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Volleyball Final Four Preview

The Eagles will play semifinals and possibly championship Saturday.

December 02, 2017

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KISSIMMEE, Florida --- The final day of the 2017 Biola Volleyball season has arrived. This time the Eagles have a chance to end their season with a victory as they play in the National Christian College Athletic Association semifinals (and possibly finals).

Biola begins play as the No. 1 seed with a semifinal matchup against Southwestern Assemblies of God University and will have a chance to play for the championship against either Campbellsville or Emmanuel.

The final four teams in the tournament are the pre-tournament 1-4 seeds. Biola won pool A with a 4-0 pool play record. Campbellsville won Pool B, also going 4-0. The other two teams each finished second with 3-1 marks.

The Eagles and Lions are slated for a 7:00 a.m. PT start in their semifinal and the championship match would be played at 12:00 p.m. PT. Fans can follow live stats for free at portal.stretchinternet.com/warner and pay for live video broadcasts at portal.stretchinternet.com/tourbeau.

Here's a look at all three potential opponents and what they've done so far at the tournament and throughout the season.
 
No. 2 seed Campbellsville
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 Overall Record: 30-9
Tournament Record: 4-0
Pool B Champs

Campbellsville is the only team in this tournament field that's played in two national championship tournaments this season. The Tigers lost in five to Texas Wesleyan in the NAIA National Championship opening round, which allowed them to come here to be the tournament's No. 2 seed. They breezed through pool B with a 4-0 record and just four set losses. The Tigers are led by Annija Abolina who earned NAIA All-Region honors and led the team with 364 kills and a .242 attack percentage. Keep an eye on the No. 5 outside hitter. If the opponents can shut her down they could find a way to get a win.
No. 3 seed SAGU
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 Overall Record: 30-8
Tournament Record: 3-1
Pool B Runner-Up

SAGU is the Eagles' semifinal opponent after wins over Life Pacific, Oakland City and Southern Wesleyan helped the Lions get out of Pool B with a 3-1 record. The only loss came to Campbellsville and it was a close one. The Lions came back from down 2-0 to force five sets in their pool finale against the No. 2 seed Tigers. The Lions hit .163 for the match and had most of their damage done by three attackers who all reached double-digits. The Eagles' defenders and blockers will zero in on Jessica Sodich (#4), Paulyae Dawkins (#17) and Kali Shaw (#2). Dawkins hit .545 and had four blocks in a great performance last night.
No. 4 seed Emmanuel
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 Overall Record: 20-12
Tournament Record: 3-1
Pool A Runner-Up

Biola has a chance to face Emmanuel for a second time this tournament in the championship. If the Eagles can get by SAGU and the Lions can beat Campbellsville then the two teams will have a rematch of the Pool A finale. Biola dismissed Emmanuel in four sets on Friday evening, dominating all but the third set. The player to watch on Emmanuel is their 6-foot-1-inch junior middle blocker Julie de Blanck (#9). Biola did a good enough job of limiting her in last night's meeting as they held her to just 13 kills and a .212. attack percentage. She had 29 kills in a win over Bluefield earlier in the day. For the tournament, de Blanck has 66 kills and is hitting over .300.
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