(Story taken from the Trinity University website)
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio - The top-ranked
Juniata College Eagles beat the No. 18 Trinity University Tigers
25-16, 27-25, 25-23 Thursday in the NCAA Division III Women's
Volleyball Championship quarterfinals at John Carroll
University.
Trinity, playing in its fifth NCAA quarterfinal match (the last was
in 2006), completed the season with a 30-12 record. But, the
Tigers, competing in their 18th straight NCAA postseason
tournament, had a grand run to the quarterfinals. At last weekend's
South Region Tournament at Georgetown, Texas, the fifth-seeded
Tigers knocked off No. 4 Randolph-Macon, national champion and top
seed Emory, and the hosts, No. 2 Southwestern.
Head coach Julie Jenkins, in her 25th year at the Tigers helm,
recorded her 700th career victory with the win over
Randolph-Macon.
Senior All-America middle blocker Aly Hazelwood hit .360 against
Juniata, with 11 kills, two errors and 25 total attacks. Hazelwood
also had one of Trinity's four blocks in the match. She is ranked
third in single-season Trinity history with 166 blocks. Hazelwood
earlier became the second player in Tiger history to record 500 or
more blocks in a career.
Junior setter Caiti Troyer finished the match with 31 assists.
Troyer completed the campaign with 1,527 assists, the second-most
in Trinity history,
Alexis Edwards, a junior libero, registered 11 digs. Senior outside
hitter Amy Mittelstaedt had seven digs and two aces. Mittelstaedt
had been named the South Region Tournament Most Valuable Player.
Junior defensive specialist Emily Hilliard was the aces leader,
with three.
Senior middle blocker Ginger Haley hit .500, with eight kills, no
errors and 16 total attacks. She led the Tigers in blocks, with
two. First-year outside hitter Madison McMahon hit .438, chalking
up eight kills, one error and 16 total attacks.