Saturday, September 30 Match Day

Update: I said that Trinity would beat CC today. What I meant was that CC would sweep Trinity. I wish I had been clearer. SCIAC leaders Chapman with a bad loss at home today. Don’t know what to think of that. 10:30 a.m. (All times central) Dallas vs Southwestern Video Stats  SU 3, Dallas 0……

Friday, September 29 Match Day

9:00 p.m. (All times central) Pacific Lutheran at Pacific Video Stats  Pac Lu 3, Pacific 1 Santa Cruz at Chapman Video Stats  Chapman 3, UCSC 0 La Verne at Pomona-Pitzer Video Stats  La Verne 3, P-P 1 CMS at Occidental Video Stats  CMS 3, Occidental 2 Caltech at Whittier Video Stats  Whittier 3, Caltech 0……

Wednesday, September 27 Match Day

Not much on the schedule but the NW Conference has a juicy match-up. The two upstart teams go at it with Linfield at Pacific (Ore.). 6:00 p.m. (All times central) Schreiner at Huston-Tillotson (NAIA) Video Stats  No clue 9:00 p.m.  Linfield at Pacific Video Stats  Pacific 3, Linfield 1

Players of the Week

The following players have earned POW honors for week four of the season. Links are attached to the conference name when available. ASC   East Division – Offensive: Brieanne Brown, OH, Sr., UT Tyler East Division – Defensive: Makenna Bartlett, L, So., UT Tyler West Division – Offensive: Natasha Evans, S, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor West Division……

AVCA Top 25

The week four AVCA Top 25 coaches poll is out, which you can find here. The top six teams are the same with Southwestern dropping from second to fifth. Wittenberg retains the top spot for the second week in a row with 58 first place votes and a devilish 1666 total points. Colorado College received……

Tuesday, September 26 Match Day

A couple of nice matches tonight! UT Tyler at UT Dallas will be a fun one as these are the two best teams in the ASC East. Chapman at La Verne is the other match of note with the Leos having the edge at home. 6:00 p.m. (All times central) S’western Assemblies (NAIA) at Austin……

Monday, September 25 Match Day

Only thing on the West Region schedule: 6:00 p.m. (All times central) U Southwest GC at Sul Ross Video Stats  UofS 3, Sul Ross 1

West Region Rankings

Please note that the W/L record is in division record. The NAIA and DII matches were throwing me and I’m easily confused so I eliminated them as they are not part of the primary criteria for selection. This ranking is still a mix of what I think and the primary criteria used for selection. Once……

Weekend Wrap-Up

I hope everyone enjoyed the long three day weekend of matches thanks to the SCAC finishing up earlier today. My wife and I traveled down to Southwestern to watch their matches and to celebrate our anniversary. (Yes, my wife is very understanding but also loves her Pirates volleyball.) I will avoid all the boring Southwestern……

Sunday, September 24 Match Day

Third set of the Austin College / Dallas match was 25-2. Yikes! 11:30 a.m. (All times central) Centenary vs Colorado College Video Stats  CC 3, Centenary 0 1:00 p.m. Dallas at Austin College Video Stats  Austin 3, Dallas 0 Random Thoughts: The SCAC finishes up some matches out in Sherman. I am not expecting any……