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November 14, 2005
Southwestern's White; Long highlight 2005 Women's Volleyball All-Conference team
SUWANEE, Ga. - On the heels of the program’s most successful season since joining the conference in 1994, Southwestern University senior Misti White was a near unanimous choice for 2005 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Player-of-the-Year in exclusive all-conference voting by the league's head coaches. Her head coach, Hannah Long, was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year. Complete Release

November 14, 2005
Trinity's Jackson named AVCA First Team All-American
Four Tigers earn selections
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Trinity University senior middle blocker Lauren Jackson was named First Team All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). Teammate Micaeli Smith was selected to the Second Team while Sara Buros and Kamri Young, also of Trinity, were named Honorable Mention. Complete Release

November 11, 2005
Southwestern; Trinity suffer season-ending losses at NCAA Tournament
ATLANTA, Ga. - Both Trinity's and Southwestern's seasons came to an end Friday night at the NCAA South Regionals at Emory. Trinity lost to second-seed and future SCAC opponent Austin College 3-1 and Southwestern fell to the nation's top-seeded team and host school Emory University by the same 3-1 score. Southwestern Match Story | Trinity Match Story | NCAA South Region Website

November 11, 2005
SCAC has six named to 2005 AVCA All-Region Volleyball Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Six SCAC student-athletes were selected to the 2005 AVCA All-South Region team, including five Trinity players. Sara Buros, Lauren Jackson, Micaeli Smith and Kamri Young - all of Trinity - were named to the First Team and Joni Jacobi of Trinity and Misti White of Southwestern received Honorable Mention. Complete Release

November 10, 2005
Southwestern and Trinity both win in NCAA First Round action
ATLANTA, Ga. - Trinity's volleyball team lost the first two games to Christopher Newport at the NCAA South Regionals on Thursday, but rallied to win an exciting five-game thriller. The Tigers fought off match points to take game five by the final of 18-16. Southwestern had an easier time of it, putting away Washington & Lee in three straight. Both advance to second round matches Friday evening. Southwestern Match Story | Trinity Match Story | NCAA South Region Website

November 6, 2005
Southwestern clinches NCAA Automatic Bid; shares SCAC title with Trinity
(Story from Southwestern's website)
Both Pirates and Tigers to play at Emory in NCAA South Regional
SEWANEE, Tenn. - The Southwestern volleyball team (35-4, 17-1 SCAC) ended the regular season on a high note with 3-0 sweeps over Centre and Millsaps. With the victories, the Pirates finish up with 17-1 mark in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), sharing the conference title with Trinity. Complete Release | Trinity Release | Southwestern NCAA Release | Trinity NCAA Release | NCAA Volleyball Bracket

November 4, 2005
SCAC regular season wraps up at Sewanee
SEWANEE, Tenn. - The second SCAC Volleyball Cross Divisional signals the end of the regular season and Sewanee serves as host for this weekend's final three days of conference competition. Trinity enters the weekend with a half-game lead over Southwestern for the race to the SCAC title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Follow along all weekend at the official website of the 2005 SCAC Cross Divisional No. 2.

November 1, 2005
Trinity slips to 21st in AVCA National Rankings
Southwestern just outside of Top 25
Trinity (19-11) won its only match of the week, but slipped a place to 21st in this week's AVCA National Rankings. Southwestern continues to garner support and received 22 votes, the second-most votes of any school outside of the Top 25. Complete Rankings

October 25, 2005
Trinity 20th nationally for second consecutive week
Southwestern still receives votes
Trinity (18-11) swept its four games at the SCAC West Divisional No. 2 and remained 20th in this week's AVCA National Rankings. Southwestern continues to garner support and received 21 votes, the second-most votes of any school outside of the Top 25. Complete Rankings

October 23, 2005
DePauw sweeps field at Eastern Divisional No. 2
GREENCASTLE, Ind. - DePauw improved to 22-8 overall and 10-3 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference after winning all four of its matches at the SCAC Eastern Divisional, hosted by DePauw. Official Eastern Division Website

October 22, 2005
Trinity closes out Western Division sweep with 3-1 victory over Rhodes
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Trinity closed out the second SCAC Volleyball Western Divisional with a 19-30, 30-17, 30-23, 30-27 victory over the host team Rhodes on Saturday afternoon. The win extended Trinity's winning streak against Division III opponents to nine matches. Official Western Division Website

October 18, 2005
Trinity slips to 20th in AVCA National Rankings
Southwestern receives most votes of schools outside of Top 25
Trinity (14-11) dropped from 18th to 20th in this week's AVCA National Rankings. Southwestern continued to garner support, received 27 votes, the most votes of any school outside of the Top 25. Complete Rankings

October 11, 2005
Trinity drops to 18th in AVCA National Rankings
Southwestern receives votes
Trinity (13-9). after losing its first conference match since 2000, slipped from 14th to 18th in this week's AVCA National Rankings. Southwestern, who defeated Trinity on Wednesday, received 43 votes, the second-most of any school outside of the Top 25. Complete Rankings

October 10, 2005
West is Best at First SCAC Cross Divisional
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Western Division schools dominated play at the First SCAC Volleyball Cross Divisional this past weekend at Trinity. In 25 matches contested over three days, Western schools defeated their Eastern counterparts in 22 of them, including a 10-0 sweep of matches on Friday's opening day. Rhodes, Southwestern and Trinity all went 5-0 over the weekend. Official Cross Divisional Website

October 5, 2005
Southwestern snaps Trinity's 75-match win streak
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - For the first time since Nov. 5, 2000, Trinity lost a conference volleyball match. Southwestern defeated Trinity 30-25, 30-28, 31-29 Wednesday evening at the University of Texas-San Antonio - snapping a 75-match win streak for the Tigers. The match was the first of four that Southwestern must make-up since it could not travel to the first SCAC Western Divisional at Rhodes due to Hurricane Rita. Southwestern Release | Trinity Release

October 5, 2005
Postponed Western Division matches rescheduled
(From Southwestern's website)
Matches involving Southwestern from the first SCAC Volleyball Western Divisional two weekends ago at Rhodes, cancelled due to travel difficulties for the Pirates associated with Hurricane Rita, have been rescheduled. Complete Release | SCAC Volleyball Schedule

October 4, 2005
Trinity slips to 14th in AVCA National Rankings
Despite winning its only match of the week, Trinity (8-8) slipped from 13th to 14th in this week's AVCA National Rankings. Complete Rankings

October 3, 2005
Swanstrom becomes all-time digs leader at Rhodes
(From Rhodes' website)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Senior libero Amanda Swanstrom became Rhodes' all-time career leader in digs in Sunday's match at Central Arkansas. Swanstrom has 1,859 digs for her career, which ranks fifth all-time in SCAC history. Complete Release

September 29, 2005
DePauw's Hodgkinson; Rhodes' Maffei; Trinity's Farrimond highlight Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's 15th Anniversary Women's Volleyball Team
SUWANEE, Ga. – DePauw University’s Janie Hodgkinson, Rhodes College's Kate Maffei and Trinity University’s Ashley Farrimond highlight an impressive list of past standouts named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s 15th Anniversary Women’s Volleyball Team. Complete Release

September 27, 2005
Trinity improves to 13th in AVCA National Rankings
Trinity (7-8) improved from 14th to 13th in this week's AVCA National Rankings. The Tigers swept all three of its matches at the first SCAC Western Divisional at Rhodes College. Complete Rankings

September 25, 2005
DePauw; Trinity sweep in Divisional Play
DePauw won all four of its matches and Trinity swept its three matches at the first Eastern and Western Divisionals held this weekend at Centre and Rhodes respectively. Eastern Division website ● Western Division website

September 23, 2005
Southwestern unable to travel to Memphis for West Divisional
SUWANEE, Ga. - Due to travel issues in connection with Hurricane Rita, Southwestern University will not compete in this weekend's first SCAC Western Divisional at Memphis. The schedule has been changed, reflecting Southwestern's absence, and can be accessed here. Make-up dates for the four matches involving Southwestern and Western Division opponents will be announced later.

September 20, 2005
Trinity down one to 14th in AVCA National Rankings
Facing a brutal schedule, Trinity dropped three matches but slipped just one place to 14th in this week's AVCA National Rankings. The Tigers lost to No. 5 La Verne (3-2), top-ranked Washington (Mo.) (3-0) and No. 2 Juniata (3-1) last weekend. For the second consecutive week, Southwestern (9-3) received votes in the national poll. Complete Rankings

September 13, 2005
Trinity slips from sixth to 13th in first AVCA regular season poll
After a 4-5 start, Trinity slipped from sixth to a tie for 13th in the first 2005 AVCA regular season poll. Southwestern also received votes. Complete Rankings

August 24, 2005
Trinity unanimous choice to take eighth consecutive SCAC Volleyball title
SUWANEE, Ga. - The Trinity University Tigers have been selected to win their eighth-consecutive women’s volleyball SCAC championship, based on exclusive voting by the head coaches in the conference. If the Tigers succeed in their title quest, if would be the team’s 12th SCAC championship in the 15-year history of the conference. Click here for the release.

August 15, 2005
SCAC releases 2005 Volleyball schedule
Click here for the 2005 SCAC composite volleyball schedule.

August 15, 2005
The Top Volleyball Stories of 2004
Click here to view stories, as well as standings and statistics, from the 2004 SCAC volleyball season.

August 1, 2005
Linebarger to lead Volleyball Majors in 2005
(From Millsaps' website)
JACKSON, Miss. - Matthew J. Linebarger has joined Millsaps College and the Department of Athletics as head coach for the Majors women’s volleyball team, in an announcement made by Millsaps College Director of Athletics Ron Jurney, Friday. Linebarger will also serve as the head strength and conditioning coach for Majors seven women’s athletic teams. Complete Release

June 20, 2005
Neyhouse tabbed to head Centre volleyball program
DANVILLE, Ky. - Centre College Director of Athletics and Recreation, Brian Chafin, has announced James Neyhouse will be the new head volleyball coach at Centre. Neyhouse had been the head coach at Wilmington College since 2001. Complete Release