The William Smith volleyball team will close out its regular season home schedule with a Liberty League matchup against Bard Saturday, Oct. 17. First serve between the Herons and the Raptors is set for 2 p.m. in Bristol Gym.

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 12-4 overall record and is 3-1 in conference play. The Herons are receiving votes in this week's AVCA national poll and are No. 27 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 loss to No. 9 Ithaca on Wednesday.
• First-year Cassidy Breuer leads the Liberty League in kills per set (3.70) and points per set (4.21) and ranks 39th in the nation in kills per set.
• Junior Emily Fulton follows with 2.80 kills per set and 3.54 points per set. She also leads the team with 32 aces on the season, ranking fourth in the conference in service aces per set (0.59).
• Junior setter Delainy Williams averages a team-leading 7.54 assists per set, ranking seventh in the Liberty League.
• Defensively, William Smith ranks second in the conference in digs per set (16.37). Junior libero Kali Vanderhoof leads the league with 4.87 digs per set, while Fulton ranks eighth (3.04) and Breuer is 11th (2.74).
• Junior Arielle Newsome is second in the conference in blocks per set (0.93) and leads the team with 50 total blocks. Newsome also ranks fourth in the Liberty League in hitting percentage (.315), while senior Maren Hunt is third (.324).

ABOUT THE RAPTORS

• Bard enters the weekend with a 5-16 overall record and is 0-5 in conference play. The Raptors are coming off a 3-0 loss to Vassar on Wednesday.
• Isis Pribble leads the team with 2.18 kills per set and 2.92 points per set. Xenia Vassou follows with 1.98 kills per set and 2.44 points per set.
• Fernanda Julian averages a team-leading 4.33 assists per set while Paola De La Cruz adds 3.15 assists per set for Bard.
• Defensively, Penelope Joosten Lingo leads the team with 4.29 digs per set while Vassou tallies a team-leading 0.36 blocks per set.

SERIES SNAPSHOT

• Saturday will be the fifth meeting between the Herons and the Raptors. William Smith has won all four previous meetings against Bard.
• Last time they met, the Herons defeated the Raptors 3-0 in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Williams tallied a match-high 33 assists in the win while Vanderhoof added 14 digs and six aces in the win.