No. 5 Salt Lake CC Volleyball places 2nd at Marriott Residence Inn Tournament
The Volleyball team just finished hosting the Marriott Residence Inn Tournament. The team played great and finished in 2nd place losing a tough five set match to North Idaho. Ame' White was named All Tournament. Next the team heads to Scottsdale, Arizona for the Scottsdale Tournament.
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Day One
The Salt Lake Community College volleyball team opened up the Marriott Residence Inn tournament with four strong wins. Salt Lake defeated Central Wyoming (25-17, 25-16), Arizona Western (25-18, 25-10), Northeastern College (25-17, 25-22) and Jefferson College (25-20, 22-25, 15-12). The four wins puts Salt Lake’s record at 8-1 heading into tomorrow’s tournament bracket play.
Against Central Wyoming, Salt Lake was led on the attack by Shelbi Zaldain with seven kills. Catalina Charry and Namoi Flinders combined for 22 of the 24 sets in the games. On the defensive side Kelsey Campbell had seven digs while Anna Burgess had six.
Salt Lake took care of business quickly against Arizona Western winning the matches easily. Salt Lake had 28 team kills compared to only nine for Western. Flinders propelled the offense with 14 sets and Zaldain served three aces. Defensively, Kelsey Campbell had six digs and two service aces.
The third match was against Northeastern College with Salt Lake winning 25-17 and 25-22. Zaldain led the way with five kills and four aces. Charry and Flinders each had nine sets. Defensively, Campbell had eight digs and LaKell Havens had four block assists.
The final match of Friday was Salt Lake’s toughest going three sets. Whitney Nilson led the offence with eight kill and Charry had 25 sets. Flinders entered the game in the third set and contributed with six sets to push the Bruins to the win. Campbell had another defensive game with 10 digs. Erika Charry had nine kills in the games and three block assists.
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Day Two
Salt Lake CC volleyball placed second at the Marriott Residence Inn tournament losing to North Idaho (25-14, 14-25, 27-25, 22-25, 10-15) in a five set championship match. Salt Lake played three matches during the day beating Western Nebraska (18-25, 25-18, 15-12) and Missouri State West Plains (24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25, 15-12). Salt Lake’s record is now 10-2 with their only losses to North Idaho in the season.
In the first match Salt Lake faced a tough Western Nebraska team. In a three set match where both teams played sloppy, Salt Lake was able to pull ahead and take the match, 18-25, 25-18 & 15-12. Ame’ White led Salt Lake with seven kills; Shelbi Zaldain tallied six kills and libero Kim Gourley had eight defensive digs. Western Nebraska committed 19 attacking errors while Salt Lake only had eight errors.
Salt Lake earned the number one seed in the tournament with a 5-0 record. A three way tie for second place meant that a tough Missouri State West Plains was the first opponent for Salt Lake in bracket play.
Salt Lake and Missouri battled for five matches with each set within three points; 24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 23-25 & 15-12. Offensively, Erika Charry led the charge with 13 kills and Whitney Nilson finished with 11 kills, seven blocks. Catalina Charry had a season high 41 sets and Gourley posted a season high 19 digs. The win against Missouri put Salt Lake into the championship game against North Idaho College
The championship match started promising for Salt Lake winning easily 25-14. However North Idaho answered back beating Salt Lake easily 14-25. The next three sets went back and forth with Salt Lake winning the third 27-25 but dropping the final two 22-25 and 10-15. Whitney Nilson finished with a double- double with 13 kills and 10 digs while Melissa Fifita registered 11 kills. Libero Kim Gourley had a season high 29 digs from the back row.
Salt Lake (10-2) hits the road for the Scottsdale Tournament in Arizona on September 11-12.
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