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Trinity University Women's Volleyball Team (TX) Defeats NYU 3-Sets to 1, in the 2021 NCAA East Regional Women's Volleyball Div III Championship Game..!
HOBOKEN, NJ(SMI-SPORTS-COLLEGE, 11.14.21)-The Trinity University (Texas) Women's volleyball team(AVCa#2), defeated NYU 3-sets to 1 (18-25,25-22,25-17,32-30), in the final East Regional NCAA Div III championship match in a thrilling ending in Hoboken, NJ.
Stevens Institute of Technology hosted the 3-days tournament that began last Friday's afternoon with 8-teams competing and playing a single-elimination match over the weekend with NYU and Trinity(TX) reaching the final game.
The Tigers who are 34-2, loss the first set to NYU (18-25), but overcame the score by winning the next two sets (25-22, & 25-17) with strong offensive attack and solid blocking that neutralized the Violets' offensive line.
The 4-set was the decisive turning point of the game when the two teams battled each other to the end, exchanging leads back and forth numerous time and the Trinity's Tigers finishing on top by winning the fourth set 32-30, with a thrilling ending and claiming the 2021 East Regional NCAA Women's Volleyball Div III title.
The Tigers were led by:
We had the opportunity to attend the post-game press conference after the game,
and this is what Trinity women's volleyball team head coach Julie Jenkins said:
Julie Jenkins:
Julie Jenkins serves as Trinity’s Head Volleyball Coach, Associate Director of Athletics, and Senior Woman Administrator, and She is on her 37th season as the head coach of the Trinity Tigers volleyball team.
She leads active NCAA Division III volleyball coaches in terms of victories, and stands third among all-time Division III coaches.
In a 37-year coaching career - including a 1984 stint at NCAA Division I Virginia Commonwealth University - Coach Jenkins has amassed an overall record of 985-422 (.700). Since taking the reins of Tiger volleyball in 1985, Coach Jenkins has chalked up a Trinity record of 956-401 (.704). She also has amassed a mark of 353-38 (.902) in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) competition since 1991. Coach Jenkins’ teams have won 30 or more matches in 18 seasons.