Published on December 4, 2019 by Joey Mullins Â
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The top-seeded Â鶹¹û¶³ volleyball team earned its second-straight Southern Conference Tournament title with a 3-2 win over second-seeded East Tennessee State University at Richardson Indoor Stadium.
With the win, Â鶹¹û¶³ earns the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. This is Â鶹¹û¶³'s fifth SoCon Tournament title since joining the league in 2008.
Â鶹¹û¶³'s was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. She was joined on the All-Tournament team by teammates and .
Â鶹¹û¶³ also won the regular-season title in the SoCon, finishing with a record of 24-5 overall and 15-1 in SoCon play. The team will take on the Louisville Cardinals in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday, Dec. 5 in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.