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ALFRED, NY -- The Alfred University women's volleyball team, behind a tough non-conference schedule, went .500 in Empire 8 Conference play in order to claim the No. 4 spot in the playoffs at Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday, November 4.

As the Saxons (9-20, 4-4 Empire 8) look to prepare this week for the trek to face No. 1 Stevens (24-7, 8-0 Empire 8), let's take a look at how the field compares:
 

2017 Empire 8 Women's Volleyball Playoff Field
	Stevens Ducks	Nazareth Golden Flyers	St. John Fisher Cardinals	Alfred University Saxons
Seed Number	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4
Record (Overall)	24-7	20-12	22-8	9-20
Record (E8)	8-0	7-1	6-2	4-4
Attack
Kills	1,344	1,471	1,212	1,050
Errors	503	551	520	622
Attempts	3,655	4,153	3,470	3,495
Percentage	.230	.222	.199	.122
Kills Per Set	12.6	12.1	11.7	9.9
Set
Assists	1,264	1,357	1,081	1,009
Assists Per Set	11.8	11.1	10.4	9.5
Ball Handling Errors	79	60	46	57
Serve
Aces	234	284	305	185
Errors	212	320	378	234
Aces Per Set	2.2	2.3	2.9	1.7
Receptions
Errors	162	201	137	232
Errors Per Set	1.5	1.6	1.3	2.2
Defense
Digs	1,678	1,822	1,589	1,549
Digs Per Set	15.7	14.9	15.3	14.6
Blocking
Solo	31	66	31	41
Assists	348	201	190	91
Errors	29	32	35	74
Blocks	205.0	166.5	126.0	86.5
Blocks Per Set	1.9	1.4	1.2	0.8
Opponents Record	510-366	442-428	349-493	428-360
Shared Opponent Records
Combination		Record	Shared Opponents
Stevens-Nazareth		65-55	Rowan, NYU, Vassar and Stockton
Stevens-Fisher		N/A	No Shared Opponents Shared Exclusively
Stevens-Alfred		45-11	Hunter and Ithaca
Nazareth-Fisher		33-54	D'Youville, Buffalo State and RIT
Nazareth-Alfred		66-59	Oneonta, Lebanon Valley, Lycoming and Geneseo
Fisher-Alfred		97-103	Poly, Penn State-Behrend, Wooster, Theil, Bethany, Oswego and Cortland
Stevens-Nazareth-Fisher		9-20	Alfred University
Stevens-Nazareth-Alfred		62-29	Brockport, Coast Guard and Fisher
Stevens-Fisher-Alfred		20-12	Nazareth
Nazareth-Fisher-Alfred		52-37	Stevens, Keuka and Fredonia
Stevens-Nazareth-Fisher-Alfred		60-95	Elmira, Houghton, Utica, Sage and Hartwick
Individual Leaders
	Stevens	Nazareth	Fisher	Alfred
Kills	Casey King - 345	Kelsey Milligan - 297	Anna Marcy - 374	Amber Smith - 354
Assists	Julie Greco - 859	Jessica Barry - 1,038	Rebecca Hay - 518	Aubrey Totsline - 908
Aces	Casey King - 55	Savannah Bothner - 54	Anna Marcy - 55	Aubrey Totsline - 36 Jacquelynn Hicks - 36 Heather D'Andrea - 36
Digs	Sydni Horner - 526	Savannah Bothner - 563	Elise Kreuz - 419	Amber Smith - 340
Blocks	Shelby Stewart - 116.0	Kelsey Milligan - 88.0	Anna Marcy - 51.0	Jacquelynn Hicks - 44.0