SCAC Volleyball Media Days - Day Two

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

Day two is a sit down with Centre head coach James Neyhouse, Colorado College head coach Rick Swan, DePauw head coach Deb Zellers and Hendrix head coach Mary Ann Schlientz.

To listen to James Neyhouse of Centre, click here.

To listen to Rick Swan of Colorado College, click here.

To listen to Deb Zellers of DePauw, click here.

To listen to Mary Ann Schlientz, 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.

Southwestern University Wins Fourth SCAC Volleyball Championship

The No. 1 seeded Southwestern University Pirates defeated second seeded Colorado College 3-1 on Saturday evening - earning the Pirates their fourth Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference championship and first since a co-championship with Trinity University in 2005.

Southwestern won by scores of 25-23, 19-25, 25-15 and 25-23. Southwestern advanced to the championship by beating rival and defending SCAC champion Trinity in the semifinals, by the same 3-1 margin.

By winning the SCAC championship, the Pirates earn the conference's automatic qualifier into the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship. Southwestern, ranked 12th in the nation and winner of 31 consecutive matches, will learn of its national tournament destination on Monday when the brackets are released.

Colorado College, ranked 13th in the nation, advanced to its first SCAC championship by beating third seeded and 24th in the nation DePauw University. The Colorado Tigers won a thriller, topping the Indiana Tigers in five sets, 3-2.

After the match SCAC Director of Communications Russell Kramer caught up with Colorado College head coach Rick Swan and Southwestern head coach Hannah Long. Kramer also talked with Southwestern seniors Audra Gentry and Sam Lingamfelter.

To listen to coach Swan, click here.

To listen to Gentry, click here.

To listen to Lingamfelter, click here.

To listen to coach Long, click here.