RECAP: Sagehen volleyball stuck in a rut, drops three straight

It’s been an inauspicious start to conference play for the Sagehens (6-7, 0-3 SCIAC) whose string of losses this week has them still searching for their first SCIAC win.

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CMS aims to solidify volleyball dynasty, P-P finds footing in pre-conference play

Coming off a 2018 SCIAC championship title, CMS volleyball is poised for a strong season ahead, and P-P is navigating rocky pre-conference play.

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Athena volleyball wins second straight SCIAC Championship, third in four years

The CMS women’s volleyball team (26-3, 15-1 SCIAC) blew past Cal Lutheran (18-11, 11-5 SCIAC) in the SCIAC Championship last Saturday, defeating the Regals in straight sets. It was the second straight conference title for the Athenas, who enter the NCAA Tournament as defending National Champions. The first two sets

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CMS volleyball sets sights on second straight SCIAC Championship after win over La Verne

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s volleyball team (25-3, 15-1 SCIAC) extended their winning streak to eight on Thursday with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over La Verne in the conference semifinal. After CMS took the first set easily, the Leopards turned things around, winning the second set 25-23 to tie the match at

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Athena volleyball coach Vlasich comes home to Claremont, builds dynasty

Kurt Vlasich, head coach of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s volleyball team, recalls early memories of playing sports for local youth teams, just miles away from the 5Cs. “I love the fact that my two little girls go to the elementary school that I did,” Vlasich said. Vlasich has been coaching the

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Athena Volleyball hosts East-West Challenge, competes against nationally-ranked competition

Over the past weekend, the defending national champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s volleyball team (10-2, 1-0 SCIAC) hosted the first-ever, prestigious East-West Challenge at Roberts Pavilion, beating Emory University (3-1) and University of Texas, Dallas (3-2), but suffered a loss to Washington University in St. Louis(1-3). The East-West Challenge, which will ‘swap

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National Champions: Athenas Take Down Wittenberg to Secure First NCAA Title

On Saturday afternoon, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s volleyball team (31-5) made history, capturing its first national championship title by defeating the top-seeded Wittenberg University Tigers (27-3) in three straight sets (25-18, 25-19, 25-22) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. CMS had a tall task coming into the match – Wittenberg had only lost

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