The Colorado College volleyball team, which is receiving votes in the latest AVCA Division III national poll, will appear in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Tournament this weekend in Georgetown, Texas. CC will be the No. 3 seed and plays No. 6 seeded Southwestern University in a quarterfinal match on Friday, Nov. 10, at 1 p.m. (CT). CC advanced to the title match last year before losing to Texas Lutheran. 
 
Conference Recap
The Tigers finished in a tie for second place in the final SCAC regular-season standings with Texas Lutheran. Both teams posted a 12-4 conference record. TLU defeated Colorado College twice during the regular season to capture the No. 2 seed and a bye in the quarterfinal.
  
The winner of the CC-Southwestern match will take on Texas Lutheran in a semifinal on Friday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. (CT).
 
Last Time Out
The Tigers made the most of their final regular-season weekend. On Oct. 28, they defeated Schreiner in four sets, 22-25, 25-18, 25-19, before completing a three-set sweep over 11^th-ranked Trinity University, 28-26, 25-23, 25-16.
 
The win over Trinity marked the highest-ranked opponent CC had defeated since #2 Trinity on May 1, 2021, in the 2020-21 SCAC title match. It was also Trinity's first SCAC regular season loss since March 6, 2021, a five-set loss to Colorado College.
 
Isabella Lipacis, Jenny Jenks and Meghan Gannon once again led the way on the court for CC against Trinity. Lipacis posted a match-high 15 kills with just five errors, while Jenks had 32 assists. Gannon, meanwhile, led the squad with 18 digs.
   
All-SCAC Selections
Four Colorado College players were named to the 2023 Volleyball All-SCAC teams, released Wednesday, Nov. 8 by the conference. Seniors Isabella Lipacis and Jenny Jenks were named to the first-team, while senior Keeley Kandziora and sophomore Carolyn Dormady received second-team honors. 
 
For the fourth time in her career, Lipacis is recognized as a dominant player in the SCAC. This is her third first-team selection after being selected in the spring 2021 season and the fall of 2022. She was named a second-team selection her sophomore year in the fall of 2021. This year, she is third in the conference in kills per set with 3.35 and leads the team with 3.79 points per set. 
 
She has played in only 68 sets this season but is third on the team with 228 kills and and .251 attacking percentage. Lipacis has recorded double-digit kills in 11 of the 18 matches she's played in this year and recorded a season-high 19 kills on two separate occasions (Oct. 1 vs. Trinity and Oct. 13 vs. Texas Lutheran). 
 
Jenks has been named an All-SCAC selection three times in her career. She was given first-team honors in her sophomore and junior years, and again in her senior season. The Hermosa Beach, CA native is second in the conference with 7.23 assists per set and currently ranks fourth all-time at CC in career assists. 
 
She was named Setter of the Year the previous two years and now has another first-team selection to add to her resume. 
 
Kandziora earned her second all-conference selection after receiving second-team honors in 2022. The Lake Forest, IL native is second on the team and ninth in the conference with 254 kills and has played in all 26 matches this season. She averages 2.93 kills per set and has a season-hitting clip of .215. 

Dormady leads the Tigers and is fifth in the SCAC in kills this season with 289. The sophomore broke out onto the scene this year as one of the most prolific outside hitters in the conference, averaging 2.98 kills and 3.58 points per set. She is also dominant from the service line and leads the team with 39 aces. This is her first all-conference selection.
 
Milestones in '23
Head coach Sharon Dingman won her 600^th career match with a five-set victory over 17^th-ranked Tufts on Sept. 8.
 
In addition, Lipacis and Jenks achieved impressive career milestones this season.
 
Jenks became the 4th player in program history with 3,000 assists and 1,000 digs and fourth with 3K assists in a career, while Lipacis became the sixth player in program history to record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career
 
Scouting the Tournament
No. 4 seed University of St. Thomas and No. 5 seed Schreiner battle in the other quarterfinal match at 10:30 am (CT) on Friday, with the winner facing No. 1 seed and 13^th ranked Trinity in the other semifnal.
 
The final is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. (CT).