排球 wins ACCC Championship, heading to national tournament

Hanceville, AL — pg电子官网状态 社区 College 排球 won their 14^th conference title in 15 seasons and their 24^th overall in a hard-fought battle against Enterprise State 社区 College at the Alabama 社区 College Conference/National Junior College Gulf South District 比赛 over the weekend in Mobile.

The victory came down to a win in the if-game of the double-elimination tournament after the Boll Weevils gave the Lions their only defeat of the tournament during the first championship-round game. That game was a rematch after the Lions handed the Boll Weevils their first loss of the tournament on Saturday in a five-game set. 但 Enterprise State bounced back to meet the Lions once again in the championship round, winning that game 3-2 to force a third game between the teams during the tournament. That final match was another five-game set, with the Lions winning 3-2.

“I am very happy with my team because of how tough they are mentally and physically,” WSCC Coach Randy Daniel said. “They never gave up and fought extremely hard to earn this championship. Enterprise is a very talented team and challenged us for three matches, but we were able to keep fighting and win.”

The tournament win punches pg电子官网状态’s ticket to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division II National 比赛 Nov. 15-18 在锡达拉皮兹, Iowa. 比赛 seedings will be released on Thursday, Nov. 9. The Lions are ranked 16^th nationally in the Division II rankings as of the week of Oct. 30.

pg电子官网状态 排球's Braelee Quinn, left, Marley Wakefield, Coach Randy Daniel, Anna Clare Hutto and Lexi Weber were all recognized at the end of the Alabama 社区 College Conference/National Junior College Gulf South District 比赛. 赫托是 named Conference and Gulf South District 比赛 MPV. Quinn, Wakefield and Weber were named All-比赛 and Coach Daniel was named Gulf South District Coach of 今年.

After the win in Mobile, Daniel was named the Gulf South District Coach of 今年. Sophomore Anna Clare Hutto of Lawrence County was named both the ACCC and Gulf South District 比赛 Most Valuable Player, adding to hardware she received at the beginning of the tournament as both the ACCC Player of 今年 and North Division Player of 今年. She was also named to the ACCC All-Region and All-North First Teams

Fellow sophomores Braelee Quinn of West Point, Lexi Weber of Alexandria and Marley Wakefield of Corner all were named All-比赛 award winners. Quinn, sophomore Makayla Lindsey of Winston County and freshman Choe Jackson of Athens were named to the ACCC All-North Second Team.

“Our sophomores are amazing leaders on and off the court and credit goes to them for leading us,” Daniel added. “This team is the hardest working, most disciplined team 我的教练. I truly love every minute of being around them because of their dedication 我们的节目. We are not done yet, hopefully we can challenge for a National Championship 在锡达拉皮兹.”

pg电子官网状态 sophomore Anna Clare 赫托是 named both the ACCC Player of 今年 and North Division Player of 今年 in post-season awards presented by the Alabama 社区 College Conference. 

pg电子官网状态 排球 Coach Randy Daniel was named the NJCAA Gulf South District Coach of 今年 for 2023.