SCAC Volleyball Recap - Week Eight

SCAC Volleyball Recap - Week Eight

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - All eight of the league's volleyball teams gathered this past weekend at Schreiner University for the final cross-divisional of the 2016 season.

18th-ranked Trinity University (13-1 SCAC) locked up the top seed for the SCAC Volleyball Tournament with four victories, including a 3-2 victory over #6 Colorado College on Saturday where the Texas Tigers battled back from a 2-0 deficit.

Colorado College rebounded on Sunday and defeated #4 Southwestern University, 3-2, and went 3-1 on the week. The Pirates were also 3-1 with their only loss coming to CC.

As for tournament seeding, following Trinity, Southwestern (12-2) will be the two seed, Colorado College (11-3) will be the three seed, and Austin College (7-7) is the four seed for the six-team event, which is scheduled for Friday-Saturday, November 4-5 in Shreveport, La., on the campus of Centenary College of Louisiana.

University of Dallas and Texas Lutheran University each finished with identical 5-9 league marks to tie for the final two tournament slots. In accordance to the league's tiebreaker sequence, Dallas earned the No. 5 seed by virtue of its better league mark against Austin College (1-1 vs. 0-2). When working down the standings, both Dallas and TLU were 0-2 versus Trinity, Southwestern and Colorado College.

For links to recaps and box scores from this past week's action, click on the links below. 

This Week's Leaders:

Hitting Percentage (.413): Rebekah Bowden, Austin College (36 kills, 5 errors, 75 total attacks)
Kills/Set
(4.42): Kristin Fording, Texas Lutheran 
Digs/Set (5.82): Andie Alford, Southwestern
Assists/Set (12.65): Nikki Welch, Southwestern
Service Aces/Set (1.05): Hailey Lawson, Centenary
Blocks/Set (1.60): Presleigh Watson, Austin College

This Week's Results:

Date Away Home Status Links
October
Mon. 17 Centenary (La.) 3 Texas Col. 0 Final
Tue. 18 Arlington Baptist 0 Austin College 3 Final
  St. Mary's (Tex.) 1 Trinity (Tex.) 3 Final
  Schreiner 1 Huston-Tillotson 3 Final
  Southwestern Adventist University 1 Dallas 3 Final
Wed. 19 Trinity (Tex.) 1 Our Lady of the Lake 3 Final
  Rust 0 Centenary (La.) 3 Final
  Southwestern (Tex.) 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor 0 Final
  Texas Col. 0 Centenary (La.) 3 Final
Sat. 22 Centenary (La.) * 0 Trinity (Tex.) 3 Final
  Southwestern (Tex.) * 3 Dallas 0 Final
  Austin College * 3 Texas Lutheran 0 Final
  Colorado College * 3 Schreiner 0 Final
  Dallas * 0 Texas Lutheran 3 Final
  Trinity (Tex.) * 3 Colorado College 2 Final
  Southwestern (Tex.) * 3 Centenary (La.) 0 Final
  Austin College * 3 Schreiner 0 Final
Sun. 23 Dallas * 0 Trinity (Tex.) 3 Final
  Texas Lutheran * 0 Colorado College 3 Final
  Southwestern (Tex.) * 2 Colorado College 3 Final
  Centenary (La.) * 3 Schreiner 0 Final
  Austin College * 0 Southwestern (Tex.) 3 Final
  Centenary (La.) * 0 Texas Lutheran 3 Final
  Dallas * 3 Schreiner 1 Final
  Austin College * 0 Trinity (Tex.) 3 Final
* Conference