44 Phoebe Madsen
Phoebe Madsen
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Santa Barbara, CA
  • High School:
    Laguna Blanca
  • Position:
    S/RS
  • Major:
    Economics and Finance
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • m
    31
  • k/s
    2.02
  • h %
    .257
  • a/s
    6.21
  • b/s
    0.39
  • sa/s
    0.46
  • d/s
    3.33

Bio

At CMS
A two-time first-team All-America and a two-time AVCA West Region Player of the Year ... Concluded her career ranked No. 2 in program history on all-time aces list with 184, and No. 5 in career assists with 2622 ... Her 947 assists as a junior ranks No. 7 on the single-season list, while she also has two of the top five single-season ace totals in program history (69 in 2018 and 52 in 2019).   

2019 (Senior)
NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
First-Team AVCA All-America selection
AVCA West Region Player of the Year
SCIAC Player of the Year
CMS Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Claremont McKenna Female Athlete of the Year
SCIAC All-Academic Team
Started all 31 matches, vacillating between the setter and right-side hitter positions ... Named to the All-Tournament team at the Pacific Coast Classic and the East to West Battle ... Finished the year with 226 kills (2.02 per set), 696 assists (6.21 per set) and 373 digs (3.33 per set) ... Also had 52 aces, the fifth-highest total in program history ... Had eight triple-doubles, the last of which came in a win over WashU in the NCAA Tournament with 11 kills, 26 assists and 19 digs ... Also fell one kill short a triple-double three times, and two kills short four times ... Had a season-high 20 digs in her final match, a 3-2 defeat to Carthage in the NCAA Second Round ... Began the year with a career-high 15 kills in 29 attempts, to go along with 16 kills and 10 digs, in a win over Carroll ... Hit .467 (8-1-15) in a win over No. 1 Emory ... Had triple-doubles against nationaly ranked WashU (11-20-13) and Juniata (11-21-13) at the East to West Battle, hitting .474 against Juniata (11-2-19) and .391 against WashU (11-2-23) ... Had a season-high 35 assists in a five-set win over Cal Lutheran, and again in a 3-0 win over Occidental when she did not play hitter. 

2018 (Junior)
First-Team AVCA All-America selection
AVCA West Region Player of the Year
SCIAC Player of the Year
SCIAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
SCIAC All-Academic Team
Started all 31 matches, serving as the team's primary setter, but sometimes sliding to a right side hitter position when she rotated to the front row ... Tallied 947 assists, 348 digs, 181 kills and 55 blocks, while hitting .275 ... Averaged 7.89 assists per set despite moving to hitter at times ... The 947 assists ranks seventh on the CMS single-season list ... Had a triple-double on opening day with 38 assists, a season-high 13 kills and 15 digs in a 3-2 win over Carthage ... Almost had a triple-double in a 3-0 SCIAC Championship match win over Cal Lutheran, but finished with 16 assists, 10 kills and nine digs ... Had two triple-doubles in one day with 29 assists, 11 kills and a career-high 22 digs in a 3-2 win over Texas-Dallas at the East-West Challenge, followed by 23 assists, 10 kills and 10 digs in a 3-1 defeat to Washington (Mo.) ...  Tallied a career-high 61 assists and 22 digs in a 3-2 defeat at Cal Lutheran ... Had a season-high six service aces three times, including on opening day against Johnson & Wales, and 3-2 wins over Texas-Tyler and Chapman.

2017 (Sophomore): 
Appeared in 117 sets across 33 matches to help the Athenas to a national title … Tallied four kills … Dished out 526 assists for 4.50 per game … 35 service aces … 281 digs for 2.40 per set … 39.0 points totaled … Dished out season-high 31 assists at Chapman (Sep. 23)

2016 (First-Year): Appeared in all 27 matches playing in 91 sets … Tied for team lead with 28 service aces … Dished out 453 assists (4.98 per set) … 189 digs (2.08 per set) … Season-high 41 assists against Caltech (Oct. 25).

Prior to CMS
Laguna Blanca School Outstanding Senior Athlete 2016-Senior Year, Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table High School Girl’s Volleyball Athlete of the Year (2015-Senior Year)

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in economics and finance ... Spent the summer (2018) working an internship at TCW in the portfolio analytics group ... Involved in the Student Investment Fund on campus ... Lists Corporate Finance with Professor Binay as the most interesting course she has taken so far. 

Favorite Athlete: Sidney Crosby
Favorite Activities: playing beach volleyball High School / Club
Favorite Quote: "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" -Wayne Gretzky

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0
Nov 2 at La Verne W, 3-2
Nov 7 La Verne W, 3-1
Nov 9 Chapman W, 3-0
Nov 15 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1
Nov 16 vs. Carthage L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 31 16
Sets 112 58
Kills 226 109
Kills per set 2.02 1.88
Errors 70 38
Total Attacks 607 291
Hitting Percentage .257 .244
Assists 696 377
Assists per set 6.21 6.50
Service Aces 52 29
Service Errors 42 21
Service Aces per set 0.46 0.50
Receptions 7 3
Reception Errors 1 0
Digs 373 181
Digs per set 3.33 3.12
Block Solo 3 2
Block Assist 41 20
Block Total 44 22
Blocks per set 0.39 0.38
Block Errors 3 0
Ball Handling Errors 24 10
Points 301.5 150.0
Points per set 2.7 2.6
Matches started 30 15
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Aug 30 Carroll (Wis.) W, 3-0 1 3 15 1 29 .483 16 1 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 16.5
Aug 30 Dallas W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 16 .375 12 0 2 1 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Aug 31 Augsburg L, 3-2 1 5 11 5 40 .150 28 1 1 2 1 17 0 1 0 1 1 12.5
Aug 31 St. Olaf W, 3-1 1 4 9 1 22 .364 25 3 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Sep 6 vs. UC Santa Cruz W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 12 .417 18 3 3 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 8.0
Sep 6 vs. Linfield W, 3-0 1 3 7 3 20 .200 21 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 7 vs. Concordia (Tex.) W, 3-0 1 3 2 2 16 .000 23 4 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 1 0 6.5
Sep 7 vs. University of Puget Sound W, 3-0 1 3 1 2 13 -.077 14 2 1 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5.5
Sep 13 vs. Emory W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 15 .467 19 1 3 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 2 9.5
Sep 13 at Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 1 4 11 2 23 .391 20 3 3 0 0 13 0 3 1 3 1 15.5
Sep 14 vs. Juniata L, 3-1 1 4 11 2 19 .474 21 1 2 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 12.0
Sep 20 at Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 2 3 10 -.100 23 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 24 La Verne W, 3-1 1 4 7 3 26 .154 26 3 1 0 0 8 0 5 0 5 0 12.5
Sep 27 at Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 1 4 7 5 27 .074 26 2 4 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 28 Whittier W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 14 .429 19 5 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 1 12.5
Oct 1 at Chapman L, 3-2 - 5 6 5 26 .038 20 1 0 0 0 19 0 3 0 3 3 8.5
Oct 4 Caltech W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 17 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Oct 8 Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 16 .563 19 3 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 11 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 23 .391 18 2 2 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Oct 15 Cal Lutheran W, 3-2 1 5 11 5 25 .240 35 4 2 0 0 16 0 4 0 4 2 17.0
Oct 18 at Whittier W, 3-1 1 4 8 6 23 .087 30 0 2 0 0 15 0 2 0 2 1 9.0
Oct 19 Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 6 2 16 .250 17 3 2 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Oct 22 at Caltech W, 3-1 1 4 8 2 19 .316 25 0 4 2 0 8 2 0 0 2 1 10.0
Oct 25 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 8 1 18 .389 20 1 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 9.5
Oct 26 at Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 0 0 0 - 35 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Oct 29 Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 17 .471 20 1 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Nov 2 at La Verne W, 3-2 1 5 11 3 31 .258 27 0 1 1 0 15 0 2 0 2 1 12.0
Nov 7 La Verne W, 3-1 1 4 4 0 13 .308 26 2 2 0 0 16 1 1 0 2 1 7.5
Nov 9 Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 7 2 16 .313 22 0 0 1 0 14 0 2 0 2 1 8.0
Nov 15 vs. Washington (Mo.) W, 3-1 1 4 11 4 30 .233 26 0 2 0 0 19 0 2 0 2 3 12.0
Nov 16 vs. Carthage L, 3-2 1 5 8 6 32 .063 28 2 0 0 0 20 0 1 1 1 4 10.5
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2016-17 27 91 5 0.05 3 13 .154 453 4.98 28 0.31 1 0 189 2.08 0 0 0 0.00 33.0 0.4
2017-18 33 117 4 0.03 0 13 .308 526 4.50 35 0.30 1 0 281 2.40 0 0 0 0.00 39.0 0.3
2018-19 31 120 181 1.51 51 473 .275 947 7.89 69 0.57 7 1 348 2.90 1 54 55 0.46 278.0 2.3
2019-20 31 112 226 2.02 70 607 .257 696 6.21 52 0.46 7 1 373 3.33 3 41 44 0.39 301.5 2.7
Total 122 440 416 0.95 124 1106 .264 2622 5.96 184 0.42 16 2 1191 2.71 4 95 99 0.23 651.5 1.5
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 31 112 226 2.02 70 607 .257 696 6.21 52 0.46 7 1 373 3.33 3 41 44 0.39 301.5 2.7
Conference 16 58 109 1.88 38 291 .244 377 6.50 29 0.50 3 0 181 3.12 2 20 22 0.38 150.0 2.6
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 14 49 111 2.27 24 268 .325 302 6.16 28 0.57 4 1 162 3.31 1 19 20 0.41 149.5 3.1
Away 9 35 62 1.77 26 182 .198 224 6.40 11 0.31 3 0 116 3.31 2 11 13 0.37 80.5 2.3
Neutral 8 28 53 1.89 20 157 .210 170 6.07 13 0.46 0 0 95 3.39 0 11 11 0.39 71.5 2.6
Result Wins 27 93 190 2.04 52 490 .282 599 6.44 47 0.51 5 0 304 3.27 3 36 39 0.42 258.0 2.8
Losses 4 19 36 1.89 18 117 .154 97 5.11 5 0.26 2 1 69 3.63 0 5 5 0.26 43.5 2.3
Month August 4 15 42 2.80 8 107 .318 81 5.40 5 0.33 3 1 54 3.60 0 4 4 0.27 49.0 3.3
September 11 37 68 1.84 24 195 .226 230 6.22 25 0.68 0 0 111 3.00 0 17 17 0.46 101.5 2.7
October 11 39 75 1.92 23 183 .284 256 6.56 18 0.46 2 0 124 3.18 2 12 14 0.36 101.0 2.6
November 5 21 41 1.95 15 122 .213 129 6.14 4 0.19 2 0 84 4.00 1 8 9 0.43 50.0 2.4

News Mentions

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Phoebe Madsen Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Senior Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball player Phoebe Madsen earned a nomination for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year...

July 14, 2020

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Phoebe Madsen Earns CMS Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year Honor from SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior volleyball player Phoebe Madsen was one of 18 student-athletes to earn SCIAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades from...

May 27, 2020

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Phoebe Madsen, Amanda Walker Repeat as AVCA Division III All-Americans

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Phoebe Madsen was earned a first-team American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honor for the second year in...

November 19, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Sees Season End with Tough Five-Set Loss to Carthage

CHICAGO, Ill. - The No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team battled No. 4 Carthage in an evenly-matched NCAA Second Round contest, but came...

November 17, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Moves on to NCAA Second Round with 3-1 Win over WashU

CHICAGO, Ill. - Senior Amanda Walker had 21 kills and senior Phoebe Madsen had her eighth triple-double of the season with 11 kills, 26 assists...

November 15, 2019

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Phoebe Madsen Repeats as AVCA West Region Player of the Year; Tritschler, Moore, Walker Named All-Region

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior setter/hitter Phoebe Madsen earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association West Region Player of the Year for the...

November 14, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Heads to Chicago for NCAA Opening Round Match-Up with WashU

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team will head to the University of Chicago for the NCAA Division III Regionals,...

November 11, 2019

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Back-to-Back-to-Back! CMS Volleyball Sweeps Chapman for Third Straight SCIAC Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Tournament Most Valuable Player Melanie Moore had 10 kills in 16 attempts, including the one on match point, as the No. 5...

November 9, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Kicks into High Gear, Defeats La Verne 3-1 to Move on to SCIAC Finals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team dropped the first set 26-24 to fourth-seeded La Verne, but then...

November 8, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Hosts La Verne Thursday Night for SCIAC Semifinal Round

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team will begin postseason play when it hosts La Verne on Thursday night for...

November 6, 2019

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Phoebe Madsen Repeats as SCIAC Volleyball Athlete of the Year, Three Other Athenas Named All-SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior setter/right side hitter Phoebe Madsen was named the SCIAC Volleyball Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row,...

November 4, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Rallies From 2-0 Down to Defeat La Verne, Clinch Outright Regular Season Title

LA VERNE, Calif. – The No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team battled back from a 2-0 hole to take a 3-2 road win at La Verne and...

November 2, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Clinches At Least a Share of Regular Season SCIAC Title with Sweep of Redlands

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Amanda Walker and junior Melanie Moore each had 11 kills and senior Phoebe Madsen had a triple-double with 10 kills, 10...

October 29, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Wins Ninth Straight with Sweep of Occidental

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - First-year outside hitter Summer Ellis led a balanced offense with 12 kills as the No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's...

October 27, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Celebrates Senior Day with 3-0 Sweep of Pomona-Pitzer

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team honored its four seniors prior to the match, and all four came through with strong...

October 25, 2019

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Melanie Williams Has Career Night to Lead CMS Volleyball Past Caltech

PASADENA, Calif. – Sophomore Melanie Williams had career highs of 18 kills and seven blocks as the No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball...

October 22, 2019

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Amanda Walker Takes Second SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week Award for CMS Volleyball

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Amanda Walker was named the SCIAC Women's Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season, the...

October 21, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Pulls Out Hard-Fought Four-Setter at Whittier

WHITTIER, Calif. - Senior libero Sarah Tritschler swung the match with a momentum-changing defensive play in the third set, as the No. 5 Claremont...

October 19, 2019

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Walker, Madsen Lead CMS Volleyball to Five-Set Win over Cal Lutheran

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Amanda Walker matched her career high with 23 kills and senior Phoebe Madsen had a triple-double with 11 kills, 35...

October 16, 2019

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Phoebe Madsen Earns SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week Honors for CMS Volleyball

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior setter/right side hitter Phoebe Madsen earned the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week Award for matches through Sunday,...

October 14, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Sweeps Pomona-Pitzer to Take First Sixth Street Rivalry Match of 2019

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior setter/right side Phoebe Madsen was one kill shy of a triple-double without an error for the second match in a row as...

October 11, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Dominates Its Home Floor Again, Sweeps Occidental in Three

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Phoebe Madsen was one kill shy of a triple-double and closed out the match with three consecutive service aces as the...

October 8, 2019

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Chapman Comes Back from 2-0 Down to Hand CMS Volleyball First SCIAC Loss

ORANGE, Calif. - The Chapman Volleyball team dropped the first two sets but came back to hand No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps its first SCIAC loss of...

October 2, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Cruises to Sweep of Whittier, Moves to 4-0 in SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team put up arguably its most complete effort of the season, controlling the match...

September 28, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Fights Off Cal Lutheran in Four Sets to Remain Unbeaten in SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Amanda Walker had a kill and junior Melanie Moore had a block for the final two points of the match as the No. 4...

September 27, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Takes Four-Setter over La Verne in First SCIAC Home Match

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Tied at one set apiece and 20-20 in the third, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team used a timely 5-0 run and went on to...

September 25, 2019

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No. 3 CMS Volleyball Fights Off Redlands for SCIAC-Opening Sweep

REDLANDS, Calif. - The No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team had a tough challenge from Redlands in the first two sets, but were able to...

September 20, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Takes Second Match of the Day, Wins 3-1 over Host Washington University

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Senior setter/right side hitter Phoebe Madsen had a triple-double with 11 kills, 20 assists and 13 digs as the Claremont-Mudd-Scr...

September 14, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Concludes East to West Battle with 3-1 Defeat to No. 6 Juniata

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - After picking up two big wins on the first day of the East to West Battle, including a 3-0 win over No. 1 Emory, the No. 3 CMS...

September 14, 2019

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No. 3 CMS takes down No. 1 Emory 3-0 to Open East to West Battle

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Senior All-American Amanda Walker had 15 kills in only 22 attempts, hitting .591, as the No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...

September 13, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Picks Up Two Sweeps on First Day of Cal Lu Fornia Invitational

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The No. 5-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team had a strong opening day of the Cal Lu Fornia Invitational on...

September 6, 2019

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Sarah Tritschler Named SCIAC Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week After Season-Opening Weekend

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior libero Sarah Tritschler earned the first SCIAC Women's Volleyball Defensive Player of the Week Award for the 2019...

September 2, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Bounces Back from Five-Set Loss to Defeat St. Olaf 3-1

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 5 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team dropped a hard-fought 3-2 decision to Augsburg in its first match of the day,...

September 1, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Hits Midseason Stride on Opening Day with Two Lopsided Wins

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team, ranked No. 5 in the AVCA preseason poll, looked the part of national championship...

August 30, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Heads into 2019 Season with National Title Aspirations

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Much like a year ago, the 2019 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team stands one week from the start of the season unsure of...

August 23, 2019

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CMS Volleyball Picked No. 5 in AVCA Division III Preseason Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team, two years removed from the program's first-ever national championship, earned the...

August 13, 2019