Volleyball

Trinity Defeats Birmingham-Southern Sunday Morning

Conway, Arkansas - The 15th-ranked Trinity Tigers finished 4-0 at the second Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference West-Central Tournament after a 25-22, 25-18, 25-21 shutout of the Austin College Kangaroos Sunday afternoon at Hendrix College.

Trinity, which beat Birmingham-Southern 3-1 earlier in the day, improved to 19-6 and 9-2 SCAC. Austin College received votes in the latest top-25 Division III poll.

Tiger senior middle blocker Ginger Haley hit .412 in the match (9 kills, 2 errors, 17 total attacks). Senior outside hitter Amy Mittelstaedt also had nine kills, along with eight digs. First-year libero Meredith Erwin was the digs leader, with 14, and junior outside hitter Alexis Edwards added 13.

Junior setter Caiti Troyer registered 35 assists and nine digs. Senior middle blocker Aly Hazelwood blocked seven shots, and fired up two aces. Junior right-side player Tayler Malloy had four blocks.

Trinity travels to Colorado Springs, Colo., for the second SCAC East-West Tournament. The event will be held next Friday and Saturday at Colorado College.

Ginger Haley hit over .400 in each of the four matches over the weekend, finishing with a .554 overall hitting percentage