2007 NCCAA Volleyball National Championship Program

NOV 2-4 2006 I ST. PAUL, MN For the second straight season , the Cedarville University (Oh io) Yellow Jackets entered the National Christian Co llege Athletic Association (NCCAA) national championshi p tournament as the top seed and left the pos -season event as the top seed. Head coach Melissa ar man and her squad captured the 2006 NCCAA olleyball national championship for the second straight season . The Yello Jackets were the fifth program ever ir CCAA olleyba ll history to grab back-to-back NCCAA at,onal 1tles and were t he first since Ol ivet Nazarene Uni ersit (Ill.) did so rn 2001 and 2002. dar 1lle impro ed to 39-6 overall with the win and 1 1 1 d heir CCAA tournament run with a perfect 6-0 o 1ng, d feating Palm Beach Atlant ic Universit y in t he c amp1ons 1p mate . Though all games were close, the llo Jae e found a a to pull out ins in each of the a h s pt Palm B ach Atlantic in , 0-25, and 30-2 . Br di , ontr1 ut d o r 1 m n II 2006 Tournament Recap tournament recognition. Rachel Thompson had 42 assists for the Yellow Jackets versus the Sailfish, wh ile Libby Short was outstanding defensively, leading her team with 25 digs. For Palm Beach Atlantic, Ali Mitchell (West Palm Beach , Fla.) and Bia Santos (Sao Paulo, Brazil ) wrapped up the ir season with 11 kills apiece, followed by nine from Chrissy Gulden. Whitney Warren, a senior stronghold for the Sailfish defense, finished her career lead ing all players with 27 digs. Cedarville's undefeated streak at the tournament started with a three-game sweep over Faulkner Un iversity, followed by a 3-1 win over Hope International Un iversity. Day 2 was almost identical for the Yellow Jackets, as t he beat Oakland City University 3-0 before taking fou rth– seeded Bethel College in four games. The Jackets' toughest match came at the hands of second-seeded Mount Vernon Nazarene Un iversity, who made a strong push before losing to Cedarville 3-1. Before their only blemish aga inst Cedar ille, Palm Beach Atlantic was equally impressi e in the three-da event, losing only one game apiece to Faulkner and Mount Vernon Nazarene before s eeping their pool pla schedu le. The Sai lfish took do n Hope International in the semifinal round before ultimate! losing to Cedar 111 in th title match. Hop In rn t1on I nd Mount ernon th t m n 1th cord ft r both t m lo tin th th 200 Unt Uni imp on Urn r 1111t h ourn rn nt ho t, o,tti D 1 ( ,nn.) l T It