The St. Lawrence University football team will travel to Ohio to play No. 2 Mount Union in a first round game of the NCAA Division III playoffs Saturday at a time to be announced later.

It will be a tough task for the Saints (5-5), who won their first Liberty League title this season and are appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1982.

Mount Union has won 10 national titles and has a 299-22-3 record the past 25 seasons. The Purple Raiders most recent national title came in 2008.

Here's SLU coach Mark Raymond's reaction:

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