Student Life » elite eight http://www.studlife.com The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:41:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Volleyball makes Elite Eight http://www.studlife.com/multimedia/2009/11/16/volleyball-makes-elite-eight/ http://www.studlife.com/multimedia/2009/11/16/volleyball-makes-elite-eight/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:33 +0000 Johann Qua Hiansen http://www.studlife.com/?p=7430 In a weekend full of individual successes and milestones, there was one true winner in the Washington University women’s volleyball team: the team itself.

And that’s just how the team wanted it.

Senior tri-captain Erin Albers reached her 1,000th career kill while freshman Kelly Pang set a school record for digs in a single season. Both milestones were overshadowed by another spectacular weekend of play from the Bears as a whole, who took three wins here at the Wash. U. Field House in the NCAA tournament Central Regional. The Bears advance to University Heights, Ohio, with a chance to play for a national championship.

The Bears defeated Webster University on Thursday night (25-17, 25-14, 25-27, 25-15) and took out St. Mary’s University on Friday (25-21, 24-26, 25-18, 25-22). With one win between them and a trip to the NCAA finals, the team saved its best performance for last as it took out No. 8 Carthage College in straight sets (26-24, 25-23, 25-12) on Saturday night.

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