USA South WVB: 2021

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USA South Final:

Meredith over William Peace in 4 sets:
    (22-25, 26-24, 25-20, 25-18)

Avenging Angels:  Dees .435 hitting pct. Clark .381 hitting pct.
Wm. Peace:  Russell 49 assists GG Anderson 368 hitting pct.

With that result, the Avenging Angels take over 1st place in the USA South East Division and clinch a spot in the conference tournament. (Averett's in 4th place with 5 losses), Even if Meredith lost it's last 2 in-conference matches, that squad would have no more than 4 losses at worst at this point.

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USA South Athletic Conference Notable Pre-Conference Tournament Stats:

Teams:  Berea leads the nation in Team Total Attacks (4,484) and in Team Digs (2,302) and is 14th in the nation in Digs/Set (19.51).  Averett and Pfeiffer are 4th and 7th in the nation in Team Assists (1,327 and 1,304 respectively); Greensboro and Averett are 15th and 17th in the nation in Team Digs (1,929 and 1,915, respectively):  S VA and Meredith tied for 1st in conference in Hitting Pct. (,230 each);  Covenant and Berea tied on Opponent's Hitting Pct. (.106 each); 

Players;  Wm Peace's Landis Limon is 7th in the nation in Blocks/Set (1.19); Berea's Fabiana DeJesus is 3rd in the nation in Total Digs (623) and also averages 5.37 Digs/Set; Meredith's Lauren Bissette is 4th in the nation in Hitting Pct. (.432); Southern VA's Emma Steiger is 4th in the nation in Service Aces (75) and teammate Ellie Warnick is 8th in the nation in Total Assists (1,039).

(If you really like good defense, the team numbers indicate that this is THE conference tournament to take in.)

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Early Finals:  Averett over Pfeiffer
                    Huntingdon over Brevard
                          (Both results in 3 sets)

Huntingdon gets Maryville-TN
Averett gets Southern VA

Meredith/Wm Peace and Berea/Covenant yet to be decided.

UPDATE:  Meredith over Wm Peace in 3 sets.
               Covenant over Berea in 4 sets.

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USA South Update:

Meredith has just upset Top seed Maryville-TN in 5 sets!
     (22-25. 25-27, 25-18, 25-23, 15-10)

Avenging Angels outhit Maryville .200 to 000 in Set 5 to pull this stunner off.

Southern VA over Covenant in 4 sets.

Southern VA and Meredith go at it for the USA South AQ.

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'22 Conference Tournament Underdog to Watch:  Salem

Salem was picked in pre-season to finish 9th but ended up 4th. Not only that, but the Spirit squad garnered 12 in-conference wins in the regular season and had the largest win turnaround in USA South history (+19).

#4 Salem hosts #5 Meredith later today.

Also:
#1 Southern VA/#8 Pfeiffer
#2 Wiliam Peace/#7 NC Wesleyan
#3 Greensboro/#6 Methodist

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Salem's run ends, as the Spirits matched up against a Southern VA squad that would not be denied (S VA won in 3 sets.).