Box Score No. 6 Colorado College completed the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Championships with a third place finish after sweeping Austin College, 3-0, in Shreveport, La., on Saturday afternoon.
 
Freshman outside hitter Jordan Mullen led the Tigers with her second double-double of her career on 10 kills and 13 digs. Senior Abbe Holtze also contributed with eight kills and eight digs.
 
CC held Austin to a .072 hitting percentage on 26 kills in 97 attempts with 19 errors to earn the victory and improve to 27-5 on the season. This was the 18th time this year that the Tigers have held their opponent to hitting under a .100 attack percentage.
 
Freshman setter Lizzy Counts led the offense with 30 assists, while helping the Tigers hit a .211 attack percentage on the day with 41 kills in 109 attempts with just 18 errors.
 
During the first set, CC held a 7-6 edge over Austin when freshman middle hitter Marguerite Spaethling drilled down a kill to ignite a 5-0 run. Freshman defensive specialist Caitlin Laurence, who served three service aces in the first set, capped the run on her second ace to give the Tigers a 12-6 lead. CC maintained its lead the remainder of the set to win 25-19.
 
Colorado College dominated the second set taking an early 10-2 lead after back-to-back kills by Mullen. Austin pulled to within 14-9 on a kill by Dani DeWitt, but an attack error helped spark a 10-1 run to give the Tigers a 24-10 lead on an ace by freshman defensive specialist Sarah Lawton. The 'Roos scored three more points until a service error gave CC the 25-13 second-set victory.
 
The Tigers gave up only two kills in the second set, while forcing six errors in 26 attempts to hold the 'Roos to a game-low -.154 hitting percentage.
 
After DeWitt cut CC's lead to 10-6 on a kill in the third set, junior middle hitter Glenna Yancey answered back with a solo block to ignite a 7-3 run to give the Tigers a 17-9 lead. Austin was unable to cut CC's lead to less than five the remainder of the set as sophomore right-side hitter Anna Grigsby sealed the win with a kill for the 25-19 victory.
 
CC hit its best mark in the third set on a .308 hitting percentage on 16 kills in 39 attempts, while committing only four errors.
 
Spaethling contributed with six kills on the day, while Yancey led the team with five blocks and had four kills. Freshman libero Anna Gurolnick added eight digs and a pair of aces for the Tigers.
 
Austin (24-15) was led by Presleigh Watson with eight kills and had four blocks, while Katie Ingle added 22 assists. Tatiana Ferrari anchored the back row with eight digs, while Rebekah Bowden picked up five blocks.