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Box Score 2 The No. 4-ranked Colorado College volleyball team improved to 11-0 overall and 3-0 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with a pair of victories on Saturday at Reid Arena.
First-year middle hitter
Marguerite Spaethling had five kills and hit .714 to lead CC to a 25-8, 25-8, 25-13 victory over Centenary College in the Tigers' first match of the day.
Freshman setter
Lizzy Counts and freshman outside hitter
Jordan Mullen added four kills apiece for the Tigers, who never trailed in the match.
Hailey Lawson had a match-high eight kills for the Ladies.
Colorado College recorded a season-best .381 team hitting percentage, putting away 30 kills on 63 swings with only six errors.
The Tigers tied their season high with 13 blocked shots and held the Ladies to a -.131 attack percentage, the lowest for an opponent this season.
In the nightcap against the University of Dallas, junior middle hitter
Glenna Yancey registered nine kills and had a hand in four blocked shots to lead CC to a 25-14, 25-19, 25-13 win.
Spaethling added eight kills and five blocks as the Tigers' opened a season with 11 or more consecutive victories for the second time in the last four years.
The Crusaders held a 12-10 lead midway through the second set, but Colorado College scored 10 of the next 11 points and was never threatened.
The momentum carries over to the final set as the Tigers led 21-5 before head coach
Rick Swan gave his youngest players some much-deserved playing time.
Freshman libero
Anna Gurolnick had 15 digs for CC, her seventh match in double-digits this year.
Mary Scholz and Mairin Guilfoyle registered eight kills apiece for UD, which is 4-8 overall and 0-3 in the SCAC.
Conference play continues next weekend for Colorado College with cross-divisional matches at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. The Tigers face Trinity University and No. 7
Southwestern University in back-to-back matches beginning at 12:30 p.m. CT.
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