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Four Pirates Make All-SCAC Volleyball Team

Four Pirates Make All-SCAC Volleyball Team
Posted: Nov 04, 2021

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced its 2021 Volleyball All-Conference Team with four Southwestern student-athletes earning All-SCAC honors. 

Outside hitter Emma White headlined Southwestern's selections with her first All-SCAC First Team selection. The junior from Lucas, Texas, leads Southwestern with 298 kills, finishing the regular season sixth in the conference. White is also top 10 in the SCAC in multiple statistical categories, ranking seventh in kills per set (3.15) and service aces (37), sixth in service aces per set (0.38), ninth in digs (339), and fifth in points and points per set (348, 3.6). 

Seniors Lauren Crabtree and Ali Grona earned All-SCAC Second Team honors. Crabtree, a right-side hitter from Dallas, Texas, was named to the all-conference team for a third consecutive year, earning All-SCAC First Team in 2019 and Second Team last season. She finishes the regular season with 235 kills, averaging 2.4 per set on a career-high .222 hitting percentage. Crabtree also has 44 blocks, including two solo blocks. 

Grona won two SCAC Defensive Player of the Week awards this season. The libero from Fredericksburg, Texas, anchors a defense that ranks seventh in the nation in digs per set (19.86) with a team-high 548 digs (third in the SCAC). In addition, her 5.59 digs per set rank second in the SCAC, and her 32 service aces are ninth. This is her second consecutive All-SCAC Second Team selection.

Junior middle blocker Riley Brantley earned All-SCAC Third Team honors, making it her third all-conference selection in three years. She was All-SCAC Second Team in the previous two seasons. Brantley has 195 kills on an efficient .280 hitting percentage, which ranks eighth in the conference. She also has 72 total blocks, including five solo blocks, ranking seventh in the SCAC in total blocks. 

Southwestern is 22-4 this season with a 12-4 conference record. The Pirates rank No. 16 in the nation and No. 4 in Region X. Southwestern will compete in the SCAC Tournament starting Friday, with a quarterfinal match against the University of St. Thomas.