It was the end of the road for the women's volleyball team in the NCAA Division III National Championship finals as the Emory Eagles defeated La Verne, 3-1, in Bloomington, Ill.
In a first look at the nation’s best Division III women’s volleyball teams, La Verne came up short last Friday, losing to No. 1 Juniata, 3-1, then losing Saturday to No. 2 Emory, 3-2.
A season filled with rollercoaster like results came to a crashing end when the sixth-ranked La Verne women’s volleyball team was easily dismantled by No. 7 Wisconsin- Whitewater, 3-0 (30-27, 30-18, 30-24), Nov. 18 at the Salem Civic Center in Salem, Va.
The woman’s softball team traveled north to challenge Lewis and Clark College, Mar. 18 and 19 and California State East Bay, Mar. 19, at Hayward, in the Pioneer Classic Tournament.
After a semifinal letdown to second-ranked Washington (Mo.) University, the University of La Verne women’s volleyball team rode a 3-0 victory over Emory University to a third-place national finish Saturday night in the Supertents.
The only thing holding back the University of La Verne women's volleyball team is the No. 1 team in the country, Juniata College, who defeated the Leopards in the Emory National Tournament over the weekend in Atlanta, Ga.