CASTINE, ME.- The Northern Vermont University-Johnson women's volleyball team earned their first playoff berth in program history and traveled to Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday afternoon to face the No.2 seed SUNY Canton in the NAC semi-final. 

Canton got out to an early lead in the first set, and held biggest differential at 16-10. NVU-Johnson fought back and brought the score to within one at 18-17. The Roos then scored five points in a row on their way to a 25-21 victory. The second set saw the score tied nine times as the #2 Roos and #3 Badgers battled on the court. The lead changed several times before Canton pulled away from a 16-17 deficit with eight straight points and the eventual 25-18 win and 2-0 lead.

NVU-Johnson took an early lead in the third set that saw the two teams tied seven times before the Badgers pulled away for a 25-19 win to bring the match score to 2-1. Canton remained in control in the fourth and final set and captured the win advancing to the North Atlantic Conference Championship.

Second Team All-Conference player Lauren Havill (Gainsville, Va.) led the Badgers with a match-high 16 kills, and also tallied 5 digs and a service ace. First Team All-Conference selection Nikola Knapova (Presov, Slovakia) had nine kills, ten digs, two assists, one ace, and three block assists. NAC Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-Conference member Porsche Johnson (Dallas, Texas) contributed six kills, one ace, one dig, and two block assists. Mason Lores (Englewood, Colo.) had a match-high 32 assists, as well as 12 digs, and two kills.

The Badgers conclude the season with an overall record of 13-12.