SCAC Volleyball Media Days - Day Four

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference office will conduct its second annual "media days" event beginning Monday, August 30.

Day four is a sit down with Millsaps head coach Jamie Burns, Sewanee head coach Jessica Cortese, Southwestern head coach Hannah Long and Trinity head coach Julie Jenkins.

To listen to Jamie Burns of Millsaps, click here.

To listen to Jessica Cortese of Sewanee, click here.

To listen to Hannah Long of Southwestern, click here.

To listen to Julie Jenkins of Trinity, click here.

SCAC Volleyball; Colorado College and Trinity Move onto the National Quarterfinals

For the first time in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference history the conference will be represented by two teams in the National Quarterfinals with Colorado College and Trinity advancing.

Colorado College earned the number one seed in the West region and defeated Cal Lutheran and University of La Verne both in five games. After winning their first ever regional title in school history Colorado College will face Washington University Thursday at 12:30.

Trinity defeated Randolph-Macon, Emory and SCAC Champion Southwestern in route to their fifth regional title in the last 25 years. Trinity will face Juniata Thursday at 5:30.

SCAC Director of Communications Russell Kramer had a chance to catch up with both coaches and talk to them about their regional titles and preparation heading into this weekends National Quarterfinals.

To listen to CC head coach Rick Swan, click here.

To listen to TU head coach Julie Jenkins, click here.

SCAC Volleyball in the 2009 NCAA Tournament

The 2009 NCAA Volleyball Tournament begins tomorrow with two of the three SCAC teams in action. Southwestern University (33-3), the SCAC champion and winners of 31 consecutive matches, will serve as one of eight regional host sites. The Pirates open South Region play against University of Dallas (20-19) while Trinity University (27-11) - also in the South Region - plays Randolph-Macon (28-6) in the first round.

Colorado College (33-4) received a first-round bye in the West Region and will play the winner of Cal Lutheran (20-11) and Puget Sound (18-6) in second round play.

SCAC Director of Communication Russell Kramer had the chance to speak with all three head coaches as they prepare for the NCAA Tournament.

To listen to Trinity head coach Julie Jenkins, click here.

To listen to Southwestern head coach Hannah Long, click here.

To listen to Colorado College head coach Rick Swan, click here.

Trinity Claims Third Place at 2009 SCAC Volleyball Championships

In the third place match at the 2009 SCAC Volleyball Championship Trinity defeated DePauw in straight sets 3-0 Saturday afternoon. After both teams fell in tough five set matches in the semi-finals earlier in the day Trinity and DePauw bounced back to face off against each other in the third place match.

With the loss DePauw finishes the regular season with a overall record of 28-9 and is still hopeful to continue to play more volleyball this year with an invitation to the National Tournament.

Trinity was led in the match by Alexis Edwards who posted 18 digs in the match and was named to the 2009 SCAC All-Tournament Team. The win improves Trinity to 27-11 on the year.

After the match SCAC Director of Communications Russell Kramer caught up with head coach Deb Zellers of DePauw and Julie Jenkins of Trinity.

To listen to coach Zellers, click here.

To listen to coach Jenkins, click here.

SCAC Women's Volleyball Podcast - Week Six

This week for the SCAC Women's Volleyball Podcast the conference office had a chance to sit down with Trinity University head coach Julie Jenkins. Trinity is now won three straight matches in a row and post a record of 24-8 (11-4).

For all of the latest SCAC news and notes check out the entire version of Spike Weekly which includes standings, POTW, upcoming schedules and National Rankings.

To hear the entire interview with head coach Julie Jenkins, click here.