The magical run by the Colorado College volleyball team came to an end Thursday with a five-set loss to No. 24 Salisbury in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament in Cambridge, Mass.
 
CC, which won the SCAC Tournament last week as the No. 5 seed, had its 10-match winning streak snapped and finishes the 2025 campaign with a 23-8 record after the 25-19, 16-25, 19-25, 25-19, 15-9, loss to the Sea Gulls.
 
Camille Sherrill, the reigning AVCA Division III National Player of the Week and SCAC Tournament MVP, led the Tigers with 19 kills, followed by fellow all-SCAC first-teamers Carolyn Dormady with 14 and Brooke Brilliant with 12. SCAC Co-Setter of the Year Camden Goodman and Meghan Gannon collected team-highs of 51 assists and 22 digs, respectively.
 
Salisbury jumped out to an early 10-4 lead and kept that advantage throughout the first set. The Tigers saved six set points, including a couple of kills from Dormady, to cut the Sea Gull lead to 24-22. However, Amanda Meschi collected her third kill of the set to clinch it.
 
The Tigers roared back to take the second set behind four kills from Sherrill and three from Dormady. CC held the lead the entire set and Goodman produced a pair of aces to make it 24-16 before an attack error finished the set.
 
The third set was even until the Tigers won five consecutive points to take a 18-15 lead and didn't trail by less than two the rest of the frame.
 
Salisbury won five straight points and eight of nine to take an early 12-4 lead in the fourth set and rolled to force the fifth set.
 
In that deciding set, Salisbury won the first three points and had a 7-2 lead after blocking four CC attempts in the first nine points. Julia Reusch (10 kills) produced three kills to cut the lead to 8-6, but the Sea Gulls responded with five straight points to make it 13-6. The Tigers tried to rally but Salisbury clinched the match with yet another block.
 
Salisbury's Gwen Eustace led all players with 25 kills, while Julie Altieri had 46 assists and Elizabeth Villegas a match-high 23 digs as the Sea Gulls improved to 29-6.
 
"We are proud of our performance today," head coach Sharon Dingman said. "It was a great experience and our returning players will use this in the future. I am so happy our seniors had this moment."