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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Coming off their most successful regular season since 1999, the Lycoming College volleyball team will open its third straight Commonwealth Conference Tournament run on Monday at 7 p.m. when the No. 5-seed Warriors will head fourth-seeded Elizabethtown for a first-round match.
 
The Commonwealth Conference Tournament match will tip off at Thompson Gymnasium with tickets available for $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students. Children under six are free. Long-sleeve championship T-shirts will be available for $15.
 
The Warriors (25-10 overall, 5-4 Commonwealth) will look to advance to the conference semifinals for the second straight year. In 2012, the team knocked off Widener, 3-2, with sophomore Bethany Richardson (York, Pa./West York) posting 12 kills and nine digs and senior Shelby Gear (Rochester, N.Y./Gates-Chili) notching 11 kills and two blocks in the win.
 
Lycoming has rolled through the regular season this year, posting the most wins in a season since the 1999 squad posted a 25-16 record, while posting six win streaks of at least three matches during the season.
 
The team is led by senior setter Katelyn McKillop (Mount Pocono, Pa./Pocono Mountain West), who entered the weekend averaging 9.85 assists and 2.53 digs per set. She is one of two setters in school history with 4,000 career assists and to post three straight 1,000-assist seasons.
 
Richardson is McKillop's favorite target, as the middle hitter averages a team-high 2.85 kills per set and she is hitting at a .279 clip. Gear is close behing, averaging 2.29 kills and 0.53 blocks per set while hitting .263. On the outside, freshman Lauren Fink (York, Pa./West York) has come on strong to average 2.05 kills per set and 2.68 digs.
 
Defensively, junior libero Amber Seibel (McDonald, Pa./South Fayette) is averaging 3.60 digs and 0.35 aces per set. Seibel has posted double-digit digs in her last six matches. Junior defensive specialist Kristin Whitehead (Avon, Ohio/Avon) adds 3.06 digs and a team-leading 0.65 aces per set. Whitehead is second in the league in aces.
 
Elizabethtown (17-15 overall, 6-3 Commonwealth) is led by senior Carolyn Lukiewski, who set the school's career record for digs in the Blue Jays' last match against Cabrini on Saturday, Nov. 2. Lukiewski has 1,899 digs in her career. Juliana Mowen leads the team with 2.91 kills per set and Kelci Scannapieco adds 2.68.
 
In the first meeting between the two squads on Nov. 10, Fink led the Warriors with 12 kills and nine digs, but Elizabethtown was able to come-from-behind for a 3-1 (25-27, 25-22, 25-22, 25-14) win at Lamade Gym. Richardson added 11 kills and two aces and Gear posted 10 kills, two digs and a block.
 
The winner of Monday's match will move on to the Commonwealth Conference semifinals, where they will face top-seeded Stevenson on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m.