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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.

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

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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.)

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

Hendrix:  7 service aces  Payne  .333 hitting pct.

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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).

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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. 

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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:

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#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.

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BSC upset #7 Berry in 4 sets yesterday.

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

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

  (Developing. . . )

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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.