LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - The field is set for the 2012 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference volleyball tournament. Colorado College will serve as host for the annual postseason championship event and the event will run Friday & Saturday, November 2-3.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College went undefeated at the
Southwestern Halloween Invitational over the weekend, topping
Susquehanna, Our Lady of the Lake and Huston-Tillotson 3-0 before
coming back for a 3-2 victory over East Texas Baptist. With their
win over Susquehanna, the ‘Roos surpassed 20 victories for
the 15th straight season under head coach Ed Garza. Kelly McDaniel
had an outstanding weekend, averaging 10.64 assists and 3.57 digs
per set, and Shelby Eaves averaged 6.0 digs per set with only two
receiving errors. Shelby Eaves led the ‘Roos with an average
of 2.93 kills per set and added 2.21 digs per set for the
weekend.
Centenary (2-29, 0-10) finished the week 1-3 overall.
Centenary lost to Martin Methodist, Rhodes and Birmingham-Southern
before the Ladies were able to pick up a 3-0 win over Bridgewater
State. The Ladies will be the No. 6 seed in the SCAC tournament,
playing No. 3 Southwestern in the first round.
No. 19 Colorado College took the week off as it gets ready
for the 2012 SCAC Volleyball Championships. The Tigers wrap up the
regular season on Tuesday as they host Division II University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs for its Dig Pink Night at 7 p.m. CC
hosts the SCAC Volleyball Championships for the first time on
Friday and Saturday in Reid Arena.
Dallas played this past weekend in the Barker Classic
volleyball tournament in Bloomington, Ill. The Crusaders went 0-4
in the tournament including hard-fought 5-set losses to host
Illinois Wesleyan and Anderson. UD also fell to Webster (Mo.) in
four sets and in straight sets to Carthage. Dallas was led by
freshman outside hitter Jaime Birzer (4.00 kills/set, .222 hitting
%, 3.12 digs/set, 10 aces) and sophomore middle Emily Caples (2.47
kills/set, .313 hitting %).
Southwestern closed out regular season action by hosting
the annual Halloween Tournament. The Pirates went 3-1 at the
tournament to end the regular season at 22-10 overall and remain at
7-3 in the SCAC. SU opened with Our Lady of the Lake and defeated
the Saints 3-1 in close sets. Hardin-Simmons was on deck and
challenged the Pirates to a long opening match where Southwestern
prevailed 27-25. It was all HSU from then on out as the Cowgirls
won the final three sets to hand SU a 3-1 loss. On day two the
Pirates needed just three sets to defeat St. Thomas (TX) 26-24,
25-23, 25-15. After a short senior day recognition of Rachel
Sellari, Rachel Thibodeau and Kayla Saenger the Pirates closed out
the weekend facing Susquehanna. SU dropped the first set but
rebounded with big wins in the final three sets to win 3-1.
Southwestern enters the SCAC Conference Tournament this weekend as
the #3 seed. The tournament will be held in Colorado Springs, Colo.
and the Pirates face #6 Centenary at 2 p.m. on Friday.
Trinity wrapped up its regular season schedule
with a 4-1 record over the past week, including a 3-1 mark at the
Southwestern Halloween Tournament. The Tigers lost the opening
match of the tournament 3-2 against Hardin-Simmons, but then
rallied for three straight wins to finish the weekend. The Tigers
opened the week with a 3-0 sweep against Concordia (Texas) on
Wednesday, then began the tournament on Friday. After the opening
loss, Trinity rallied for a 3-0 win over St. Thomas (Texas) to
finish the first day of action. The Tigers then beat UT-Dallas 3-1
and Mary Hardin-Baylor 3-0 to close out the weekend. Maggie Emodi
was named to the All-Tournament Team. Trinity will play in the SCAC
Tournament this weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Tigers are
the #2 seed in the tournament, and have received a bye in the first
round. Trinity will face either Southwestern or Centenary in the
SCAC Semifinals at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 2. The winner
advances to the Championship Match, which will be Saturday at 6
p.m.
For the complete SCAC Spikes Weekly for Week 9,
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