AdriaWestmini.jpg

Women's Volleyball Gavin McCallister

Bruin Volleyball picks up a pair of victories in 2013 home openers

SLCC tops No. 8 MSU-West Plains and Central Arizona on day one of SLCC Invitational

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

SLCC Volleyball opens home schedule with pair of victories

Bruins get back to .500 on day one of SLCC Invitational

SLCC vs. MSU-WP (10 a.m.)

1

2

3

4

5

Final

SLCC

25

25

25

X

X

3

MSU-WP

23

17

22

X

X

0

SLCC vs. CAZ (2 p.m.)

1

2

3

4

5

Final

SLCC

25

29

20

32

X

3

CAZ

20

27

25

30

X

1

Salt Lake City, UT—The No. 6-ranked SLCC Volleyball team (3-3) opened its 2013 home schedule with a pair of victories at the annual SLCC Invitational Tournament on Friday.

The Bruins won Friday's first match over No. 8-ranked Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) 3-0 by scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-22, and SLCC defeated Central Arizona College (CAZ) 3-1 by scores of 25-20, 29-27, 20-25 and 32-30 to close out the day's action.

SLCC vs. MSU-WP: Bruin sophomore outside hitter Bailee Kendall (Mt. Pleasant, UT) tallied 15 kills and freshman middle hitter Janessa Koelliker (Kaysville, UT) hit .500 for the match. Sophomore defensive specialist Indigo Allen (North Salt Lake, UT) turned in 13 digs in the winning effort.

SLCC vs. CAZ: Kendall finished with 21 kills and freshman outside hitter Carol Grasso (Sao Paulo, BRA) contributed 16 kills and 16 digs in the victory. Koelliker hit .533 and Allen finished the match with 16 digs.

Next up for Head Coach Sue Dulaney and the Bruins is a pair of home matches on Saturday, Aug. 31 at the SLCC Invitational. The Bruins will face Eastern Arizona College at 9 a.m. and will take on No. 19 Casper College at Bruin Arena with a 1 p.m. first serve.

Also in action: Results from the day's other contests at the SLCC Invitational are listed below.

(10 a.m. matches)

No. 1 Western Nebraska CC def. North Idaho College 3-2

Eastern Arizona def. USU-Eastern 3-0

No. 16 Western Wyoming Community College def. Northeastern Junior College 3-1

(Noon matches)

North Idaho College def. No. 19 Casper College 3-0

Central Arizona College def. USU-Eastern 3-2

Snow College def. No. 1 Western Nebraska CC 3-0

No. 3 College of Southern Idaho def. Eastern Arizona 3-2

(2 p.m. matches)

No. 16 Western Wyoming Community College def. No. 8 MSU-West Plains 3-1

No. 3 College of Southern Idaho def. No. 19 Casper College 3-0

Snow College def. Northeastern Junior College 3-1

Print Friendly Version