Final:  #7 Berry over Centre in 3 sets:
               (25-17, 25-23, 25-10)

Berry  - Bergin .419 hitting pct.  3 team-mates with hitting pcts  .333 or higher for match.

Heard ARV Hendrix got a split against #10 BSC. It remains to be seen if BSC will slip in the next poll.

Joining Centre @ ARV Hendrix in progress:
         (Hendrix up 1 set to nil).

(Apparently, today's #6 Berry's matches with #10 BSC were cancelled, per each school's separate site.)

Final:  ARV Hendrix over Centre in 3 sets:
                (25-23, 25-21, 25-15)

Hendrix:  7 service aces  Payne  .333 hitting pct.

Update:  Rhodes took ARV Hendrix to 5 sets, and then pulled off a mild upset in Match 1 against the Warriors.

(Found out later that Hendrix salvaged a split by winning Match 2 in 4 sets).

SAA 1st round match-ups 4-17-2021:

Berry/Hendrix:  Stats favor Berry  Hendrix topped the SAA in avg digs/set (19.58) Berry 1st in team hitting pct. (231), 2nd or 3rd in most other team categories;

Top Players:  Berry--Zoe Wooten and Molly Bergin  (.322 and .292 hitting pcts, respectively) Jazzy Innis 17 service aces
                    Hendrix--Camryn Presley 147 spikes for points (avg 3.42/set) Allison Long .268 hitting pct. Jenna McGrath 245 digs.

BSC/Oglethorpe:  Oglethorpe:  2nd in hitting pct. (.202) and avg blocks/set (1.95). BSC 1st or second in team stats in about half the categories available

Top Players:  BSC:  Allysa Coates 1st in avg spike pts/set (3.64) Kennedy Dickens (.286 hitting pct.) Ansleigh Dailey 1st in assists (363
                   Oglethorpe:  Ta'Korya Green 1st in SAA in hitting pct. (.355) Emma Williams 4th in avg acts/set (0.45) 13 in-season aces 

Berry and BSC have been ranked in the Top 10 most of this season. 

Final:  #5 Berry over Hendrix in 4 sets:
               (25-23, 20-25, 25-18, 25-21)

Berry:  Wooten .481 hitting pct.

Final:  BSC over Oglethorpe in 3 sets:
                (25-21, 25-21, 25-18).

BSC--Nielsen  .500 hitting pct. Dickens .280 hitting pct.

It'll be #16 BSC vs. #5 Berry for the SAA Tournament Title tomorrow:

#16 Birmingham-Southern pulls an upset over #5 Berry in the SAA Final in 3 sets:
     (25-18, 25-21, 25-18)

BSC:  .300 team hitting pct. for match. Dailey, Neilsen and Dickens ind. hitting pcts. .400 or higher.

BSC upset #7 Berry in 4 sets yesterday.

That knocking off of Berry put BSC back in the ARV section of the latest Top 25 Poll.

Centre is giving BSC all it can handle at the moment.

  (Developing. . . )

Final:  Centre over ARV BSC in 5 sets:
             (26-24, 25-21, 20-25, 23-25, 15-10)

Centre:  Outhit BSC .692 to .095 in Set 5  Thornton .400 hitting pct.
BSC:  Dickens .448 hitting pct.