Box Score No. 8 Colorado College came up short on the final day of regular-season Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play as it dropped matches to No. 22 Trinity University and Southwestern University on Sunday in Seguin, Texas.
 
The Tigers began the day falling to Trinity in three sets, 25-23, 25-21, 25-17. CC was unable to keep its lead in the final match of the day dropping a tight 3-2 (17-21, 21-25, 26-24, 25-23, 18-16) decision to Southwestern.
 
Service errors were the biggest factor for the Tigers as they committed eight errors in each match, which were 11 more service errors than the two teams combined.
 
Sophomore Abbe Holtze earned a pair of double-doubles, leading the team in both matches with 13 and 17 kills, respectively. The outside hitter also picked up 15 digs in the first match of the day and 25 digs in the final match.
 
Junior Sophie Merrifield led the team in the back row with 25 digs against Trinity and 29 digs against Southwestern. With her 54 digs the libero moved into third place on CC's all-time record book with 1,643 career digs. Merrifield needs only 39 more digs to take sole possession of second place.
 
Freshman Sarah Barker earned her second double-double of her career against the Pirates with career highs of 46 assists to orchestrate the offense and 12 digs to aid the defense.
 
Junior Kaimara Herron and Holtze aided the defense at the net against Southwestern picking up a career-high seven blocks and tying a career-high five blocks, respectively.
 
Junior Courtney Birkett narrowly missed a triple-double performance in the final match of the day with 11 kills, a season-high 20 digs and eight assists. Senior Kristen Liberty added 15 kills to assist the offense against the Pirates.
 
Trinity took sole possession of first place in the conference improving to 23-8 on the season and 12-1 in the SCAC, while Southwestern took second place with an 11-2 record in conference and 21-8 record overall.
 
Colorado College (26-6, 11-3 SCAC), which is now in third place in the conference, travels to Denver, Colo. On Oct. 30 as it takes on Johnson & Wales University at 6 p.m.