CLARKSON SEMIFINAL | CLARKSON FINAL | CUMULATIVE STATS
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. -- Sophomore setter Kate Zwickl (Warwick HS/Chester, NY) was named the Most Valuable Player and senior Elizabeth Tregan was named to the all-tournament Saturday as Nazareth defeated Clarkson in two separate women's volleyball matches to win the championship of the Ground Round-Best Western Cardinal Classic hosted by SUNY Plattsburgh.

The Golden Flyers also won twice Friday and improved to 19-4 overall. They will shoot for their 20th win Tuesday in a non-conference match at Keuka at 7 p.m.

In the first Clarkson match, Nazareth won in four games by scores of 30-22, 30-21, 7-30, 30-27. The teams met later in the day for the championship and Nazareth won again in three games, 30-19, 30-23, 30-23.

Zwickl delivered 23 assists in the first match, the piled up 38 more in the championship match to go with eight service aces and six digs. Junior Laura Persico (Ravena, NY) added 10 kills and 15 digs and sophomore libero Natasha Villane (Canandaigua Academy/Canandaigua, NY) had 16 digs.

Tregan had nine kills in the first match and Villane had 15 digs.