Under Armour Team of the Week Announced
CORVALLIS, Ore. – The Corban University volleyball team has been selected as the “Under Armour Team of the Week” for April 5-11 the Cascade Collegiate Conference announced Sunday.
The No.13 ranked Warriors complete a weekend sweep in the CCC volleyball championship presented by U.S Bank with wins over Oregon Tech on Friday 3-0 (25-12, 26-24, 25-15) followed by a 4-1 victory over Eastern Oregon (25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 27-25) on Saturday.
Entering the tournament as the No. 2 seed, and almost assured a bid to nationals regardless of outcome as a result of their national ranking, Corban left no doubt as they secured the league’s second automatic qualification as the Tournament Champion. On the way the Warriors handed EOU their first loss of the season.
The tourney title is the 3
rd in program history with titles in 2017 and 1997 in addition to this season. On Thursday All-Conference awards were released with a number of Warrior players earning postseason recognition. Leading the way was Freshman of the Year Rylee Troutman. Troutman was joined on the All-CCC team by Kea Ontai, Avari Ridgway and Ally Tow. Jadyn Mullen received honorable mention.
Corban (12-4, CCC, 12-4 overall) will next be action on April 17 in the Opening Round of the NAIA Volleyball National Championship.
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