Lady Cougars Volleyball Schedule & Scores

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Date	Team	Time	Result	Match	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
8/24/2007	HCC Tournament (Pensacola J.C.)	2:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-23	30-21	30-20
8/24/2007	HCC Tournament (Palm Beach C.C.)	4:30 PM	Win	3-0	30-25	33-31	30-28
8/25/2007	HCC Tournament (HCC)	10:00 AM	Loss	1-3	23-30	30-21	22-30	25-30
8/25/2007	HCC Tournament (Manatee C.C.)	12:30 PM	Loss	2-3	18-30	30-26	30-23	26-30	11-15
CLEARWATER--The Lady Cougars’ Volleyball Team began their 2007 season with a tournament at Hillsborough Community College on August 24-25. Without All-American setter Evie Compton, who is still sidelined due to mono, the team performed well against some tough competition. On Friday the Cougars defeated both Pensacola Junior College (30-23, 30-21, 30-20) and Palm Beach Community College (30-25, 33-31, 30-28). On Saturday the team faced Hills borough Community College, the returning NJCAA Florida State Champions from last season. Although CCC lost (23-30, 30-21, 22-30, 25-30), they were able to take one game from a strong HCC squad and competed closely with the Lady Hawks. The final match of the day proved to be a hard fought, five-game contest against Manatee Community College. After losing the first game (18-30), the Lady Cougars fought back and won the next two games (30-26, 30-23) before dropping a close game four (26-30) and eventually losing in the game five tiebreaker (11-15). With such close competition in the tournament, there was a three way tie for second place which Clearwater eventually won based on final game record. Coach Denny was very encouraged by the strong start of this year’s team. “We graduated five seniors from last year, and we have no seniors on this year’s team. This is a young team with lots of potential for improvement. They are going to be fun to watch. I am very pleased with our strong start against such strong competition.” Sophomores Alyssa Hallice and Ashley Lawson were both named to the All-Tournament team. The Lady Cougars will play at home in their own Labor Day Tournament on August 31 and September 1.
8/31/2007	Labor Day Tournament (Lancaster Bible)	4:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-16	30-9	30-15
8/31/2007	Labor Day Tournament (Polk C.C.)	6:00 PM	Win	3-1	30-19	30-22	26-30	30-24
8/31/2007	Labor Day Tournament (Pensacola C.C.)	8:00 PM	Win	3-1	30-9	19-30	30-19	30-24
9/1/2007	Labor Day Tournament (Mid-America)	9:00 AM	Win	3-0	30-23	30-14	30-18
9/1/2007	Labor Day Tournament (Webber)	3:00 PM	Loss	2-3	25-30	30-27	29-31	30-27	12-15
CLEARWATER--The Lady Cougar volleyball team hosted a Labor Day tournament on August 31 - September 1. Six teams participated in the tournament including Lancaster Bible College, Mid America Nazarene University, Pensacola Christian College, Polk Community College, and Webber International University. Three of the six teams were scholarship programs, but the Clearwater team did not let that intimidate them. On Friday, the Cougars won all three of their matches defeating Lancaster 3-0 (30-16, 30-9, 30-15), Polk 3-1 (30-19, 30-22, 26-30, 30-24), and Pensacola 3-1 (30-9, 19-30, 30-19, 30-24). On Saturday morning, the ladies continued in their winning ways by defeating Mid America in three games (30-23, 30-14, 30-18). The afternoon match against Webber was more of a challenge for the Cougars as they fell in five games (25-30, 30-27, 29-31, 30-27, 12-15) finishing 2nd overall in the tournament. Coach Denny said that Webber has a great team, and she was very pleased with the ladies' play. “It could've gone either way,” she said. Denny also added that she was very thankful for all the supportive fans who rallied behind the team. Clearwater had two players named to the All Tournament Team - junior Laura Banks and sophomore Chrissie Sugimoto. Coach Denny summed up the team's performance this weekend by saying, “We're young, but everyone seems to be stepping up.”
9/1/2007	Alumni	5:00 PM		3-0	25-18	25-18	25-18
CLEARWATER--The Lady Cougar volleyball team finished off a busy weekend with a match against the alumni team. Several alumni came to participate or watch. Amy Goebert (‘02), Angela Keifer (‘02), Cindy Stenberg (‘03), April Lewis (‘07), Kerri Caughill (‘03), Holly Domico (‘08), and Erin Thomas (‘07) represented the CCC alumni. The current players were tired and worn from the weekend's five matches during the Labor Day Tournament. Many of Coach Denny's usual starters were given a break so they could rest and ice up their shoulders and legs. Denny was glad to have such a good representation of alumni present at the game. The current Cougars won in three games (25-18, 25-18, 25-18). Everyone had a great time of fellowship with their old classmates and teammates and enjoyed playing a little volleyball as well.
9/7/2007	NCCAA Regional (NC) Atlanta Christian	9:00 AM	Win	3-0	30-9	30-6	30-12
9/7/2007	NCCAA Regional (NC) Catawba	11:00 AM	Win	3-0	30-14	30-15	30-9
9/7/2007	NCCAA Regional (NC) Piedmont	3:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-11	30-10	30-20
9/7/2007	NCCAA Regional (NC) Wesley	5:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-4	30-2	30-11
9/8/2007	NCCAA Regional (NC) Toccoa Falls	8:00 AM	Win	3-0	30-16	30-22	30-20
9/8/2007	NCCAA Regional (NC) Caldwell	10:00 AM	Win	3-0	30-13	30-6	30-10
WINSTON-SALEM, NC--The Clearwater volleyball team traveled to North Carolina for the NCCAA Regional Tip-off Tournament. The ladies had four matches on Friday followed by two more on Saturday. The Cougars dominated this weekend winning all six of their matches in three games. On Friday, they defeated Atlanta Christian (30-9, 30-6, 30-12), Catawba Valley Community (30-14, 30-15, 30-9), Piedmont Baptist (30-11, 30-10, 30-20), and Wesley College (30-4, 30-2, 30-11). The ladies came out playing well again on Saturday morning as they defeated Toccoa Falls (30-16, 30-22, 30-20) and Caldwell Community (30-13, 30-6, 30-10). Assistant Coach Lou Denny said that everyone played extremely well this weekend. He also added they’re very thankful for all of the families and former players that made the trip to support the team this weekend. The next match for the Lady Cougars will be at Southeastern University in Lakeland on Thursday, September 13. The match will begin at 7 p.m.
9/13/2007	Southeastern Univ.	7:00 PM	Win	3-1	32-30	30-19	20-30	30-27
Clearwater--The Lady Cougars knew they had their work cut out for them as they traveled to Lakeland to play regional rival Southeastern University. A hard fought contest with several momentum shifts proved to be an exciting match to watch with a gymnasium full of fans, mostly cheering for the home crowd. Game one started with CCC coming out strong and building a good lead, but the Fire wouldn’t give up and rallied back to tie the game at 25-25. Points went back and forth until the Lady Cougars found themselves down 27-29, within one point of dropping the first game. Freshman Brittany Beard then served two straight points to bring the game to a tie, and then the Lady Cougars finally pushed through to win the first game 32-30. During the second game the Southeastern team seemed to lose intensity and the Cougars took the game 30-19. However game three went all Southeastern’s way, and they won the game 20-30. During game four, the lead went back and forth several times in a very competitive contest with neither team getting more than a four point lead at any time. It was at the end of this game that consistent defensive play by Ashley Lawson and Chrissie Sugimoto sparked the team to a final victory of 30-27, winning the match three games to one. Team stat leaders included Summer Jelsma with 12 kills and 6 blocks, Alyssa Hallice with 16 Kills and 5 blocks and Laura Banks with 8 kills. Sophomore libero Chrissie Sugimoto led the back row defense with 24 digs and Ashley Lawson added another 20 digs.
9/15/2007	Lake Sumter College	12:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-25	30-24	30-21
9/15/2007	St. Petersburg College	4:00 PM	Loss	2-3	30-26	30-27	22-30	17-30	13-15
CLEARWATER--The Lady Cougars had two games on Saturday, September 15. The first match was against Lake Sumter Community College from Ocala. The games were incredibly intense, and each point was a hard-fought battle. However, the Cougars were able to pull it out in 3 games (30-25, 30-24, 30-21). Clearwater came back out a few hours later to face St. Petersburg College, who came into today’s match undefeated. The Cougars would hope to hand the ladies of SPC their first loss. Every second of the match kept the fans on the edge of their seats. The Lady Cougars came out strong early winning the first two games (30-26, 30-27), but SPC responded with a victory in the third game (22-30). In the fourth game, SPC continued to turn on the pressure winning 17-30. SPC’s momentum carried over to the beginning of the 5th game as the game appeared to be out of reach for the Cougars pretty fast. After a couple timeouts, the Lady Cougars stepped up the intensity to a whole new level and tied up the game. In the end, SPC was just too strong for Clearwater, and they finished the match with a 13-15 victory in game 5. Clearwater definitely made SPC fight to the win though. Next for Clearwater will be a match at Florida College on Tuesday, September 18, at 7 p.m.
9/18/2007	Florida College	7:00 PM	Win	3-1	30-25	29-31	30-21	30-26
TAMPA--The Clearwater volleyball team headed over to Tampa on Tuesday to play against Florida College in a rather challenging environment for the Lady Cougars. The Cougars have struggled to be successful at Florida College in the past few years. Tonight, however, the Cougars were able to take game one 30-25, but in game two, Florida College responded by winning a tight 29-31 game. In game three, Clearwater picked it up a notch and won 30-21, and then they sealed the match with a 30-26 win, defeating the Falcons in four games. The ladies were able to overcome the distractions of the fans and secure their first victory at Florida College in five years. Many ladies contributed to the victory. In her first game back from sickness, junior Evelyn Compton was “the key to the offensive success,” according to Coach Vickie Denny. Compton had 50 sets during the match. Laura Banks also put up some impressive numbers with 18 kills and 25 digs. Sophomore Alyssa Hallice, who has been playing exceptionally well this season, had 14 kills. Summer Jelsma added 11, and Ashley Lawson had 10 kills to accompany her 20 digs. Sophomore libero Chrissie Sugimoto, who came to CCC from Hawaii, led the defensive effort once again with 40 digs. On Thursday, the now 15-4 Cougars will play at Gulf Coast Community College at 4 p.m.
9/20/2007	Gulf Coast C.C.	4:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-22	30-12	30-14
PANAMA CITY, FL--The Lady Cougars made a stop on their trip to this weekend’s Pensacola tournament to play a match at Gulf Coast Community College. Clearwater was able to easily defeat the Commodores in three games (30-22, 30-12, 30-14). The Cougars were led by libero Chrissie Sugimoto. She served six aces and had 15 digs. Junior Evelyn Compton helped out the offense with 22 sets, and Alyssa Hallice had 17 kills. This weekend at the Pensacola Tournament, the Cougars will face Millsaps College, Wesley College, Pensacola Christian, Tennessee Temple, and Florida College.
9/21/2007	Pensacola Tournament (Millsaps College)	3:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-25	30-15	30-19
9/21/2007	Pensacola Tournament (Wesley College)	5:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-6	30-7	30-1
9/21/2007	Pensacola Tournament (PCC)	7:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-20	30-18	30-26
9/22/2007	Pensacola Tournament (Tennessee Temple)	11:00 AM	Win	3-0	30-15	30-5	30-10
9/22/2007	Pensacola Tournament (Florida College)	3:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-23	30-25	31-29
PENSACOLA--The Lady Cougars' Volleyball Team won the Pensacola Tournament this week end. They went 5-0 for the weekend and did not drop even a game, going 15-0 over Friday and Saturday. In the final match against Florida College, the team played well with several key contributions from everyone on the court as well as from the subs coming off the bench. Chrisse Sugimoto was recognized as the libero of the tournament and was selected to the all-tournament team. She played incredible defense and averaged six digs a game. Her serving also brought some key points at critical times of the tournament. Alyssa Hallice was named the tournament MVP with an outstanding performance, both offensively and defensively. She averaged 5 kills per game, and 1.5 blocks.
9/25/2007	Trinity Baptist College	6:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-7	30-15	30-11
9/25/2007	Trinity College	8:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-10	30-12	30-8
CLEARWATER--The Lady Cougars had a double-header Tuesday night. They started with a match against Trinity Baptist College. Clearwater won in three games (30-7, 30-15, 30-11). The Cougars then played against Trinity College and beat them in three games as well (30-10, 30-12, 30-8). Coach Denny said that everyone contributed to the two wins. Ashley Lawson, among others, continued to impress fans with solid numbers. She had five aces against Trinity Baptist. Ginette Cerrud and Julie Teekell came off the bench and played well to help the Cougars win. CCC is now 23-4 this year. They are currently on a nine match winning streak. The ladies haven’t even lost a game since September 18 when they beat Florida College 3-1. Their next game is at home this Friday at 7 p.m. against Florida College.
9/28/2007	Florida College	7:00 PM	Win	3-1	26-30	30-24	30-12	30-16
CLEARWATER--The Lady Cougar volleyball team has been impressing fans all season. On Friday, they looked to continue in their winning ways. Coming into the match against Florida College, the Cougars were on a nine game winning streak. After dropping the first game of the match 26-30, the Cougars came back to win the next three games and the match (30-24, 30-12, 30-16). Clearwater was once again led by sophomore standout Alyssa Hallice who had 18 kills. Summer Jelsma added 12 as she played consistently well throughout the whole match. On the defensive side, Ashley Lawson had 15 digs, and Chrissie Sugimoto had 23. The Cougars, who are now 24-4, will look to increase their winning streak to eleven straight games Friday, October 5, at Lake Sumter Community College where they will face both Lake Sumter and Pasco-Hernando Community College.
10/5/2007	Pasco-Hernando C. C.	6:00 PM	Win	3-2	32-30	23-30	30-25	22-30	15-9
LEESBURG--The Cougars went up against a strong Pasco-Hernando C.C. team who is ranked first in their conference and will be heading to the NJCAA State Tournament in a few weeks. Over the years, CCC has never been able to capture a victory over the Conquistadors but this night proved to be different. With the stands filled with family, friends and some former volleyball campers in the crowd, the Lady Cougars had definite home court advantage, even though the game was held 100 miles away at Lake Sumter C.C. in Leesburg, Florida. With a competitive first game where the lead went back and forth, Bekah Monhollen came off the bench and made some critical serves at the end of the game and CCC was able to win, 32-30. Pasco however responded in game two with some incredible offense and won 30-23. Game three was another close one with the Cougars wining 30-25. In game four both sides played some awesome volleyball with long defensive rallies and eventually the Pasco team won 30-22, forcing a fifth gme. The Lady Cougars have not been too successful this season in five game matches. In fact, three of their four losses this year have come in five game contests. This time proved to be different. The Cougars came out strong in the final game and secured a lead of 8-3 before changing sides of the court. Pasco came back with some huge hits from their outside hitters, but the Clearwater team played tenacious defense and finally won the 2 1/2 hour match 15-9. Laura Banks had her best game ever as a Lady Cougar, digging up nearly 3.5 hits per game and averaging 3.5 kills per game. Alyssa Hallice also continues to put up strong stats. She averaged nearly four kills per game. Evelyn Compton is improving her play since she was sidelined with mono and had 11 assists per game. Chrissie Sugimoto is dominating the defense with over six digs per game. According to Coach Denny this victory was huge. "We have played some very good teams this season and came very close to beating them, but have just fallen a little short each time. Beating Pasco, who is a very strong junior college program and very well coached, demonstrates that our team is capable of being very competitive. We still have a long ways to go, but with such a young squad I have been very pleased with their progress so far this season. God has put together a very solid group of young ladies who are focused on using their abilities to glorify Him. We just need to stay focused on the Lord and continue to work hard in practice." Clearwater will be facing some tough opponents this next week end as they host their annual invitational tournament starting on Friday at 4:00 p.m.
10/5/2007	Lake Sumter College	8:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-19	30-18	30-25
10/12/2007	CCC Invitational (BBC - MO)	4:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-25	30-13	30-20
10/12/2007	CCC Invitational (Meramac)	6:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-17	30-21	30-20
10/13/2007	CCC Invitational (Mid-America)	9:30 AM	Win	3-0	30-25	30-17	30-20
10/13/2007	CCC Invitational (Point Park)	1:30 PM	Loss	0-3	25-30	29-31	27-30
10/13/2007	CCC Invitational (Northwood)	3:30 PM	Loss	1-3	24-30	26-30	30-17	25-30
CLEARWATER--The Lady Cougars went into the weekend tournament with a 12 match winning streak, and they were able to continue that record to 15 with solid wins over Baptist Bible College of Missouri, Meramac Community College of Saint Louis and MidAmerican University of Oklahoma. However, on Saturday afternoon, the record came to a halt by a powerful Point Park University team who defeated the Cougars in three straight games. Clearwater then finished up the tournament against Northwood University of Fort Lauderdale. Going four games against the eventual tournament champions, the Lady Cougars played great defense averaging nearly 30 digs per game, but were not able to contribute enough offensively to stop the Northwood squad who only dropped two games during the entire tournament. Clearwater finished up with a match record of 3-2 and a 3rd place finish against some very strong opponents. Coach Denny said, "The invitational tournament we hold every October is a highlight of our season. We have good teams come from different states and affiliations to compete. This year we had two NCCAA II schools and all the rest were scholarship programs, three NAIA teams and one NJCAA school. Of course we were disappointed we didn't win it all, but I am extremely pleased with how hard the team played. Setter Evelyn Compton was selected to the All Tournament team. She led the offense with over 10 kill assists per game, averaged over three digs per game and served 76 times with no missed serve and several aces. Evie even helped the offense by averaging over 2 kills per game. The Lady Cougars are facing several strong opponents in the next two weeks before their regional play offs. This week they host Pasco Hernando Community College at home on Tuesday night and then regional rival Southeastern University at home on Thursday. Presently the team's record is 29 wins and 6 losses.
10/16/2007	Pasco Hernando	7:00 PM	Win	3-2	20-30	30-21	30-22	28-30	15-8
CLEARWATER -- After having their 15-match winning streak snapped last weekend, the Lady Cougars stepped back onto the court Tuesday night against a very tough opponent, Pasco-Hernando Community College. PHCC is ranked #16 in the nation in the NJCAA Division I. These two teams met just a few weeks ago, and the Cougars were able to pick up their first win ever over Pasco-Hernando. After the loss to the Cougars, PHCC won all six of their games. Both teams came into the match fully aware of how hard they would have to fight to pick up the win. The first game was handled fairly easily by the Conquistadors 20-30. The Cougars then responded by winning games two and three (30-21, 30-22). Game four went back to PHCC forcing the match to a fifth game. Before the October 15 win over Pasco, Clearwater had not won a five-game match in two years. Tonight, they would add another big win as the Cougars took game five (15-8) and the match. After reviewing the first match, PHCC came out and doubled Alyssa Hallice, so a few other Cougars had to step up in her place. Laura Banks led the charge with 22 kills and 22 digs. Evie Compton also had a big match with 28 set assists. Ashley Lawson added 14 kills as well. The Cougars are now 30-6 in this year. This Thursday, Clearwater will host conference-rival Southeastern at 7 p.m.
10/18/2007	Southeastern Univ.	7:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-20	30-20	30-22
CLEARWATER -- Thursday, October 18 marked a milestone for Clearwater volleyball as the Lady Cougars hosted their conference rivals from Southeastern. With the bleachers packed and the fans cheering on their team, the Cougars were able to defeat the Fire in three games. The first two games were handled by Clearwater and won 30-20. Game three, however, was a little closer. The Cougars went ahead early, but SEU made a 7-point run to tie things up at 13. After calling a timeout, the Cougars came out and regained control with a few solid serves and an ace from Laura Banks. With the score at 18-14, SEU called a timeout. Chrissie Sugimoto’s serves, as well as an ace of her own, then led the Cougars on a 6-point run, and Clearwater pulled away for good. The final score for the third game was 30-22. The win was Coach Denny’s 700th career win as a collegiate coach, and the ladies played extra hard knowing that the day would be special for Coach. Senior Evie Compton, the team captain, said, “It’s been an honor to play a role in the legacy Coach Denny has here at Clearwater. I’m blessed to play under such a Godly coach.” The Cougars are now 31-6 this year, and they remain undefeated in conference play. Next week, the Cougars will play at St. Petersburg College on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and against St. John’s Community College on Thursday at 7 p.m. as well. Then on Friday, October 26, the Cougars will head over to Southeastern for the regional tournament where the Cougars will hold the number 1 seed.
10/23/2007	St. Petersburg College	7:00 PM	Loss	0-3	27-30	27-30	20-30
ST PETERSBURG -- The Lady Cougars played a tough game Tuesday night against St. Petersburg College who competes in the NJCAA. Clearwater’s end-of-season schedule has been pretty tough. In the last two weeks, CCC has picked up 3 of their 7 losses this year. Another one came against the SPC team, as the Cougars fell in three games (27-30, 27-30, 20-30). Coach Denny said, “We played great floor defense averaging 30 digs per game. However, our offense was completely shut down, and we were not able to hang with a very powerful St. Petersburg squad who will be going to their state finals next week.” Clearwater still boasts a quite impressive record of 31-7. On Thursday, Clearwater will host St. John’s Community College at 7 p.m. This will be their final game before this weekend’s regional tournament in Lakeland.
10/25/2007	St. John's C.C.	7:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-14	30-19	30-17
10/26/2007	NCCAA II Reg. Tourn. (Toccoa Falls College)	4:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-8	30-19	30-13
LAKELAND, FL -- The CCC Volleyball Team traveled to Lakeland over the weekend to contend for their 15th NCCAA South regional championship. Seven regional teams participated in this year’s double-elimination tournament hosted by Southeastern University. Clearwater went undefeated in regional play during the regular season to secure a bye for the first round. On Friday night during the second round, the Cougars defeated Toccoa Falls College, 30-8; 30-19; 30-11. The win was a total team effort with everyone getting in the game and contributing.
10/27/2007	NCCAA II Reg. Tourn. (Southeastern)	9:00 AM	Win	3-1	32-34	30-16	30-17	30-11
LAKELAND, FL -- The first game of the match proved to be a real “barn burner” with the lead changing hands several times. It looked as though Southeastern would take the first game leading 28-24, but Clearwater had an incredible comeback to tie the game 28-28. The lead went back and forth with both teams at game point more than once, until the Fire pulled out and took game one 34-32. However, the Cougars got their momentum going, and with a few lineup changes came back big and took the next three games 30-16; 30-17; 30-11. Summer Jelsma played tough defense against SEU’s biggest hitter and averaged over 2 blocks per game along with several touch blocks, and Alyssa Hallice led the offense with over 4 kills per game. By winning this match, CCC secured a spot in the championship game with whomever would win out in the loser’s bracket, since the tournament was double elimination.
10/27/2007	NCCAA II Reg. Tourn. (Southeastern)	2:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-16	30-25	30-16
LAKELAND, FL -- The CCC Volleyball Team traveled to Lakeland over the weekend to contend for their 15th NCCAA South regional championship. Seven regional teams participated in this year’s double-elimination tournament hosted by Southeastern University. Clearwater went undefeated in regional play during the regular season to secure a bye for the first round. On Friday night during the second round, the Cougars defeated Toccoa Falls College, 30-8; 30-19; 30-11. The win was a total team effort with everyone getting in the game and contributing. This victory set the stage for CCC to face off with SEU on Saturday morning. Although Clearwater had defeated the Fire twice in the regular season, it is always hard to beat a team three times, especially when playing in their home gym. The first game of the match proved to be a real “barn burner” with the lead changing hands several times. It looked as though Southeastern would take the first game leading 28-24, but Clearwater had an incredible comeback to tie the game 28-28. The lead went back and forth with both teams at game point more than once, until the Fire pulled out and took game one 34-32. However, the Cougars got their momentum going, and with a few lineup changes came back big and took the next three games 30-16; 30-17; 30-11. Summer Jelsma played tough defense against SEU’s biggest hitter and averaged over 2 blocks per game along with several touch blocks, and Alyssa Hallice led the offense with over 4 kills per game. By winning this match, CCC secured a spot in the championship game with whomever would win out in the loser’s bracket, since the tournament was double elimination. Southeastern won out, and a rematch between the two schools was set for the championship. Clearwater clearly had the advantage from the beginning and out scored the Fire 30-16 in game one. However, the Fire did not go out completely and battled back in game two, keeping it close but eventually lost, 30-25. Peggy Compton came off the bench when the Cougars were down 20-22 and made three key kills to help win that game. Clearwater’s offense and defense dominated game three with some outstanding digs by Chrissie Sugimoto, Ashley Lawson, and Laura Banks and kills by Summer Jelsma and Alyssa Hallice. The Cougars won game three 30-16 and are the 2007 South Regional Champions. All regional honors went to Laura Banks and Chrissie Sugimoto (2nd Team), Evelyn Compton and Alyssa Hallice (1st Team) and Alyssa was named the MVP of the Region. The Lady Cougars finish out their regular season play on Tuesday against a strong Hillsborough Community College Team who they lost to early in the season. The game is at home and starts at 7:00 p.m. The team will then be traveling to Omaha, Nebraska to compete in the NCCAA National Tournament, November 8 -10.
10/30/2007	Hillsborough C.C.	7:00 PM	Loss	1-3	30-22	27-30	27-30	15-30
11/8/2007	NCCAA II Nationals (Kentucky Chr.)	12:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-15	30-12	30-16
OMAHA, NEBRASKA -- The Lady Cougars started out strong at the NCCAA nationals. Going up against Kentucky Christian in their first match, the team had total team contribution with nine kills from Alyssa Hallice, 7 from Summer Jelsma, and 6 from Laura Banks. Chrissie had 10 digs, and Alyssa added 2 blocks. The Lady Cougars won 30-15; 30-12; 30-16.
11/8/2007	NCCAA II Nationals (Lincoln Chr.)	6:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-25	30-21	30-20
OMAHA, NEBRASKA -- The second match of the day matched up Lincoln Christian with CCC. In the past three out of four years the Lincoln team has gone head to head with CCC for the national championship title. Setter Evelyn Compton led the Cougars with 40 assists with Alyssa Hallice and Laura Banks combining for 30 kills. Ashley Lawson and Chrissie Sugimoto also combined for 35 digs on defense. Chrissie also had four aces. The games were close and competitive with Clearwater winning in three (30-25; 30-21; 30-20).
11/9/2007	NCCAA II Nationals (North Central)	10:00 AM	Win	3-0	30-27	30-23	30-20
OMAHA, NEBRASKA -- The CCC volleyball team met a quick North Central team who challenged Clearwater in all three games. Due to consistent serving and passing, CCC took game one 30-27. In game two the Cougars fell behind early and found themselves down 9-18 against North Central who played outstanding defense and utilized a quick middle attack. During the middle of the second game, Coach Denny decided to put freshman Peggy Compton in at the Middle Blocker position (a position Peggy played in high school but not since coming to Clearwater). That switch helped the Cougars obtain some momentum, slowly narrowing the NCU lead. The Cougars eventually tied up the game at 20-20 with some outstanding plays by Laura Banks, Ashley Lawson, and Chrissie Sugimoto. Setter Evie Compton also created some great offensive plays for the Cougars who eventually won 30-23. With the incredible comeback in game two, CCC continued on in the last game of the match winning it 30-20. At the end of the match Coach Denny said she was “extremely pleased how well the team came back from adversity to pull out the match. The North Central team, though seeded 8th, came with their best game, and it was a match which pushed our team to not get down and come back from behind.” The Cougars are now 3-0 in pool play and have not dropped a single game. CCC will face South Region rival Southeastern, the number 4 seed, at 4 p.m. CST (5 pm EST).
11/9/2007	NCCAA II Nationals (Southeastern)	4:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-19	30-23	30-16
OMAHA, NEBRASKA -- For the fifth time this season, the Clearwater volleyball team played the Southeastern team. Prior to the NCCAA National Tournament, the Cougars had swept all four matches with the Fire. In the format of the tournament, SEU was put into Clearwater's pool for round robin play, so another competitive match was promised when the two rival schools met on Friday. Clearwater came out strong and played some outstanding offense and defense. Middle hitter, Summer Jelsma, led the offense with 13 kills. Alyssa Hallice added 12 kills, and Laura Banks had 10 of her own. Defensively, Chrissie Sugimoto, Ashley Lawson and Laura Banks combined for a total of 50 digs for the match. The Cougars won the match 30-19, 30-23, and 30-16 placing them as the first seed in their pool with a 4-0 match record and a game record of 12-0 overall. Saturday at 10:30 (CST) Clearwater will play the second seed from the other pool, Maranatha Baptist Bible College. This is a rematch of last year's semi finals when CCC and MBBC played for the chance to get into the championship game. Again, this year's winner will get the opportunity to play for the National title.
11/10/2007	NCCAA II Nationals (Maranatha)	10:30 AM	Win	3-0	30-20	30-22	30-18
OMAHA, NEBRASKA -- CCC wins in semi final match against Maranatha Baptist Bible College 30-20;30-22;30-18. The Cougars played again with total team effort on both offense and defense. Summer Jelsma, Alyssa Hallice were instrumental in their middle hitting and blocking with Ashley Lawson and Laura Banks adding critical kills on the outside attack along with their outstanding defensive play. Chrissie Sugimoto led the team again defensively with 18 digs. The Cougars will play their final match of the season against host school, Grace University at 3:00 p.m. (CST) for the NCCAA II National Volleyball Championship.
11/10/2007	NCCAA II Nationals (Championship vs. Grace)	3:00 PM	Win	3-0	30-25	30-14	30-18
OMAHA, NEBRASKA -- The Lady Cougars Volleyball Team finished their 2007 season with a huge win over Grace University at the NCCAA II National Championship in Omaha, Nebraska. The Cougars were up against a strong home team who had only lost three matches all year. Although Clearwater was the first seed of the tournament, Grace was seeded second and had a very loud cheering home crowd along with the NCCAA II player of the year, Mary Harder who was averaging over six kills per game. Both teams had gone 5-0 in their pool play and neither team had dropped even a game. The stage was set for an exciting championship match. Clearwater came out strong on defense and totally shut down Grace, taking them completely out of their game. The Cougars were led by outstanding blocking by Alyssa Hallice who averaged 2.0 blocks per game, and Summer Jelsma who had 2.5 blocks per game. The back row added additional help with great floor defense by Ashley Lawson, Laura Banks, and Chrissie Sugimoto who combined for a total of 47 digs. Besides the outstanding defensive effort, Clearwater was led in offense by Alyssa Hallice with 12 kills, Laura Banks with 10 kills and setter Evelyn Compton had 7 kills and 31 assists. The Cougars played their best ball of the year in this championship match, and defeated Grace in three straight games with scores of 30-25; 30-14; 30-18. The team’s overall record this season was 41-8, setting a new team record of most wins in a season.

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