Posted on 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor match wins (over Millsaps, SRSU, and Howard Payne, respectively, and an ARV UT-Dallas win over McMurry. I'll see how it goes from here.
#3 Trinity visits #4 Colorado College in one of this weekend's SCAC Divisionals, continuing last year's trend of playing them in Colorado Springs (which they did three times, all losses). The last time the two faced off in San Antonio was a five-set classic in 2018, also won by Colorado, and they won't play there again unless they face off in this year's SCAC playoffs to be held at Trinity.
#4 Colorado College vs. #18 Southwestern-TX just underway-
Final: #4 CC over #18 SW-TX in 4 sets:
(21-25, 31-29, 25-21, 25-22,)
CC: Outhit SW-TX .287 to .222 for match.
#3 Trinity (TX) defeats #4 Colorado College in Colorado Springs for the first time in 7 attempts, 25-20, 25-10, 25-13. The visiting Tigers hit .355 (.522 in the second set) while limiting their opponents to .114 (and -.067 in the second).
Quote from: Ron Boerger on September 25, 2021, 04:32:39 PM
#3 Trinity (TX) defeats #4 Colorado College in Colorado Springs for the first time in 7 attempts, 25-20, 25-10, 25-13. The visiting Tigers hit .355 (.522 in the second set) while limiting their opponents to .114 (and -.067 in the second).
It should be noted (per CC's website) that Colorado was playing without senior outside hitter Isabella Vasquez, a first-team all-SCAC selection injured in Friday's victory over Southwestern. Vasquez, a .271 hitter, averages over 10 kills per match.
Barring upsets, Trinity coach Julie Jenkins should earn the 1,000th win of her career this weekend, most likely Friday evening against homestanding Centenary (LA) (9-8). Austin College (11-1) will do their best in the opening game of the crossover to avoid being #999; if there is an upset than #1000 could come against UDallas (5-7) the following day.
#17 Southwestern-TX vs. Austin in progress:
Final: #17 Southwestern over Austin in 5 sets:
(20-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16, 15-13)
SW-TX: Outhit Austin .152 to .111 in Set 5 (Grona - 38 digs, White 25 digs, 3 other Pirates had 13 or more0
Austin: D'Antonio .357 hitting pct for match.
Joining Endicott vs. #3 Trinity-TX in progress:
Final: #3 Trinity-Texas holds off Endicott in 5 sets:
(21-25, 25-15, 28-26, 23-25, 15-9)
Trinity-TX: 4 players with .444 or higher hitting pcts.
Endicott: McAvoy .538 hitting pct.
10-20-21 Region X Rankings;
Team: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) Trinity-TX .625 Not shown 23-2 (.920)
2) Chapman .590 10-9 (.526)
3) CMS .568 18-0 (1.000)
4) Colo. College .565 22-3 (.880)
5) Pomona Pitzer .548 12-8 (.600)
6) Southwestern-TX .544 19-2 (.905)
7) Whitworth .531 15-2 (.882)
(Mary Hardin Baylor .455 19-0 (1.000)
(How interesting could things get for the Cru if they don't win the ASC Tournament?)
This year the first regional rankings were issued in alpha order. There's way more to ranking than looking at only SOS - overall record is a major factor so I would expect CMS 1, Trinity 2, ... Pomona, Chapman. Per the pre-championship manual (https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/volleyball/d3/women/2021-22D3WVB_PreChampsManual.pdf) the primary criteria include:
Quote● Won-lost percentage against Division III opponents.
● Division III head-to-head competition.
● Results versus common Division III opponents.
● Results versus ranked Division III teams as established by the final ranking and the ranking preceding the final ranking.
● Division III strength of schedule.
- Opponents' Winning Percentage (OWP).
- Opponents' Opponents' Winning Percentage (OOWP).
■ Conference postseason contests are included.
■ Contests versus provisional and reclassifying members in their third and fourth years shall count in the primary criteria. Provisional and reclassifying members shall remain ineligible for rankings and selections.
And I find it hard to believe that the NCAA would rank any 10-9 team over 19-0 no matter the difference in SOS (even though they obviously did this week, LOL). Some of the teams listed in these initial rankings (not just this region) are real head scratchers - I bet it gets sorted out (and sorted) next week.
#3 Trinity (TX) downs #7 Colorado College, 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 25-14, 25-22)
Trinity: K: Annie Rose Leggett, Avery Tuggle 13; B: Emma Funk 10; D Annie Rose Leggett 28, Avery Tuggle 24
Colorado: K: Georgia Mullins 16; B: Georgia Mullins 4; D Peyton Hummel 22, Georgia Mullins 19
Trinity 25-2, 12-0 SCAC; Colorado 22-4, 7-3 SCAC
First real regional rankings (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d3/regional-rankings) are out.
REGION X
| # | School | Record | -- D3 SOS-- | --vs RRO-- |
| 1 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (A) | 22-1 | .590 | 8-1-0 |
| 2 | Trinity (Texas) (A) | 26-2 | .625 | 10-2-0 |
| 3 | Colorado College (C) | 24-4 | .571 | 7-3-0 |
| 4 | Southwestern (Texas) (C) | 21-3 | .572 | 3-3-0 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (A) | 22-1 | .470 | 1-0-0 |
| 6 | Whitworth (A) | 17-2 | .532 | 1-2-0 |
| 7 | Pomona-Pitzer (C) | 15-7 | .532 | 1-4-0 |
(A) - Pool A if wins conference bid, based on current standings
(C) - Pool C if does not win conference bid, based on current standings
Mary Hardin-Baylor had better hope they win the ASC, because with that SOS and only one game against RROs they'll be hard pressed to win a comparison against other regional representatives.
Updates:
Amer. SW: UMHB, UT-Dallas, Concordia-TX, Sul Ross State, ETBU and LeTourneau are all in the ASC Tournament.
SCAC: Trinity-TX and, Colorado College get byes in the conference tournament. Southwestern, TLU,
Austin College and St. Thomas-TX are also in.
NWC: No tournament. Whitworth and PLU are at the top of this conference.
SCIAC: CMS and Pomona-Pitzer have clinched conference tournament spots.
UPDATE: Chapman and CLU got the last 2 spots.
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on October 20, 2021, 11:34:18 PM
10-20-21 Region X Rankings;
Team: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) Trinity-TX .625 Not shown 23-2 (.920)
2) Chapman .590 10-9 (.526)
3) CMS .568 18-0 (1.000)
4) Colo. College .565 22-3 (.880)
5) Pomona Pitzer .548 12-8 (.600)
6) Southwestern-TX .544 19-2 (.905)
7) Whitworth .531 15-2 (.882)
(Mary Hardin Baylor .455 19-0 (1.000)
(How interesting could things get for the Cru if they don't win the ASC Tournament?)
Quote from: Ron Boerger on October 27, 2021, 01:37:41 PM
First real regional rankings (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d3/regional-rankings) are out.
REGION X
| # | School | Record | -- D3 SOS-- | --vs RRO-- |
| 1 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (A) | 22-1 | .590 | 8-1-0 |
| 2 | Trinity (Texas) (A) | 26-2 | .625 | 10-2-0 |
| 3 | Colorado College (C) | 24-4 | .571 | 7-3-0 |
| 4 | Southwestern (Texas) (C) | 21-3 | .572 | 3-3-0 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (A) | 22-1 | .470 | 1-0-0 |
| 6 | Whitworth (A) | 17-2 | .532 | 1-2-0 |
| 7 | Pomona-Pitzer (C) | 15-7 | .532 | 1-4-0 |
(A) - Pool A if wins conference bid, based on current standings
(C) - Pool C if does not win conference bid, based on current standings
Mary Hardin-Baylor had better hope they win the ASC, because with that SOS and only one game against RROs they'll be hard pressed to win a comparison against other regional representatives.
11/3 Rankings:
Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) CMS 25-1 (.962) .584 8-1 (.889) 25-1 (.962)
2) Trinity-TX 28-2 (.933) .615 10-2 (.833) 29-2 (.935)
3) CC 28-4 (.875) .554 7-3 (.700) 28-4 (.875)
4) SW-TX 22-4 (.846) .561 2-4 (.333) 22-4 (.846)
5) Pomona-Pitzer 17-8 (.680) .544 1-4 (.200) 17-9 (.654)
6) Mary Hardin-Baylor 23-1 (.958) .470 1-0 (1.000) 23-1 (.958)
7) Whitworth 19-2 (.905) .544 0-2 (.000) 19-2 (.905)
Region X NCAA AQ's
Amer. SW: UT-Dallas
Northwest: Whitworth
SCIAC: CMS
SCAC: TBD
Good chance SW-TX is in. Colorado College is on the bubble. Mary Hardin Baylor may be one of the last 4 in (weak SOS and only 1 match played against a regionally ranked opponent, --which the Cru won)
Update:
SCAC: Trinity-TX gets the AQ.
Region X Pool C's in:
Colorado College and SW-TX (both SCAC)
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10-20-21 Region X Rankings;
Team: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) Trinity-TX .625 Not shown 23-2 (.920)
2) Chapman .590 10-9 (.526)
3) CMS .568 18-0 (1.000)
4) Colo. College .565 22-3 (.880)
5) Pomona Pitzer .548 12-8 (.600)
6) Southwestern-TX .544 19-2 (.905)
7) Whitworth .531 15-2 (.882)
(Mary Hardin Baylor .455 19-0 (1.000)
(How interesting could things get for the Cru if they don't win the ASC Tournament?)
Quote from: Ron Boerger on October 27, 2021, 01:37:41 PM
First real regional rankings (https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/volleyball-women/d3/regional-rankings) are out.
REGION X
| # | School | Record | -- D3 SOS-- | --vs RRO-- |
| 1 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (A) | 22-1 | .590 | 8-1-0 |
| 2 | Trinity (Texas) (A) | 26-2 | .625 | 10-2-0 |
| 3 | Colorado College (C) | 24-4 | .571 | 7-3-0 |
| 4 | Southwestern (Texas) (C) | 21-3 | .572 | 3-3-0 |
| 5 | Mary Hardin-Baylor (A) | 22-1 | .470 | 1-0-0 |
| 6 | Whitworth (A) | 17-2 | .532 | 1-2-0 |
| 7 | Pomona-Pitzer (C) | 15-7 | .532 | 1-4-0 |
(A) - Pool A if wins conference bid, based on current standings
(C) - Pool C if does not win conference bid, based on current standings
Mary Hardin-Baylor had better hope they win the ASC, because with that SOS and only one game against RROs they'll be hard pressed to win a comparison against other regional representatives.
11/3 Rankings:
Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) CMS 25-1 (.962) .584 8-1 (.889) 25-1 (.962)
2) Trinity-TX 28-2 (.933) .615 10-2 (.833) 29-2 (.935)
3) CC 28-4 (.875) .554 7-3 (.700) 28-4 (.875)
4) SW-TX 22-4 (.846) .561 2-4 (.333) 22-4 (.846)
5) Pomona-Pitzer 17-8 (.680) .544 1-4 (.200) 17-9 (.654)
6) Mary Hardin-Baylor 23-1 (.958) .470 1-0 (1.000) 23-1 (.958)
7) Whitworth 19-2 (.905) .544 0-2 (.000) 19-2 (.905)
11/8 FINAL Regional Rankings:
Team: IDR: SOS: RRO: Overall Record:
1) CMS 27-1 (.964) .585 8-1 (.889) 27-1 (.964)
2) Trinity-TX 30-2 (.938) .621 11-2 (.846) 31-2 (.939
3) SW-TX 24-5 (.828) .579 4-5 (.444) 24-5 (.828)
4) Colorado College 29-5 (.853) .561 8-4 (.667) 29-5 (.853)
5) Pomona-Pitzer 17-9 (.654) .546 1-5 (.167) 17-10 (.630)
6) Whitworth 21-2 (.913) .528 0-2 (.000) 21- 2 (.913)
7) UT-Dallas 17-9 (.654) .552 3-4 (.429) 17- 9 (.654)
One sees just how much UT-Dallas' win in the ASC Tourney Final cost the Cru.
Gotta say I don't understand Southwestern getting ranked in front of Colorado, who beat them 2 out of 3 times in H2H and have five more wins and the same number of losses. A difference of .018 in SOS isn't terribly significant when taken in conjunction with those two things, not to mention CC's 8-4 vRRO to SW's 4-5.
#14 Southwestern loses 3-1 to #12 Berry in the second round after defeating W&L 3-1 in the first round.
#11 Colorado College faces #4 Wartburg (28-0) after defeating #16 ONU 3-1 in the first round.
Trinity showed its disdain for the NCAA shipping them to New Jersey (and to a regional where they got the #2 seed) by dismantling first-time NCAA participant Cedar Crest (20-5) 25-9, -8, -13. The Tigers, who hit a blistering .427 while holding the Falcons to -.076, face Middlebury (20-5) who upset (#3 seed) host Stevens 3-1. That winner likely faces #10 NYU (27-1) for the right to travel to St. Louis.
Trinity-TX will represent Region X in the Elite 8 after knocking off NYU in 4 sets:
(Ron cheering)
CMS also gets in the Elite 8 after coming back from 2 sets down to stun Wartburg on the Knights' home court in 5 sets!
Finals seedings are up (https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d3/2021) and there will be a CMS-TU rematch if both win their opening match. #2 CMS (30-1, loss to Calvin) faces #7 Berry (28-2, losses to Birmingham-Southern and Emory) while #3 Trinity (34-2, losses to CMS and Tufts) plays #6 Calvin (30-3, losses to Augsberg and Hope (2x)).
On the other side of the bracket, you have #1 Juniata (30-1, loss to Johns Hopkins in the second match of the season) vs #8 MIT (29-3, losses to Trinity(TX), Williams, Babson) and #4 UW-Eau Claire (losses to Wartburg, St. Norbert, Hope) vs #5 Tufts (21-5, IMO should be #7 or #8 instead of #5, losses to Wesleyan x 2, Springfield, Endicott, Williams). Guess beating Trinity on the finale of their New England swing of four matches at four different schools in 30 hours (in a 19-17 fifth set) got them a bump.
Did not see that season-long and undefeated for years #1 Johns Hopkins went down 3-1 to Tufts in their regional final, which should make for an interesting finals.
Region X Post-Season Awards are now up:
https://www.avca.org/awards/all-regional-all-america-awards/division-iii-region.html
Quote from: Ron Boerger on November 15, 2021, 08:07:07 AM
Finals seedings are up (https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d3/2021) and there will be a CMS-TU rematch if both win their opening match. #2 CMS (30-1, loss to Calvin) faces #7 Berry (28-2, losses to Birmingham-Southern and Emory) while #3 Trinity (34-2, losses to CMS and Tufts) plays #6 Calvin (30-3, losses to Augsberg and Hope (2x)).
On the other side of the bracket, you have #1 Juniata (30-1, loss to Johns Hopkins in the second match of the season) vs #8 MIT (29-3, losses to Trinity(TX), Williams, Babson) and #4 UW-Eau Claire (losses to Wartburg, St. Norbert, Hope) vs #5 Tufts (21-5, IMO should be #7 or #8 instead of #5, losses to Wesleyan x 2, Springfield, Endicott, Williams). Guess beating Trinity on the finale of their New England swing of four matches at four different schools in 30 hours (in a 19-17 fifth set) got them a bump.
Did not see that season-long and undefeated for years #1 Johns Hopkins went down 3-1 to Tufts in their regional final, which should make for an interesting finals.
Narrator: but it was not meant to be.
CMS upheld their part of the bargain with a 3-1 victory over Berry, but Trinity could not hold a 2-1 lead, as Calvin came from behind to win 25-20, 19-25, 18-25, 25-19, 15-10. The Knights were led by an insane 29 kills by Heidi Westra. Trinity graduates no fewer than seven players this season, almost all of which made significant contributions all season, including two first-team AVCA All-Americans, Avery Tuggle and Annie Rose Leggett, as well as AVCA AA honorable mention Sara Flynn, so face a tough rebuilding job on the front line next year.
On the other side of the bracket, no upsets as Juniata will face UW-Eau Claire in the other semi-final.
Per ETBU site, the Tigers have a new coach: (link too long to post here)
(Word I read is that she left LeTourneau to take this position--even more spice for that in-ASC rivalry)
All SCIAC:
https://www.thesciac.org/sports/wvball/2021-22/releases/20211029sq0387
SCIAC '22 Pre-Season Poll is now up:
https://www.thesciac.org/sports/wvball/2022-23/releasaes/20220816g7mjjh
10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. CLU 11-8 (.579) .637 11-8 (.579)
2. CMS 20-0 (1.000) .635 20-0 (1.000)
3. La Verne 13-7 (.650) .591 13-7 (.650)
4. Pomona-Pitzer 13-6 (.684) .569 13-6 (.684)
5. UT-Dallas 13-4 (.765) .592 13-4 (.765)
6. Trinity-TX 17-3 (.850) .646 17-3 (.850)
7. UC Santa Cruz 15-4 (.789) .594 16-4 (.800)
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10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. CLU 11-8 (.579) .637 11-8 (.579)
2. CMS 20-0 (1.000) .635 20-0 (1.000)
3. La Verne 13-7 (.650) .591 13-7 (.650)
4. Pomona-Pitzer 13-6 (.684) .569 13-6 (.684)
5. UT-Dallas 13-4 (.765) .592 13-4 (.765)
6. Trinity-TX 17-3 (.850) .646 17-3 (.850)
7. UC Santa Cruz 15-4 (.789) .594 16-4 (.800)
Respectfully the first week's rankings are not ordered, they're alphabetical. The ones this week will actually have ordinals.
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10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. CLU 11-8 (.579) .637 11-8 (.579)
2. CMS 20-0 (1.000) .635 20-0 (1.000)
3. La Verne 13-7 (.650) .591 13-7 (.650)
4. Pomona-Pitzer 13-6 (.684) .569 13-6 (.684)
5. UT-Dallas 13-4 (.765) .592 13-4 (.765)
6. Trinity-TX 17-3 (.850) .646 17-3 (.850)
7. UC Santa Cruz 15-4 (.789) .594 16-4 (.800)
10-26:
1. CMS 23-0 (1.000) .620 13-0 (1.000) 23-0 (1.000)
2. Trinity-TX 21-3 ( .875) .620 7-3 ( .700) 21-3 ( .875)
3. UC-Santa Cruz 17-4 ( .810) .588 7-2 ( .778) 18-4 ( .818)
4. CLU 14-8 ( .636) .621 4-8 ( .333) 14-8 ( .636)
5. UT-Dallas 15-5 ( .750) .587 1-3 ( .250) 15-5 ( .750)
6. La Verne 15-8 ( .652) .574 0-7 ( .000) 15-8 ( .652)
7. Whitworth 14-6 ( .700) .554 2-2 ( .500) 14-6 ( .700)
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10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. CLU 11-8 (.579) .637 11-8 (.579)
2. CMS 20-0 (1.000) .635 20-0 (1.000)
3. La Verne 13-7 (.650) .591 13-7 (.650)
4. Pomona-Pitzer 13-6 (.684) .569 13-6 (.684)
5. UT-Dallas 13-4 (.765) .592 13-4 (.765)
6. Trinity-TX 17-3 (.850) .646 17-3 (.850)
7. UC Santa Cruz 15-4 (.789) .594 16-4 (.800)
10-26:
1. CMS 23-0 (1.000) .620 13-0 (1.000) 23-0 (1.000)
2. Trinity-TX 21-3 ( .875) .620 7-3 ( .700) 21-3 ( .875)
3. UC-Santa Cruz 17-4 ( .810) .588 7-2 ( .778) 18-4 ( .818)
4. CLU 14-8 ( .636) .621 4-8 ( .333) 14-8 ( .636)
5. UT-Dallas 15-5 ( .750) .587 1-3 ( .250) 15-5 ( .750)
6. La Verne 15-8 ( .652) .574 0-7 ( .000) 15-8 ( .652)
7. Whitworth 14-6 ( .700) .554 2-2 ( .500) 14-6 ( .700)
11 2:
1. CMS 26-0 (1.000) .606 12-0 (1.000) 26-0 (1.000)
2. Trinity-Texas 25-3 ( .893) .614 8-3 ( .727) 25-3 ( .893)
3. UC-Santa Cruz 17-4 ( .810) .584 7-2 ( .778) 18-4 ( .818)
4. CLU 16-9 ( .640) .597 2-9 ( .182) 16-9 ( .640)
5. UT-Dallas 18-5 (.783) .563 1-3 (.250) 18-5 ( .783)
6. La Verne 17-9 (.654) .574 1-6 (.143) 17-9 ( .654)
7. Pomona-Pitzer 16-8 (.667) .553 2-7 (.222) 16-8 ( .667)
#4 seed Texas Lutheran stuns #1 seed Trinity in the SCAC semifinals, 27-25, 22-25, 25-23, 20-25, 15-6. Maddy Schultz and Tanyse Moehrig both had 13 kills to lead TLU with Madison Weisinger adding 12 and 6 blocks to lead TLU in that category. Trinity got 15 kills and 7 blocks from Sarah Flynn, 14 kills by Reagan Whatley, and 12 kills from Mackenzie Logan.
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10 19 22 Regional Rankings
Team IDR SOS RRO Overall Record
1. CLU 11-8 (.579) .637 11-8 (.579)
2. CMS 20-0 (1.000) .635 20-0 (1.000)
3. La Verne 13-7 (.650) .591 13-7 (.650)
4. Pomona-Pitzer 13-6 (.684) .569 13-6 (.684)
5. UT-Dallas 13-4 (.765) .592 13-4 (.765)
6. Trinity-TX 17-3 (.850) .646 17-3 (.850)
7. UC Santa Cruz 15-4 (.789) .594 16-4 (.800)
10-26:
1. CMS 23-0 (1.000) .620 13-0 (1.000) 23-0 (1.000)
2. Trinity-TX 21-3 ( .875) .620 7-3 ( .700) 21-3 ( .875)
3. UC-Santa Cruz 17-4 ( .810) .588 7-2 ( .778) 18-4 ( .818)
4. CLU 14-8 ( .636) .621 4-8 ( .333) 14-8 ( .636)
5. UT-Dallas 15-5 ( .750) .587 1-3 ( .250) 15-5 ( .750)
6. La Verne 15-8 ( .652) .574 0-7 ( .000) 15-8 ( .652)
7. Whitworth 14-6 ( .700) .554 2-2 ( .500) 14-6 ( .700)
11 2:
1. CMS 26-0 (1.000) .606 12-0 (1.000) 26-0 (1.000)
2. Trinity-Texas 25-3 ( .893) .614 8-3 ( .727) 25-3 ( .893)
3. UC-Santa Cruz 17-4 ( .810) .584 7-2 ( .778) 18-4 ( .818)
4. CLU 16-9 ( .640) .597 2-9 ( .182) 16-9 ( .640)
5. UT-Dallas 18-5 (.783) .563 1-3 (.250) 18-5 ( .783)
6. La Verne 17-9 (.654) .574 1-6 (.143) 17-9 ( .654)
7. Pomona-Pitzer 16-8 (.667) .553 2-7 (.222) 16-8 ( .667)
11-9-22:
1. CMS 28-0 (1.000) .615 17-0 (1.000) 28-0 (1.000)
2. Trinity-TX 25-4 (.862) .620 7-3 (.700) 25-4 (.862)
3. UC-Santa Cruz 18-5 (.783) .590 8-3 (.727) 19-5 (.792)
4. CLU 16-10 (.615) .604 4-10 (.286) 16-10 (.615)
5. UT-Dallas 20- 5 (.800) .571 1-3 (.250) 20- 5 (.800)
6. Pomona-Pitzer 17- 9 (.654) .571 3-8 (.273) 17- 9 (.654)
7. La Verne 17-10 (.630) .586 1-10 (.091) 17-10 (.630)
Huge upset in the West Regional final as barely a week after getting punted out of the SCAC semis, Trinity (TX) upsets CMS on their home floor in five sets, 15-25, 26-24, 25-23, 19-25, 16-14. Trinity had 24 blocks to CMS' 18 but won despite being outhit .265 to .206.
CMS had only lost four sets in their previous 30 matches, so on the season Trinity accounted for four of the seven sets the Athenas did not win (CMS previously defeated Trinity them 3-1 at the East-West tournament at Emory).
Trinity(TX) moves on to the national semifinals with a three set win over MIT, 25-23, 25-19, 25-15. Not a great hitting day for the Tigers (.174) but the defense got better and better as the match wore on. Trinity was down 8-14 and 20-22 in the first set before pulling out the set win.
Julie Jenkins was named National Coach of the Year by AVCA today as well.
Deja vu all over again-the Tiger squad gets NYU again, only this time in the National Semi-Finals.
In the other bracket, NW-MN knocked off Johns Hopkins in a 5-setter and Juniata knocked off Hope.
Trinity-TX is in the Final after beating NYU 3 sets to 1!
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Trinity-TX is in the Final after beating NYU 3 sets to 1!
Came out slow in the first (trailed 1-8 and 12-21 before losing 21-25) and fourth sets (trailed 8-16 before winning 25-21). Simply cannot do that no matter who they face on Saturday. Really hope Julie finally gets that long-anticipated championship to cap her exceptional career.
The natty was not to be as Juniata dominated the first two sets and held off Trinity in the third in a 25-17, 25-11, 25-23 thumping. 2nd place out of 420-odd teams is nothing to hang your head about, but I know the TU women and coaches have to be feeling the loss of coming so close.
SCIAC All-Conference 2022-2023
https://thesciac.org/sports/wvball/2022-23/releases/20221030vhzj69
ASC Tourney Mild Upsets:
#5 HSU over #4 LeTourneau in 3 sets.
#6 HPU over #3 UT-Dallas in 4 sets.
SCIAC Tourney:
Final to watch: La Verne vs. CMS (both likely to make the field, but it'll still be interesting to see how much gives here.
SCAC Tourney Upset:
#3 Colorado College over #2 Texas Lutheran in 3 sets:
11/11/23 Region X Tourney Final Matchups:
American Southwest: #1 Mary Hardin-Baylor vs. #2 ETBU
Northwest Conference: George Fox/Whitworth winner vs #1 PLU
SCIAC: #1 CMS vs. #2 La Verne
SCAC: #1 Trinity-TX vs #3 Colorado College
Nadia -freaking- Kern! She is a rock for Trinity right now against Emory.
And it's final. Trinity heads to the Elite 8! Great games this weekend ladies. Keep it up!
Trinity announces incoming class: https://trinitytigers.com/news/2024/6/5/vb_2024_class.aspx
Quote from: Ron Boerger on June 05, 2024, 03:53:22 PMTrinity announces incoming class: https://trinitytigers.com/news/2024/6/5/vb_2024_class.aspx
And the schedule is now posted. Not afraid to play very, very good teams nationally.
As one would expect of Trinity...
Trinity was the near-unanimous choice to win the SCAC in this year's preseason coaches poll (https://scacsports.com/sports/wvball/2024-25/releases/preseason_poll), receiving 10 first and one second-place vote. Colorado College received the other first-place vote to come in second, followed by Texas Lutheran. Trinity will again be led by last year's SCAC PoTY, Mackenzie Logan, who returns for the final year of extended COVID eligibility. The conference's leading hitter (.403) and blocker (138, 1.16 per set), Maddie Fate, also returns for a final COVID year.
Conference play will be odd this year due to the sheer number of teams. From the release:
QuoteThe league has adopted a change in format this season as teams will be divided into divisions and the top eight teams will qualify for the postseason conference tournament. Austin College, Centenary, Colorado College, Dallas, McMurry and St. Thomas will comprise the Blue Division and Concordia (Texas), Schreiner, Southwestern, Texas Lutheran and Trinity will make up the Gold Division. Teams within their division will play a double round robin, teams outside of their division will play a single round robin, giving Blue Division teams a 15-game conference schedule and Gold Division teams a 14-game schedule.
The Blue Division will feature the teams predicted to finish 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th (average, 6.8), while the Gold Division will have the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 10th (average, 5.0).
Conference championship participants will also be selected differently:
Quotethe top three teams from each division, plus the next two best conference records (regardless of division), will compete in a single-elimination tournament
No mention of tie-breaking criteria, which hopefully won't come into play given that the divisions play a different number of games, making ties less likely. The SCAC probably goes back to a double round-robin next year after Southwestern and Trinity depart and LeTourneau joins.
It looks like Coach Jenkins at Trinity has figured some things out with team chemistry. The Tigers dipped below .500 play early in the season and have slowly regained winning consistency. Last night's complete 3-0 victory over #18 Southwestern, a team to whom they'd lost earlier in the season (1-3) revealed the turnaround starkly. Not surprising given the consistency of Trinity and the greatness of Coach Jenkins.
Well done, ladies.
ASC Update:
ETBU has clinched the top seed for the conference tournament.
SCAC Update:
Real dogfight at the top between Trinity-TX, Colorado College, Austin College, Southwestern-TX and Texas Lutheran at the moment.
Northwest Conference update:
Whitworth, PLU and Puget Sound are in a dogfight at the top of the conference here.
SCIAC Update:
Conference Tournament Locks:
CMS
La Verne
Whittier
Pomona-Pitzer
SCAC Tourney Matchups:
Trinity-TX/Schreiner
Colorado College/St Thomas-TX
Southwestern-TX/McMurry
Austin College/TLU
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2024, 02:44:45 PMSCIAC Update:
Conference Tournament Locks:
CMS
La Verne
Whittier
Pomona-Pitzer
SCIAC Tourney Final: #1 CMS/#2 La Verne
Quote from: WLCALUM83 on November 07, 2024, 02:31:41 PMASC Update:
ETBU has clinched the top seed for the conference tournament.
Final will be ETBU/Mary Hardin-Baylor
SCAC Final Matchup; Trinity-TX/Southwestern-TX