On October 2, 2015 The Cougar’s volleyball team would compete in the two-day Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Crossover tournament hosted by Calument College of St. Joseph. The Cougars started out the tournament against Purdue University-Calument.
The first set, saw the Cougars in a close game. The game saw the Cougars go on an impressive 5-0 run early on, but Purdue continued to fight back. Purdue would go on a run of their own, going 8-0 near the closing moments of the game to tie it up at 24-24.
The Cougars wouldn’t let this game go as two clutch kills by seniors Meghan Falsey and Heidi Gregerson led the Cougars to a 26-24 win. With the next set, came another close victory for the Cougars.
The game would go back and forth for much of the end of the game. At 22-23, a service error and another impressive kill by Gregerson would give the Cougars a 22-25 win over Purdue.
The next and final set wouldn’t be so close knit. From the start, the Cougars went on a phenomenal 9-0 run. The Cougars would continue this dominance as they didn’t let the game come closer than seven points.
They ended up winning this set 25-15, and earning their first win in the tournament against Purdue University putting them up 1-0. Their next opponent in the tournament would serve to be a challenge for the Cougars as they went up against Olivet Nazarene University.
The first set was very competitive as the two talented teams went point-for-point for most of the game. At the end of it all though, it would be ONU pulling out the hard earned victory 21-22. The second set was equally as close until ONU went on a 5-0 run to close out the game.
The Cougars would go on to score another point with a kill, but eventually were unable to win falling 18-22. The third set and final set saw the Cougars fall behind early in the game, but they went on multiple runs to bring the game back close at 16-18.
With the Cougars on their tail at 19-20, OSU said enough is enough as they went on a 6-0 run to end the set, and win the round against the Cougars at 19-25 and a sweep of the sets at 3-0. Moving on to the second day of the tournament, the Cougars matched up against Calument College.
While the first set started out close between the two teams, the Cougars showed their desire to get a win as they went on huge 10-2 run to win the set at 16-25. In the second set, it looked as though the Cougars were going to enjoy an easy victory with a fast lead of 19-9, but Calument College showed their persistence and determination bringing the game as close as three points.
The Cougars wouldn’t choke though as they went on to win the set at 25-20. The third set saw the Cougars start off with a more than impressive 12-2 run. Unlike the other set, the Cougars would not let up as they dominated all the way to a win of the set, and the round with a score 11-24 and a sweep of the round at 3-0.
The final opponent for the Cougars at the CCACC tournament would be Trinity College. At 2-1, the Cougars hope to finish up the tournament up with another win to even out their tournament appearance with a finish of 3-1.
The first set saw the two teams go at it in a very close contest. Eventually, Trinity would go on to show that they wanted it more as they went on a 9-1 run to finish up the game with a score of 25-15.
The secon set was just as competitive as the first as the two teams went at it from start to finish. The outcome would be different as the Cougars went on to win this game at 25-22 to even out the round at 1-1.
In the third set, would see the Cougars waste no time as they went on four major runs to beat Trinity. The cougars went on to win this set with a score of 25-16 and to go up in the round at 2-1 wins. With one more set, would the Cougars finish off the tournament?
Or would Trinity come back and take it back to a final set? Let’s just say that the Cougars are as clutch as Kobe as they went on a 6-1 run to finish off Trinity College and win the set at 25-19 and win the round at 3-1.
The Cougars finished off the tournament at 3 wins and 1 loss. Individual performances worth noting is senior Meghan Falsey and junior Melanie Miller who both had an amazing 42 kills over the course of 4 games.
The women also managed to trump Cardinal Stritch on Tueday. The Cougars went 3-2 against Cardinal Stritch University. Meghan Falsey managed to attain over 1,000 career kills in the game. The Cougars look to play against Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) in Michigan this weekend.
Kenneth Washington
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