LONGVIEW, Texas – The LeTourneau volleyball team has earned the No. 6 seed in the SCAC tournament and will face defending SCAC champions and No. 3 seed Colorado College Tigers in the quarterfinals on Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Solheim Arena.
The winner of the match will face No. 2 seed Hendrix in the semifinals at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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TOURNAMENT NOTES:
- LeTourneau finished the regular season 11-14, winning six of its final 10 matches.
- Going 7-6 in SCAC matches, the YellowJackets earned back-to-back winning seasons in conference for just the third time in program history.
- Fifth-year head coach Alison Williams leads LeTourneau into its second SCAC tournament appearance. The Jackets finished tied for fifth in the regular season standings, losing the tiebreaker to Concordia Texas.
- The YellowJackets are competing in their tenth conference tournament in program history.
- LeTourneau will look to avenge its regular season loss to Colorado College, as it fell to the Tigers in straight sets on Oct. 3 at the SCAC Crossover hosted by Dallas.
- The Jackets have been anchored defensively by standout junior libero Rebekah Dragoo, whose 5.86 digs per set in conference matches rank second in the SCAC. Dragoo also earned SCAC defensive player of the week honors on Sept. 14, after recording 40 digs in a four-set win over Huntingdon.
- LeTourneau has received significant defensive production from middle blockers Ashlyn Walther and Nora Lockhart. Walther ranked second in the conference in blocks per set (1.04), while Lockhart finished third (0.90). Walther's 1.04 blocks per set also marks the second-highest single-season average in program history.
- Freshman Elizabeth Corbitt has paced the YellowJackets offensively as her 3.00 kills per set helped them win key matches in conference play. The Jackets also received steady production from Kylee Marksberry (2.10 kills per set) and Kassidy Meyer (1.86 kills per set).
- In conference play, setters Hailee Perry (4.67) and Emily Mullin (4.43) rank among the top 10 in assists per set. Perry dished out a career-high 31 assists last weekend in LeTourneau's win over Centenary.
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