The William Smith volleyball team will return home for a crucial midweek Liberty League matchup with No. 12 Ithaca on Wednesday, Oct. 14. First serve between the Herons and the Bombers is set for 6:30 p.m. in Bristol Gym.

The Herons are calling for a "Green Out" for the rivalry matchup. William Smith is teaming up with Geneva High School Volleyball and is encouraging fans to wear green to support the Herons.

Fans who can't make it to Bristol Gymnasium can follow all the action with HWS All-Access Video and Live Stats.

ABOUT THE HERONS

• William Smith enters the week with a 12-3 overall record and is 3-0 in conference play. The Herons are receiving votes in this week's AVCA national poll and are No. 21 in the NCAA Power Index which is the formula used to select at-large bids for the NCAA tournament.
• The Herons are coming off a 3-0 non-conference sweep at Hamilton on Saturday.
• First-year Cassidy Breuer leads the Liberty League in kills per set (3.75) and points per set (4.25) and ranks 37th in the nation in kills per set.
• Junior Emily Fulton follows with 2.76 kills per set and 3.55 points per set. She also leads the team with 32 aces on the season, ranking third in the conference in service aces per set (0.63).
• Junior setter Delainy Williams averages a team-leading 7.37 assists per set, ranking seventh in the Liberty League.
• Defensively, William Smith ranks first in the conference in digs per set (16.57). Junior libero Kali Vanderhoof leads the league with 4.88 digs per set, while Fulton ranks eighth (3.10) and Breuer is 11th (2.73).
• Junior Arielle Newsome is third in the conference in blocks per set (0.92) and leads the team with 47 total blocks. Newsome also ranks fifth in the Liberty League in hitting percentage (.314), while senior Maren Hunt is third (.324).

ABOUT THE BOMBERS

• Ithaca enters the week with a 15-3 overall record and is 4-0 in conference play. The Bombers are No. 9 in this week's AVCA national poll and sit at No. 5 in the NPI rankings.
• The Bombers are coming off 3-0 wins over William Paterson and Manhattanville on Saturday.
• Naomi Clauhs leads the team with 3.49 kills per set and 3.80 points per set. Gabriela Gonzalez-Abreu follows with 2.62 kills per set and 2.86 points per set.
• Wesley Slavin averages a team-leading 8.19 assists per set while Amaya Parnell adds 3.69 for the Bombers.
• Defensively, Jamie Low leads Ithaca with 2.86 digs per set, while Gonzalez-Abreu chips in 2.46 digs per set. Addison Leadbetter (1.17) and Elena Chappell (0.95) have combined for 127 blocks this season and rank first and second, respectively in the conference in that category.

SERIES SNAPSHOT

• Wednesday will be the eighth matchup between William Smith and Ithaca. The Bombers have won all seven previous meetings. Four of the seven matches went to five sets.
• Last time they met, Ithaca defeated William Smith 3-2 in the 2025 Liberty League title match in Ben Light Gymnasium.