In a battle for first place in the Blue Division of the SCAC, the Colorado College volleyball team exacted some revenge on Austin College with a four-set victory, 25-20, 20-25, 25-16, 25-19, on Friday at Reid Arena.
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The Tigers, who avenged a three-set loss to Austin on Oct. 6, in Sherman, Texas, took a match and a half lead over the 'Roos with Friday's win. CC improved to 11-8 overall and 7-2 in the SCAC, while Austin College fell to 12-10 overall and 5-3 in league play.
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Once again,
Carolyn Dormady,
Camille Sherrill and
Annie Steger led the Tiger's offensive attack.
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Dormady had five of her match-high 17 kills in the first set, while Sherrill loaded up the stat sheet with three kills, four aces and eight digs.
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After dropping the second set, CC roared out to a 10-3 lead thanks to a pair of kills from Dormady and Sherrill, and never led by less than six points the rest of the set.
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The fourth set was very similar, with the Tigers jumping out to a 10-2 lead and rolling from there with an impressive .333 hitting percentage in the set.
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Sherrill finished with 14 kills and 17 digs. Steger collected a match-high 50 assists while
Meghan Gannon led all players with 18 digs. Freshman Bella Chen chipped in with a career-high six kills.
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"I thought we did a great job coming out serving and passing," head coach
Sharon Dingman said. "That's how they put so much pressure on us last time. I thought our serving was really tremendous tonight."
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The Tigers will play their final home match of the season on Saturday, Oct. 19, against Dickinson College beginning at 3 p.m. CC's seven seniors will be honored in a post-match ceremony.
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