SEWANEE, Tenn. - Southwestern's volleyball team continued to face tough competition as they headed to the second SCAC crossover tournament of the season and emerged 3-1, falling only to AVCA #7 Colorado College in the final match of the weekend.

The Pirates opened competition with host institution Sewanee on day one, easily handling the Tigers in three games, 25-7, 25-9, 25-15. A deep bench worked in Southwestern's favor as the work load was distributed throughout the games. First-year Colleen Werchan led with eight kills and sophomore Taylor Wright recorded seven. First-year Courtney Cash had 20 assists to lead SU while first-year Allison Stubbs led in digs (8) and blocks (3). Stubbs tied with Mariad Cocke and Lorin Froetschel with a team high three aces.

In game two of the day Southwestern faced Oglethorpe and once again dominated the action. Oglethorpe was held to 13 points or fewer in the three games as the Pirates won 3-0; 25-7, 25-8, 25-13. Rachel Thibodeau and Lindsay Thompson had six kills each to lead SU. Christina Nicholls recorded 23 assists and Annie Hutson led with 14 digs.

Day two action pushed the Pirates harder as they first faced Centre College. Things seemed to be falling into place as SU won the first two games, 25-18 and 25-22, but were tripped up in games three and four 19-25, 15-25, forcing an unexpected game five. Southwestern took care of business and won the final game 15-11 to take the match 3-2.

Lauren Brown led with 13 kills while Thibodeau had another strong match recording 10 kills and a team high 21 digs.

The final match of the weekend pitted #17 Southwestern against #7 Colorado College. The Pirates knew they were in for a battle. SU dropped game one 23-25 but took the momentum from a strong start to win games two and three 25-22 and 25-12. With things working in their favor the Pirates seemed to have the match under control but the Tigers regrouped and came back strong to win game four 25-23. Southwestern was narrowly edged out in the fifth game 15-9.

Brown and Thompson led the attack, recording 12 and 11 kills respectively. Stubbs and Hutson controlled the Tigers' attackers as Stubbs had 24 digs and Hutson had 22.

Southwestern moves to 14-4 on the year and 6-1 in the SCAC after the weekend. They return to non-conference play this week at Texas Lutheran University on Wednesday night beginning at 7pm.