The Colorado College volleyball team advanced to the SCAC Championship Match with a pair of victories on Friday in Kerrville, Texas, including a three-set sweep over the No. 1 seed St. Thomas in the semifinals.
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The Tigers, seeded fifth at the tournament, beat No. 4-seeded Austin College in the quarterfinals, 25-19, 25-15, 24-26, 25-18, earlier in the day. With the two wins, CC has won nine consecutive matches, the longest streak since 2021, and will play in the league final for the first time since 2023. Â
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Colorado College (22-7), will face Schreiner on the No. 3 seed, Schreiner, in the final on Saturday, Nov. 15, beginning at 3 p.m. (CT).
In the semifinal victory over UST,
Camille Sherrill led all players with 25 kills, tying for the second-most kills in an SCAC Tournament match and No. 1 for a three-set match. She led the team with 16 digs.
Anne Haley followed with 14 as five Tigers were in double figures.
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The first set was a back and forth affair, with CC finally taking an 8-7 lead that it never relinquished. Sherrill had seven kills and SCAC Co-Setter of the Year
Camden Goodman collected 16 of her match-high 45 assists, tying the most in a three-set SCAC Tournament match, in a 25-22 victory.
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The second set was just as close until the Tigers won seven of the final eight points, including three kills from Sherrill, to take the set, 25-18.
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Three consecutive kills from Sherrill moved the Tigers from a 13-11 deficit to a 16-13 lead in the third set. Brilliant put down a couple of shots to make it 20-17 and Sherrill had three kills, including the match winner, to clinch the final set, 25-21. Â
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In the quarterfinal win over Austin College, Sherrill posted a match-high 21 kills and Goodman tied her career-high with 52 assists.
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The Tigers jumped out to a 2-0 lead and had two match points in the third set, but the 'Roos rallied to take the set, 26-24.
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CC took a 13-10 lead in the fourth set and led 21-12 before Austin scored six straight points to cut it to 21-18, but the Tigers scored the final four thanks to three straight kills from Sherrill and the match-clinching kill by
Grace Berry.
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Brilliant added 12 kills, followed by
Julia Reusch with nine and Berry with eight.
Meghan Gannon and
Nyah Flores each collected 21 digs, while Goodman and Haley had three aces apiece.
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"Today was about playing well with so much confidence and belief in each other," head coach
Sharon Dingman said. "We feel like we are where we belong. Our defense continues to be stellar and we have believed all season we would create an opportunity to play for a championship."
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