SUWANEE, Ga. - Colorado College extended it winning streak to 10 games by going 4-0 at the 2011 Molten Volleyball Spike It Up Classic. With the wins, the Tigers improve their record to 24-5 overall on the season.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College went 2-1 last week, falling 3-0 Texas-Dallas in the team's final home match of the season before sweeping St. Lawrence University and Dallas Christian College at the University of Dallas Fall Break Classic. The 'Roos are now 19-9 overall on the year as they will be seeking another 20 win season when they head to Georgetown this weekend to take on the University of Dallas, Southwestern and Trinity. The 'Roos opened the week with a 25-19, 25-22, 25-9 loss to UTD with both Jessi Fleming and Shelby Eaves totaling 11 kills, while Kelly McDaniel had 26 assists and 13 digs. The team finished the week by topping St. Lawrence 26-24, 25-23, 25-20 behind 18 kills from Fleming and cruising past DCC 25-6, 25-16, 25-8 on Friday night.
Birmingham-Southern had a tough week, playing
without head coach Judy Green as well as starting setter Lauren
Reibe, who were both out of town due to family emergencies. The
Panthers lost both matches this week, falling at home to Faulkner
on Thursday, 3-0, and on the road to Shorter on Saturday, 3-0. BSC
travels to Pulaski, Tenn., this Tuesday to face Martin Methodist
before going to Atlanta this weekend for the SCAC East Interpod,
hosted by Oglethorpe, where they'll face Centre and Sewanee on
Saturday and the host Petrels on Sunday.
Centre played three matches this past week, winning two of
them. On Wednesday night the Colonels traveled to Maryville
(Tenn.) to play the Scots and lost a tough four game match to the
hosts. On Saturday Centre hosted Berry and Fisk and picked
up wins in both matches. Against Berry the Colonels
prevailed in four games while Fisk took three games to win. Up
next for Centre is senior night on Tuesday against local rival
Asbury College and then the final regular season conference matches
in Atlanta against Birmingham-Southern, Oglethorpe, and Sewanee
over the weekend.
No. 13 Colorado College went undefeated over
the weekend to extend its winning streak to 10 games and have only
dropped two sets during that time. The Tigers hosted the 2011
Molten Volleyball Spike It Up Classic where it beat Chapman (3-0),
York (Pa.) (3-0), UC Santa Cruz (3-1) and Webster (3-0) to earn the
tournament title. Senior Amy Schornack was named the tournament
Most Valuable Player for the third time this season, while seniors
Meredith Ballard and Haley Hamilton were both named to the
all-tournament team. The Tigers hit a season-best .448 attack
percentage against Chapman to begin the tournament. During the
game, the Tigers scored 36 points in a single set against UC Santa
Cruz for the first time in program history. The Tigers will host
Ursuline College for a mid-week match on Tuesday at 3 p.m. before
traveling to Conway, Ark. for the SCAC Central Intra-Pod tournament
on Oct. 22-23.
Dallas (15-13, 4-7 SCAC) went 3-0 on the week, defeating
in order Dallas Christian College (3-0), St. Lawrence University
(3-1) and Southwestern Christian College (3-0). The Lady
Crusaders now boast a season-high five-match winning streak and are
winners of nine of their previous ten matches. Dallas looks to send
its seniors -- Elizabeth Baska, Danielle Fuchs and Rachel
MacGillivray -- out in style on Monday evening, as the team
celebrates 'Senior Night' against Arlington Baptist College..
Hendrix (14-12, 5-6) was off this past week.
The Warriors have five upcoming matches - at Williams Baptist on
Tuesday and at Lyon College on Thursday, before hosting Millsaps,
Rhodes and Colorado College at the SCAC Central Inter-Pod
Tournament on Saturday and Sunday.
Millsaps (13-10, 6-5 SCAC) had the week off. The Majors
return to action on Oct. 22-23 when they travel to Conway, Ark. to
take part in the SCAC Central Crossover at Hendrix. The weekend
long tournament will conclude the regular season conference portion
of the Majors’ schedule. Millsaps is set to take on Rhodes
and Hendrix on Friday before playing 13th-ranked Colorado College
on Sunday.
Oglethorpe (6-19, 2-9 SCAC) dropped its only match of the week, 3-0, to Brenau on Oct. 13. The Stormy Petrels return to action Oct. 18 when they host Brewton Parker before hosting the SCAC East Crossover Oct. 22-23. Oglethorpe will play host to Sewanee and Centre on Saturday before finishing out the conference portion of its schedule on Sunday with a match against Birmingham-Southern.
Rhodes went 1-3 at the Cal Lutheran Fall Break
Classic. The Lynx lost a tough five set match to Redlands
while losing to host Cal Lutheran and Wisconsin Lutheran both in
three sets. The team came back after losing the first set to
Whittier to win in four sets. Freshman middle blocker Erin
Lowrance had solid matches versus Whittier and Wisconsin Lutheran
for the Lynx. Lexie Krall led the team with 12 blocks on the
weekend while setter Michelle Quina accumulated 57 assists and six
service aces for the Lynx during the weekend.
Sewanee (4-17, 0-11 SCAC) had the week off. The Tigers
return to action on Oct. 18 when they travel to Holly, Miss. to
take on Rust College. Sewanee then continues SCAC play by traveling
to Atlanta where the Tigers will finish out the SCAC portion of its
schedule with the SCAC East Crossover hosted by Oglethorpe. Sewanee
will square off against Oglethorpe and Birmingham-Southern on
Saturday before finishing the weekend with a match against
Centre.
No. 7 Southwestern had a much needed off week this week
and remain at 21-2 on the year and a perfect 11-0 in the SCAC. The
Pirates return to the court this weekend, hosting the SCAC West
Divisional #2. They open with Austin College on Friday night, face
Dallas in their first match on Saturday and close out the event
with SCAC-rival Trinity.
Trinity went 2-0 last week, defeating Texas Lutheran
University and Concordia (TX) University in a pair of single
matches on Wednesday and Thursday. The Tigers defeated Texas
Lutheran 3-0 for the second time this season, then needed five sets
to dispatch Concordia 3-2. Trinity improves to 14-12 overall with
the two victories. Trinity will travel to Georgetown, Texas, for
the SCAC West Divisional # 2 Tournament on Friday and Saturday,
finishing off the SCAC portion of its schedule. The Tigers
are currently tied for fourth in the SCAC standings with Millsaps
and Birmingham-Southern.
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