Isabella Vasquez and Isabelle Aragon-Menzel each posted double-doubles to lead the No. 1-ranked Colorado College volleyball team to a 25-14, 25-19, 25-14 victory at Southwestern University on Saturday afternoon.

Vasquez hammered home a match-high 11 kills and added 13 digs, while Aragon-Menzel finished with 22 assists and 13 digs.

With Aragon-Menzel conducting the attack, the Tigers his .330 as a team and had five players his .340 or higher.

Seniors Allie Freeburg and Emma Hewlin finished with seven kills and no hitting errors. Freeburg hit .500 on 14 swings, while Hewlin hit .467 on 15 attempts.

Sophomore Meaghan Hohman led CC hitting .667 with four kills on six attacks, and junior middle hitter Georgia Mullins finished at .364 with four kills on an error-free 11 tries.

Freeburg also served three of Colorado College's eight aces.

"We wanted to come out early and set the tone and the team did just that," head coach Rick Swan said. "We passed extremely well. Allie had another great hitting game with no errors and seven kills and her serve really have us the opportunity to score some points and pull away. Emma has been working hard and it was nice to see her get in a rhythm and start connecting with the setters. And Meaghan Hohman and Jenny Jenks have come in provided some positive sparks off the bench."

The Tigers picked up where they left off on Friday night, utilizing a 10-3 surge to break open a tight first set.

Southwestern held an 11-10 lead in the second set when a combined block by Vasquez and Hewlin ignited a 10-2 run that put CC in command.

Colorado College jumped out to a 12-4 lead in the third set and never allowed the Pirates to get closer than three points before pulling away to close out the match.

"We wanted to come out early and set the tone and the team did just that," head coach Rick Swan said. "We passed extremely well. Allie had another great hitting game with no errors and seven kills and her serve really have us the opportunity to score some points and pull away. Emma has been working hard and it was nice to see her get in a rhythm and start connecting with the setters. And Meaghan Hohman and Jenny Jenks have come in provided some positive sparks off the bench."


 
Colorado College Standouts
Isabella Lipacis recorded seven kills and nine digs.
Peyton Hummel finished with 10 digs.
 
Southwestern Standouts
Lauren Crabtree produced seven kills, six assists and 11 digs.
Ali Grona led the Pirates with 12 digs.
 
Notes
Colorado College improved 8-0 the SCAC.
Southwestern dropped to 1-3.
 
Next for the Tigers
Colorado College returns home to play host to Texas Lutheran University on Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20, at Reid Arena.