Bluffton vs. Franklin up shortly:
Franklin currently 4-1 in conference, Bluffton 3-3. (From what I've seen so far this is the farthest any D3 volleyball conference has made in getting a season in --of those who have chosen to have active conferences).
Franklin currently up 2 sets to 1 on Bluffton:
Franklin-Bluffton going to a 5th set:
Bluffton takes the match:
(26-24, 20-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-13)
Franklin vs. Hanover up shortly.
Franklin over Hanover 3-0.
(25-16, 25-20, 25-23)
Franklin: Thompson 19 digs (including 1,000th of her career),
Sewell .385 hitting pct.
2 finals just in:
TU over Mt. St. Joseph 3-0.
(25-23, 25-11, 25-14)
TU: .388 hitting pct.
Bluffton over Defiance 3-0.
(25-17, 25-16, 25-18.)
Bluffton: 4 players with hitting pcts .375 and higher for the match.
Franklin up 1 set to nil on TU:
Franklin now up 2 sets to nil on TU:
Final: Franklin over TU (3-0)
(25-14, 25-23, 24-26)
Franklin: Boyll .440 hitting pct.
HCAC Championship Pairings:
# 3 TU vs. #19 Bluffton:
#13 Mt. St. Joseph vs. #17 Franklin
(Earlham is ranked #22 and Hanover is in ARV department).
First Semi-Final (TU vs. Bluffton) on deck.
Result of Semi-Final #1: TU over Bluffton in 3.
(25-15, 25-19, 25-19.)
TU: Team hitting pct .255.
(Pioneer announcer indicated the KY squad was playing much better then when the teams previously met--
in a previous match that went 5 sets, the Pioneers hitting pct. was .188.
Joining Semi-Final #2 in progress:
(Franklin/Mt. St. Joseph)
Final just in: Mt. St. Joseph over Franklin in 3.
(25-17, 25-22, 25-23)
Mt. St. Joseph: 3 players with .321 or above hitting pct.
It'll be a TU vs. Mt. St. Joseph final:
Caught the end of the Franklin-MSJ match. Very back and forth but Grizzlies couldn't pull it out.
#3 vs #13 in the final
"Tale of the Tape"
TU and MSJ played one match against each other in the regular season;
TU won in 3 sets (25-23, 25-11, 25-14).
Hitting pcts for earlier match: TU .388 MSJ .196
TU: 11 service aces:
Players to watch:
TU: Kailey Campbell (had 6 of the above-mentioned Pioneer service aces)
Madi Davis (.545 hitting pct. in earlier match-up.)
Karrington Jackson (.343 in-conference hitting pct.)
MSJ: Brooke Aselage, Emily Abshire, and Grace Young top 3 in total points for match (9.5, 8.5, 7.5 respectively).
Addie Conley (.316 in-conference hitting pct.)
In-conference hitting pct. related.
Hitting pct. HCAC rank Opponent Hitting pct. HCAC rank
TU: .210 (1st) .109 (2nd)
MSJ: .199 (3rd) .157 (6th)
Final: Transylvania over Mt. St. Joseph 3-0.
(25-16, 25-18, 25-13.)
Hitting pcts. TU: .266 MSJ .067
TU: Jackson .667 hitting pct. Ward .286 hitting pct.
MSJ: Abshire .300 hitting pct. Aselage 11 digs.
Transylvania is picked to take the HCAC Fall 2021 Title (the link to the entire conference poll is too long to put on here).
Final: Earlham over ARV Transylvania in 3 sets:
(25-18, 25-18, 28-26)
Earlham: Wagner 32 assists, 17 digs
Transylvania: 4 players with .250-.280 hitting pcts. 9 service errors cost them in this one.
Update: Earlham, Transylvania, MSJ and Hanover have clinched HCAC Tournament spots.
Anderson got the last conference tournament playoff spot
HCAC Notable Pre-Conference Tournament Stats:
Teams; Earlham is 4th in the nation in Assists/Set (12.99), 5th in the nation in Digs/Set (20.28) and 3rd in the nation in Spike Points/Set (14.08): TU is 3rd in the nation in Total Assists (1,332), and 6th in the nation in Spikes/Points (1,429); Earlham led the conference in Hitting Pct. (.228) Hanover led in Opponents' Hitting Pct. (.141); TU had the most Service Aces (227).
Players: Earlham's Erin Wagner is 5th in the nation in Assists/Set (10.97); Hanover's Casey Dunn is 12th in the nation in Digs/Set (5.72); She finished 2nd in conference in Total Digs (526). Felicity Bontrager of Anderson led in Hitting Pct. (.328)
Play-In Final:
Hanover over Anderson in 3 sets:
(25-15, 27-25, 25-11)
Hanover: Dunn 15 digs. Harmon 11 spikes for points.
Final: Transylvania gets the HCAC AQ by knocking off Earlham in 4 sets.