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Volleyball Athletic Communications

Tigers sweep JWU for victory No. 30

Box Score The Colorado College volleyball team added another impressive accomplishment to its resume with a 25-13, 25-23, 25-15 victory over Johnson & Wales University on Friday night.

The 2013 Tigers improved to 30-3 and became the sixth squad in program history to record 30 wins in a single season. They are the fourth team to reach the milestone during head coach Rick Swan's 16-year tenure.

Freshman outside hitter Abbe Holtze led the way, hitting a blistering .550 with 13 kills on 20 swings with only two errors. It marked the 15th time this season she finished with double-digit kills. Holtze also had a hand in four of the team's 10 blocked shots.

CC also received monster performances from freshman middle hitter Keli Sherwood, who hit .400 with five kills and was in on six blocks, and junior middle hitter Kristen Liberty, who hit .500 with five kills on 10 attacks, and added three blocks of her own.

Freshman setter Rebecca Watson dished out 16 assists and served up a pair of aces.

Sophomore libero Sophie Merrifield recorded nine digs to become the third player in school history to amass 600 or more in a single season. She needs only 23 more to eclipse Hannah Varnell's school record of 625 set during the 2011 campaign.

The Tigers held JWU to a minus .022 hitting percentage, marking the fifth time an opponent finished in the red this season.

JWU, which never has won a set during nine all-time matches against Colorado College, held a 17-16 lead in the second frame. The Tigers tied the game on a kill by Holtze and took advantage of three consecutive attack errors to go up 20-17.

Liberty gave CC a 24-22 lead with a solo block, but after Colorado Springs native Demi Coca pulled the Wildcats to within a point, an unforced error gave the Tigers the set.

Holtze had three kills and a block to help Colorado College race to a 10-4 lead early in the third set and Johnson & Wales never got closer than four points the rest of the way.

Junior middle blocker Lizzie Michalski had seven kills for the Wildcats, who dropped to 12-19. Senior setter Brandi Geiser and freshman setter Karli Rich had 11 kills apiece for JWU.

The Tigers play host to CSU-Pueblo on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. MT in the final match of the regular season.
   
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