SUWANEE, Ga. - The 1999 Trinity University
women's volleyball team defeated Muskingum (Ohio) College,
3-0, in the semifinals of the national tournament to advance to the
championship game and become just the second SCAC team in any sport
to play for a Division III national title.
The Tigers lost the following day to top-ranked and defending
national champion Central (Iowa) College, but that amazing run to
the title game is being recognized as the Top Moment in the
history of SCAC women's volleyball. Top 20
Moments homepage
Trinity ended its season with a school-record 38 wins and the
team's 38-3 mark remains the best single-season winning
percentage (.927) ever produced by a conference volleyball team.
Tiger head coach Julie Jenkins was later honored as the American
Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Coach-of-the-Year and
two players from that team were named all-Americans, senior middle
blocker Alisha Farley, the 1999 SCAC Player-of-the-Year, and junior
setter Desiree Pratt.
In the championship match, sophomore middle blocker Lauren Hamilton
led the Tigers in kills with nine and had six blocks (three
solo). First-year outside hitter Brianna Iversen, who had earlier
been chosen as the South Region Freshman of the Year, had
seven kills and 10 digs. Farley, who was named to the All Final
Four Team, had six kills and a match-high 17 digs. Senior
outside hitter Jennifer Purdy fired in six kills and 12 digs while
sophomore right-side player Abby Wilson also had six kills. Pratt
chalked up 31 assists.
Russell Kramer, the SCAC Director of Communications/New Media, had
a chance to catch up with Trinity head coach Julie Jenkins as
well as former Tiger all-American Desiree Pratt Gooselink, to
reflect on that 1999 tournament run which resulted in a
second-place national finish. Click here to list to the interview with Coach Jenkins;
click here to listen to the interview with Desiree
Pratt Gooselink.
To view the complete list of SCAC Women's Volleyball Top Moments,
click here.
Throughout the 2010-2011 academic year, the Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference will celebrate its 20th anniversary. A special
logo commemorating the occasion will be used and the league
office will also be releasing the Top 20 moments for each sport the
conference sponsors (excluding men's and women's lacrosse).
![Rhodes And Southwestern Earn AVCA Team Academic Honors](/images/wvball/rcsu_avcaacademic_award1011.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
July 22, 2011
Rhodes And Southwestern Earn AVCA Team Academic Honors
![Trinity Student-Athletes Volunteer at Community Event](/images/wbkb/tu_saac_660X370.gif?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
April 14, 2011
Trinity Student-Athletes Volunteer at Community Event
![Trinity 38th in 2010-2011 Division III Learfield Sports Directors' Cup fall standings](/images/logos/learfield660x370.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![SCAC Announces 2010 Volleyball All-Sportsmanship Team](/images/wvball/vball_sportsmanship_470.gif?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
December 13, 2010
SCAC Announces 2010 Volleyball All-Sportsmanship Team
![Judy Green hired to head Birmingham-Southern volleyball program](/images/wvball/green_judy470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 30, 2010
Judy Green hired to head Birmingham-Southern volleyball program
![Colorado College's Perkins Repeats As AVCA First-Team All-American](/images/wvball/perkins_10_avca_aa_470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 20, 2010
Colorado College's Perkins Repeats As AVCA First-Team All-American
![Sad Saturday in the SCAC; Colorado College and Southwestern eliminated from NCAA Volleyball Tourney](/images/wvball/2010_ncaa_vb470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![SCAC Places Ten On AVCA All-Region Teams](/images/wvball/perkins_emily470b.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 12, 2010
SCAC Places Ten On AVCA All-Region Teams
![Colorado College and Southwestern Receive Bids to 2010 NCAA Division III Volleyball Championships](/images/wvball/10_vb_ncaa2.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![Volleyball Recap (Week 10) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week10_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 8, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 10) - Around the SCAC
![Centre Pulls Shocker; Colorado, DePauw and Trinity also advance to SCAC Volleyball Semifinals](/images/wvball/centre_10vb_dayone.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
![Trinity Prepares To Host 2010 SCAC Volleyball Championship](/images/wvball/2010_scac_vb_logo.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 4, 2010
Trinity Prepares To Host 2010 SCAC Volleyball Championship
![Volleyball Recap (Week 9) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week9_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
November 1, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 9) - Around the SCAC
![Volleyball Recap (Week 8) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week8_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
October 25, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 8) - Around the SCAC
![Volleyball Recap (Week 7) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week7_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
October 18, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 7) - Around the SCAC
![Volleyball Recap (Week 6) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week6_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
October 11, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 6) - Around the SCAC
![Volleyball Recap (Week 5) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week5_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
October 4, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 5) - Around the SCAC
![Volleyball Recap (Week 4) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week4_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
September 27, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 4) - Around the SCAC
![University of Dallas to Join the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference](/images/dallas_logo470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
September 22, 2010
University of Dallas to Join the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
![Volleyball Recap (Week 3) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week3_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
September 20, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 3) - Around the SCAC
![Volleyball Recap (Week 2) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week2_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
September 13, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 2) - Around the SCAC
![SCAC Releases 2010 Volleyball Prospectus](/images/wvball/scac-volleyball470x315.gif?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
September 10, 2010
SCAC Releases 2010 Volleyball Prospectus
![Volleyball Recap (Week 1) - Around the SCAC](/images/wvball/vb10week1_recap470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
September 6, 2010
Volleyball Recap (Week 1) - Around the SCAC
![SCAC Media Days to Get Underway on Monday, August 30th](/images/logos/scac_media_days470.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
August 27, 2010
SCAC Media Days to Get Underway on Monday, August 30th
![SCAC has three ranked in AVCA Preseason Top 25](/images/wvball/2010_avca_preseason2.jpg?max_width=280&max_height=139&crop=true)
August 19, 2010
SCAC has three ranked in AVCA Preseason Top 25