The SGU volleyball team traveled to Salina, Kansas this past Friday and Saturday to play in the Kansas Wesleyan University tournament.  The Cavaliers played two games on Friday and two more matches on Saturday.  SGU played all four matches against KCAC opponents and came away with three victories.

On day one the Cavaliers stumbled out of the blocks as they were matched against the host team, Kansas Wesleyan, and were thumped pretty hard.  The Cavs lost the match in three games by the scores of 13-25; 6-25; and 13-25.

The girls bounced back in the second match of the day as they took on a very good team from McPherson College.  Both teams traded wins in the first two sets of the match before the Cavaliers would shut the door on the match as they won the last two sets (25-23; 23-25; 32-30; 25-19).

Day two of the tournament saw the Cavaliers challenged but prove that they are a much improved team.  Bethel College was the first opponent for the Cavaliers on the day and it was the longest match of the weekend, as it took five sets to decide the match.  The Cavs won the first set 25-20, but then would fall behind as Bethel would take sets three and four by the scores of 19-25 and 25-27.  The Cavs would not fold and fought back, winning the fourth set 25-17 and then won the deciding set of the match by the score of 17-15.

The last game of the tournament for the Cavaliers was against St. Mary's College.  St. Gregory's came out strong, taking the first two sets by the scores of 25-18 and 25-17.  After stumbling a bit in set three, dropping it 14-25 the girls would decide the outcome of the match by winning the final set 26-24.

Over the course of the weekend, freshman Joey Redwine would lead the Cavaliers in kills (46) and digs (30), she would also end the weekend with 55 assists.  Aminah Orozco had an outstanding tournament as she posted 63 assists and 14 digs.  Morgan Brown continued to improve as she collected 36 kills over the four games.  Coach English is happy with the way her girls played this weekend, stating that "after the KWU match the girls found the heart and intensity to play better volleyball which resulted in the three wins".

The Cavaliers have improved their overall record to 9-5 and have currently won more games this season than in any of the past six seasons.  The Cavs will be back in action this Tuesday as they host the #11 ranked Bison of OBU, first serve is scheduled for 7:00 pm.