Volleyball

Trinity Opens Tournament With Win Over Hosting Hendrix

Conway, Arkansas - The 15th-ranked Trinity University Tigers opened the second Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference West-Central Tournament Saturday with a 25-27, 25-23, 25-11, 25-16 victory over the host Hendrix College Warriors.

Trinity (16-6, 7-2 SCAC) will play Millsaps College later today in Grove Gymnasium.

Tiger senior middle blocker Ginger Haley led the team with 15 kills and six blocks. Haley hit .750 (15 kills, 0 errors, 20 total attacks). Junior setter Caiti Troyer amassed 46 assists and 13 digs, along with two aces. First-year libero Meredith Erwin was the digs leader, with 17. Senior outside hitter Amy Mittelstaedt fired in two aces, and accounted for 12 digs.

First-year outside hitter Madison Mc Mahon hit . 476 (11 kills, 1 error, 21 total attacks) for the Tigers.

Trinity hit .314 (51 kills, 13 errors, 121 total attacks) as a team.

Ginger Haley led the Tigers with 15 kills and a .750 hitting percentage - tied for the sixth-best percentage in school history