The St. Lawrence University Volleyball team dropped a pair of matches Saturday at the MIT Invitational losing a 3-0 match to SUNY New Paltz and dropping a 3-1 decision to Western New England University in Cambridge, MA.

The Saints (13-14) lost to New Paltz by set scores of 25-23, 25-13 and 25-17 in the morning session and dropped the 3-1 decision to Western New England in the afternoon by set scores of 29-27, 25-18, 19-25 and 25-19).

Against New Paltz, Masha Kolesnikova and Grace Kelly each had seven kills and Cristina Deschaine added six kills while Katie Kull handed out 20 assists to lead the offense. Mariah Dignan who was named to the All-Tournament team for the Saints led the defense with 16 digs. Kolesnikova added 11 digs as Deschaine recorded three blocks and Lexi Brown added two blocks for the Saints.

In the Western New England match, Deschaine led the way with 10 kills while Brown and Maddy Ruehl each had eight kills. Kolesnikova served eight aces as well as three aces each for Kull and Dignan. Kull led the Saints with 26 assists and Dignan had a team-leading 13 digs.

"We face two very good opponents today," said Head Coach Shelly Roiger. "The whole point of this tournament was to prepare us for Liberty League play next weekend and we are certainly able to identify the weaknesses that we need to get better in. All of the things that are at the top of our 'to-do' list are controllables for us. I'm looking forward to seeing us improve through a great week of practice and then climbing the ladder to the playoff picture as we welcome the Liberty League to Burkman Gymnasium Friday."

The Saints return to action Friday with the final round of Liberty League play hosting Clarkson and RIT before traveling to Clarkson Saturday to face Skidmore and Union. The Saints need just one victory over the weekend or a Skidmore loss to clinch a spot in the Liberty League Tournament but will look to improve their seeding with the four matches this weekend.