HAMILTON – The Colgate women's volleyball team continued its impressive play on the second day of the Colgate Classic with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-15) win over St. John's and got a big match from Diane Seely.

Colgate (2-0) saw Seely register a match-high 14 kills and she also added five blocks in the win. She hit over 61 percent, while the Raiders had another great hitting performance at 36.9 percent. The mainstays Caitlin Cremin and Kaylee Fifer had their typical match on the court as Cremin had 15 digs and three aces and Fifer added 33 assists.

"This is a big win for our program," head coach Ryan Baker said. "Anytime you face a physical Big East opponent like St. Johns, it means a lot. Our effort was tremendous. Diane had a big match for us. She has really made some tremendous strides this summer and her hard work is paying off."

St. John's (2-1) leave the tournament after wins over Central Connecticut and Binghamton.  The Red Storm struggled hitting the ball and getting around the blocks by Colgate. They hit just over six percent with 31 kills and 24 attack errors. Karin Palgutova led the way with 11 kills and Deniz Mutlugil had 24 assists.

The Raiders came out ready play and built up a 10-7 lead early in the match with Lindsay Young leading the way with three kills. The advantage ballooned up to 19-12 with Colgate going on a 9-5 run, highlighted by a pair of kills from Katie Reilly. Seely helped the Raiders close out the set with three of the final six points on kills, while Kenzie Hume put it away with a strike to win at 25-14.

The second set was back-and-forth early on with neither team earning more than a three-point lead. St. John's had the largest advantage at 10-7. Colgate climbed back into the set to take a 12-11 lead on a kill from Seely. The Raiders didn't give up that lead the rest of the way as they earned their largest lead at 19-13. The Red Storm never challenged after that and Kathleen Harris gave Colgate the 2-0 lead with a kill to end the set at 25-20.

Seely and Reilly helped the Raiders jump out of the chute for the third set with two strikes apiece and Colgate had an early 9-5 advantage. St. John's got to within one at 11-10, but that was as close as the Red Storm got. The Raiders opened up a 20-12 lead with a 9-2 run, highlighted by two kills from Young and Harris, along with back-to-back aces from Cremin. At the end of the set, Colgate was aided by a few Red Storm errors and earned the sweep with a 25-15 win in the final set.

"This was a great team win and it goes to show the type of depth we have," Baker added.

The Raiders are back in action at 5 p.m. against Binghamton in the final match of the Colgate Classic.