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Box Score 2 The sixth-ranked Colorado College volleyball team finished its regular season of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play with a pair of victories over No. 4 Southwestern University and Texas Lutheran University on Sunday in Kerrville, Texas.
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The Tigers had five players match or set season highs in their regular-season finale to beat fourth-ranked Southwestern, 3-2, and improve to 24-4 overall this season and 11-3 in conference play.
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Senior outside hitter
Abbe Holtze earned her 16th double-double of the season with a team-best 21 kills and a season-high 23 digs. Senior setter
Rebecca Watson earned season-highs of 42 assists and 12 digs to record her third double-double of the season, while junior outside hitter
Reagan Folaron picked up her second double-double of the season with 17 digs and tied her season-high 11 kills.
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Middle hitters sophomore
Myca Steffey-Bean and freshman
Marguerite Spaethling also contributed with a season-high 12 kills and tied a season-high 11 kills, respectively.
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Midway through the first set Spaethling slammed down a kill to tie the set at 14-14. CC then used four errors by Southwestern and a kill by Steffey-Bean to build a 19-14 lead. The Tigers finished the set scoring six out of the 12 points to win the set 25-20.
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Southwestern built a 15-10 lead in the second set, but Holtze hit a kill to ignite an 8-3 run to tie the set at 18-18, and took the lead at 19-18 with a solo block by Steffey-Bean. The Pirates' Piper Sisemore knotted the set at 19-19 before Steffey-Bean used back-to-back kills to give the Tigers a 21-19 lead that it would not relinquish to win the second set 25-22.
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Southwestern (26-2, 11-2 SCAC) used 14 kills and four aces in the third set to take a close 25-22 victory.
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The Tigers built an early 8-1 lead in the fourth set until the Pirates used a block by Kirby Kincannon and Kate Mitchell to begin a 14-7 run and tie the set at 15-15. A 4-0 run gave Southwestern a 19-15 lead and later the set at 25-22.
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The fifth set saw seven tied scores with the final tie at 11-11 when Spaethling hit a kill to knot the set. CC used an attack error by Southwestern, a kill by Folaron and an ace by Holtze to take a 14-11 advantage. Mitchell hit a kill to cut the Tigers' lead, but a kill by Spaethling finished the match to give CC the 15-12 victory.
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Colorado College dominated its first match of the day against Texas Lutheran, 25-13, 25-19, 25-16. The Tigers held the Bulldogs to a -.040 hitting percentage with 25 errors in 99 attempts with just 21 kills.
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Junior middle hitter
Glenna Yancey led CC's defense at the net with five blocks, while freshman outside hitter
Jordan Mullen added four blocks for a career best.
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Freshman setter
Lizzy Counts earned her 13th double-double of the season against Texas Lutheran with 23 assists and 10 digs. Folaron led the defense with 12 digs, while Holtze and Steffey-Bean led the offense with eight and seven kills, respectively.
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With the loss Texas Lutheran dropped to 11-14 on the season and 4-9 in SCAC action.
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Colorado College finishes its 2016 regular season in Reid Arena on Friday, Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. against Johnson & Wales University. Â
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