CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Corban University women’s volleyball team has been selected as the “Under Armour Team of the Week” for Nov. 8-14 the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
The No. 8 ranked Warriors defended home court as they hosted the final site of the 2021 CCC Volleyball Championship presented by U.S. As the regular season champion, Corban entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and faced the No. 4 seed Bushnell University on Friday. The Beacons had advanced to the final site defeating Northwest in the quarterfinals earlier in the week with a 3-0 sweep. Bushnell would push Corban to a fifth game with the Warriors coming out on top (22-25, 25-18, 25-16, 22-25, 15-12).
In the tournament championship game Corban faced No. 12 Eastern Oregon who had defeated Oregon Tech on Friday. The No. 2 seeded Mountaineers defeated the Owls 4-1 to advance. EOU would take the first set from Corban but that would it as Corban took the next three to win the tournament title with a 4-1 (24-26, 25-16, 25-21, 25-20) victory.
Corban (28-2, 20-2 CCC) earned the first of two league automatic qualifications to the NAIA National Tournament which begins on November 20 with Opening Rounds. The Warriors will learn who their match-up will be on November 15 when pairings are announced at 8 a.m. PST.