SUWANEE, Ga. - Centre and Southwestern both posted solid weekends as the two teams went a combined 7-0 at their home tournaments over the Halloween holiday weekend. The Colonels picked up a win over rival Transylvania while the Pirates knocked off fifth-ranked Eastern (Pa.).
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College went 3-1 at the
Southwestern Halloween Tournament over the weekend, bringing their
final regular season record to 28-8 this season. The 'Roos topped
Huston-Tillotson 3-1, Lycoming College 3-0 and Texas Lutheran
University 3-2 with the team's lone loss coming against No.
5-ranked Eastern. Jordan Anderton put up strong numbers on the
weekend, registering 30 assists against Lycoming and 29 against
Eastern and Jessica Fleming had only four hitting errors all
weekend while once again leading the team in kills and blocks.
Quinn McKee had a good weekend at the libero position as well,
tallying 21 digs against Huston-Tillotson and 14 more against
Lycoming. Austin College heads to the SCAC Championship this
weekend where they will take on No. 4-seed and host Trinity
University on Friday.
Birmingham-Southern went 1-3 this past weekend at
the Emory National Invitational. On Friday, they lost to
Randolph-Macon and the second-ranked Eagles. On Saturday, BSC lost
to Washington & Lee in a five-set thrilled, and defeated Berry
College. Over the weekend, senior libero Jennifer McKannan, already
BSC’s career digs leader, achieved another impressive feat as
she surpassed 2,000 career digs. The Panthers wrap up the 2010
season this Tuesday on the road, traveling to Montgomery to face
Faulkner University at 7pm CT.
No. 10 Colorado College saw its eight-match winning streak stopped with a three-set loss at Colorado Christian University on Thursday night. The Tigers slipped to 0-3 against Division II opponents from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference with their first loss to the Cougars since Oct. 18, 2006. Senior middle blocker Erika Pirotte led the Tigers with 10 kills, while senior middle blocker Emily Perkins added eight. Freshman Jaira Wilsey made her first career start and finished with three kills and a block. Perkins also paced CC with eight digs. Perkins needs 54 kills to break former teammate Anna Clithero’s (2005-08) school record of 1,664. She also needs only 65 digs to join Clithero as the only players with 1,600 career kills and digs. Colorado College plays host to cross-town rival CU-Colorado Springs on Tuesday night in its final tune-up for the SCAC Tournament.
DePauw dropped to 20-13 on the season after
suffering a pair of home losses. DePauw lost to Bluffton 3-2 and
then 3-0 to Marian, Ind. Against Bluffton, Abby Balbach and
Paige Thompson each had 11 kills, while Ali Smith totaled 45
assists. Madison Hoenig led with two service aces and 19 digs,
while Kristen Chynoweth had four blocks. In the Marian
match, Annie Collier paced the Tigers with 11 kills and shared
the team lead in blocks with Chynoweth as each had two. Smith
totaled 33 assists, while Balbach led with 12 digs and Kylee
Lehrman had two service aces. DePauw has the number-three seed at
this weekend's SCAC Championship and opens play in a quarterfinal
match against the Sewanee-Rhodes winner.
Hendrix went 2-0 this weekend as host of the 2010
Hendrix Ghost Host. The Warriors earned a 3-0 win over Rust
and a 3-1 win over Williams Baptist on Saturday afternoon at Grove
Gymnasium. First year outside hitter Jordan Spennato stepped
up in a big way to lead the team with eight kills against
Rust. Senior outside hitter Becca Clancy added six kills and
senior middle blocker Leah Groat tallied five kills. First
year setter Zoe Calhoun paced the team with 25 assists, while
senior defensive specialists Sara Gawor and Kim Larson made 13 and
10 digs, respectively. First year middle blocker Alyssa
Jaksich was in on four block assists.
Millsaps traveled up to St. Louis this week to participate in the Washington University Classic. The Majors dropped all four of their matches in the round robin tournament. The Majors fell to Culver-Stockton in the opening game on Friday 3-1 (19-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-19) then to Hanover College 3-1 (25-15, 25-19, 24-26, 25-15). On Saturday they faced hosts Washington, losing 3-1 (17-25, 12-25, 25-23, 13-25), before dropping the final match 3-0 (31-33, 22-25, 19-25) to Dominican University.
Oglethorpe went 2-3 in five contests this past
week to raise their record to 9-24 on the season. The team will
travel to Texas to compete in the SCAC Tournament this weekend.
Rhodes finished 3-1 at this weekend’s Spook
Fest. The Lynx began the day by defeating 27th ranked
Millikin 3-1. Freshmen middle blocker Bethany Gunn led the team
with 7 kills, 6 blocks and 5 service aces. Outside hitter Meagan
Mansfield led all attackers with 18 digs. Libero Kayla McCrury
anchored the defense with 25 digs, which brings her career total to
2,223. In the team’s final match, the Lynx defeated LaGrange
in three straight sets. The team dropped its opening match on
Sunday to Illinois College in five sets. Mansfield led the Lynx
with 16 kills. The team won its final match of the season
defeating Huntingdon in three straight sets. Mansfield again led
the team with 10 kills. For her play on the weekend, Meagan
Mansfield was selected to the Spook Fest all tournament
team.
Sewanee picked up its second win of the year this
week with a 3-0 victory over Rust on Wednesday. The Tigers dropped
two matches on Saturday, falling to Piedmont in straight sets and
to Centre 3-1. Against Rust, the Tigers easily picked up the first
two sets of the match, before being challenged in the third set.
Adrienne Borchardt paced the Tigers with five kills while Erin
Brahm contributed seven assists. Liz Boddiford tallied five aces
and Tarver Shimek added six digs. In the Saturday match with
Piedmont, Boddiford led Sewanee with five kills, while Brahm added
nine assists and eight digs. Against Centre, Boddiford led with
eight kills and Brahm picked up eight assists and a season-high 20
digs. The Tigers will participate in the SCAC volleyball tournament
this weekend in San Antonio, Texas.
No. 18 Southwestern closed out the regular
season by hosting the annual Halloween Invitational. Eight teams
joined the Pirates in Georgetown for two days of action. Day one
faced the Pirates against Texas-Tyler in game one. The Pirates
easily handled the Patriots 3-0. The final game of the day pitted
#20 SU against the #5 team in the nation, Eastern. The Pirates
prevailed in five games. On day two Southwestern once again opened
big, easily defeating St. Thomas (Texas) in three straight and then
took down Texas Lutheran 3-1 to close out the tournament. Lauren
Brown and Christina Nicholls were selected to the All-Tournament
team with Brown earning MVP honors. Southwestern ends the regular
season at 29-5, riding a 14 match win streak. They will be the #2
seed in the SCAC tournament this weekend and will face the winner
of Centre/Oglethorpe on Friday.
Trinity went 1-3 at its toughest tournament of the season
over the weekend, facing off against four opponents ranked in the
top 20 nationally. Trinity defeated 17th-ranked UW-Oshkosh, but
lost to 12th-ranked St. Thomas and 13th-ranked Heidelberg. The
Tigers went five sets with 10th-ranked Carthage – the
tournament hosts – but fell in the regular season finale.
Trinity will host the 2010 SCAC Championships this weekend,
bringing in 10 conference schools for the two-day event. The Tigers
have won two of the three SCAC Tournaments since its revival in
2007, and have won 15 SCAC titles overall.
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