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Amy Schornack
Charlie Lengal

Volleyball Athletic Media Relations

Sizzling Tigers advance to SCAC title match

Colorado College advanced to the championship match of the 2010 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference volleyball tournament with a 25-13, 25-7, 25-11 victory over host Trinity University on Saturday morning.

CC improved to 29-6 and avenged its only conference loss of the season. Trinity dropped to 22-15.

Colorado College finished with a blistering .456 hitting percentage, its highest against a conference opponent this season, with 46 kills on 90 attacks with only five errors. Taking into account four blocks by Trinity, the top-seeded Tigers had only one unforced error.

Junior setter Amy Schornack had 35 assists to lead Colorado College's balanced attack.

Senior middle blocker Erika Pirotte had 12 kills and a .579 hitting percentage. Senior middle blocker Emily Perkins hit .526 with 10 kills, while junior outside hitter Sarah Schmoker hit. 474 with 11 kills.

Sophomore libero Laura Goldsmith had a match-high 14 digs, while freshman middle blocker Devin Wilkinson had a hand in three of CC's six blocks to go over 100 for the season.

Maddy Hazelwood had nine kills to lead Trinity, which hit just .037 as a team.

Colorado College faces the winner of the second semifinal between Centre College and DePauw University in the championship match at 8:15 p.m. Saturday.

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