8 Georgia McGovern
Georgia McGovern
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Oxford, England
  • High School:
    Taunton
  • Position:
    S
  • Major:
    Literature
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna
  • m
    32
  • k/s
    1.39
  • h %
    .356
  • a/s
    11.17
  • b/s
    0.38
  • sa/s
    0.52
  • d/s
    2.73

Bio



At CMS
Enters senior season ranked No. 4 in CMS history in career assists (2737) and No. 3 in career service aces (148).  

2023 Season (Junior)
First-Team AVCA All-American ... AVCA West Region Player of the Year ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... NCAA Division III Championship All-Tournament Team ... NCAA Regionals Most Outsanding Player ... SCIAC Postseason Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... East-West Battle All-Tournament Team ... Pacific Coast Classic All-Tournament Team
... Started all 32 matches at setter ... Totaled 1195 assists, the second-highest total in program history ... Ranked second in the nation in assists per set at 11.17, coming up just .01 short after going to a shortened fifth set in the NCAA Semifinals against Hope ... Had a career high with 61 assists and tied her career high with 19 digs in the Hope match ... Earned Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Regionals after tallying 97 assists in three matches (nine sets) ... Was Most Outstanding Player of the SCIAC Tournament after recording 33 assists against Whittier in the semifinals and 38 assists with seven kills in the championship against La Verne ... Had 31 assists, 11 digs and nine kills in 10 attempts in a win over Occidental ... Was one kill short of a triple-double on two other occasions, totaling 52 assists, 11 digs and nine kills against WashU and 40 assists, 18 digs and nine kills in a win over Wisconsin-Eau Claire ... Had six aces twice, including in the NCAA Quarterfinals against Wisconsin-Oshkosh, as well as a regular season win over Chapman. 

2022 Season (Sophomore)
Second-Team AVCA All-American ... First-Team AVCA All-West Region ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC Specialist of the Week (Oct. 24) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... 
Played in all 31 matches ... One of two setters who led an offense that hit .315 as a team, far and away the best percentage in Division III (second-place was Northwestern at .276) ... CMS also led the nation in assists per set (13.87) and kills per set (14.73) ... Played all six rotations in one match (at Redlands) and had 34 assists and seven kills in a 3-0 win ... Had season-highs of 35 assists and 15 digs in the NCAA Regional Finals against Trinity ... Also had a double-double with 23 assists and 10 digs in the regional semifinals against UT Dallas ... Earned SCIAC Specialist of the Week after wins over Chapman, Caltech and Pomona-Pitzer, when she had a combined 12 aces (six against Chapman) ... Had 20 assists and 14 digs in a win over Cal Lutheran.  

2021 Season (First-Year)

Honorable Mention AVCA All-American ... AVCA All-West Region ... Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC Specialist of the Week (Sept. 5) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Started all 33 matches for the Athenas ... Totaled 861 assists (7.36 per set), to go along with 240 digs (2.05 per set) ... Named SCIAC Specialist of the Week after tallying 52 assists in her debut, a 3-1 win over UC Santa Cruz ... Split time in a 6-2 system the rest of the year with a high of 44 assists in a 3-2 win over Wartburg in the NCAA Regional Finals, when she also added a season-high 19 digs ... Nearly matched that with 18 digs (to go along with 20 assists) in the NCAA Quarterfinals against Berry ... Had 38 assists and 13 digs in the SCIAC Championship match against Chapman ... Also had a double-double with 31 assists and 12 digs in the SCIAC Semifinals against Cal Lutheran ... Had 37 assists and 12 digs in the regular season finale against Whittier. 

2020 Season
SCIAC All-Academic Team ...
Athenas did not compete due to COVID-19. 

Prior to CMS
Competed for the England National Team, earning a spot with the senior national team at age 16 ... Had 55 appearances for England at all age groups against 18 different countries ... Earned Dream Team setter honors at the U19 Northern European International Championships ... Also competed with the Bristol Volleyball Club, the Taunton Volleyball Club, and the Sunshine Volleyball Club ... Helped her clubs reach the UK national finals for five straight years from 2015-19 ... Earned Regional MVP honors in 2018 ... Earned gold medal honors in the UK School Games in 2017 and 2018, when she served as a captain ... Academic honors included a History Prize, a Final Year English Literature Prize and a two-year academic scholarship recipient ... Coached volleyball to juniors ... Was a cellist in the school orchestra ... Editor of the high school English Journal ... Peer Mentor ... Volunteered with Amnesty International ... Also played on the varsity tennis team. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna ... Cousin Osgar O'Hoison played tennis for the Wisconsin Badgers ... Both parents were athletes at the University of London, where her mother played water polo and her father played rugby ... Lists Circe by Madeline Miller as her favorite book ... Jacinda Arden is the public figure she most admires ... Chose CMS for "the balance between academics and sport, and the amazing Roberts Pavilion!" 

Georgia McGovern posed shot

Player Profile

Recent Games
Nov 11 La Verne W, 3-0
Nov 16 vs. Mass.-Dartmouth W, 3-0
Nov 17 vs. Salisbury W, 3-0
Nov 18 at MIT W, 3-0
Nov 29 at Wis.-Oshkosh W, 3-0
Nov 30 at Hope L, 3-2
  Overall Conf
Matches 32 16
Sets 107 50
Kills 149 69
Kills per set 1.39 1.38
Errors 34 14
Total Attacks 323 150
Hitting Percentage .356 .367
Assists 1195 576
Assists per set 11.17 11.52
Service Aces 56 26
Service Errors 25 12
Service Aces per set 0.52 0.52
Receptions 2 0
Reception Errors 0 0
Digs 292 133
Digs per set 2.73 2.66
Block Solo 0 0
Block Assist 41 17
Block Total 41 17
Blocks per set 0.38 0.34
Block Errors 5 3
Ball Handling Errors 5 2
Points 225.5 103.5
Points per set 2.1 2.1
Matches started 25 13
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 1 Carthage W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 9 .333 30 1 2 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 5.5
Sep 2 Wis.-Eau Claire W, 3-1 1 4 9 0 13 .692 40 1 0 1 0 18 0 1 0 1 0 10.5
Sep 2 Southwestern (Tex.) W, 3-2 1 5 6 2 18 .222 55 2 1 0 0 15 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
Sep 8 Washington (Mo.) L, 3-2 1 5 9 0 16 .563 52 3 3 0 0 11 0 2 0 2 0 13.0
Sep 9 Trinity (Tex.) W, 3-1 1 4 5 4 15 .067 51 2 0 0 0 13 0 2 1 2 0 8.0
Sep 9 Johns Hopkins L, 3-1 1 4 5 2 10 .300 36 2 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 1 7.5
Sep 15 vs. Chicago W, 3-0 1 3 4 2 9 .222 34 1 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 6.5
Sep 15 vs. Texas-Dallas W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 7 .714 32 2 0 0 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 7.5
Sep 16 vs. Juniata L, 3-0 1 3 2 0 5 .400 31 0 0 1 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Sep 22 Chapman W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 4 .500 34 6 2 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Sep 23 at Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 8 0 11 .727 27 1 4 0 0 7 0 3 1 3 0 10.5
Sep 29 Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 4 0 10 .400 42 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4.0
Sep 30 at Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 - 3 4 1 13 .231 36 0 1 0 0 14 0 1 0 1 2 4.5
Oct 3 La Verne W, 3-0 1 3 8 2 13 .462 35 1 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Oct 6 at Cal Lutheran W, 3-0 1 3 3 0 5 .600 36 2 2 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 7 Whittier W, 3-0 1 3 5 0 16 .313 40 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 7.5
Oct 10 at Caltech W, 3-0 - 3 4 3 14 .071 36 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 2 0 5.0
Oct 20 at Redlands W, 3-0 1 3 4 1 7 .429 38 0 1 0 0 6 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Oct 21 Pomona-Pitzer W, 3-0 1 3 6 0 9 .667 36 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9.5
Oct 24 at La Verne L, 3-1 1 4 1 1 7 .000 44 1 0 0 0 13 0 3 1 3 0 3.5
Oct 27 Cal Lutheran W, 3-1 1 4 3 1 6 .333 44 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Oct 28 at Whittier L, 3-0 1 3 1 1 5 .000 28 1 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 3.5
Oct 31 Caltech W, 3-0 1 3 3 1 11 .182 33 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Nov 3 at Chapman W, 3-0 - 3 4 3 9 .111 36 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Nov 4 Occidental W, 3-0 1 3 9 0 10 .900 31 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Nov 9 Whittier W, 3-0 1 3 2 0 6 .333 33 0 2 0 0 6 0 2 1 2 0 3.0
Nov 11 La Verne W, 3-0 1 3 7 1 12 .500 38 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Nov 16 vs. Mass.-Dartmouth W, 3-0 - 3 3 1 6 .333 33 1 1 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Nov 17 vs. Salisbury W, 3-0 - 3 6 1 13 .385 36 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 8.0
Nov 18 at MIT W, 3-0 - 3 3 1 8 .250 28 3 1 0 0 8 0 3 0 3 0 7.5
Nov 29 at Wis.-Oshkosh W, 3-0 1 3 5 2 11 .273 29 6 0 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Nov 30 at Hope L, 3-2 - 5 5 3 15 .133 61 4 2 0 0 19 0 1 0 1 1 9.5
  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
2021-22 33 117 11 0.09 3 56 .143 861 7.36 50 0.43 9 0 240 2.05 0 2 2 0.02 62.0 0.5
2022-23 31 99 14 0.14 1 46 .283 681 6.88 42 0.42 1 0 196 1.98 0 0 0 0.00 56.0 0.6
2023-24 32 107 149 1.39 34 323 .356 1195 11.17 56 0.52 2 0 292 2.73 0 41 41 0.38 225.5 2.1
Total 96 323 174 0.54 38 425 .320 2737 8.47 148 0.46 12 0 728 2.25 0 43 43 0.13 343.5 1.1
    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 32 107 149 1.39 34 323 .356 1195 11.17 56 0.52 2 0 292 2.73 0 41 41 0.38 225.5 2.1
Conference 16 50 69 1.38 14 150 .367 576 11.52 26 0.52 0 0 133 2.66 0 17 17 0.34 103.5 2.1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 16 56 87 1.55 14 178 .410 630 11.25 30 0.54 1 0 146 2.61 0 14 14 0.25 124.0 2.2
Away 11 36 42 1.17 16 105 .248 399 11.08 20 0.56 0 0 105 2.92 0 19 19 0.53 71.5 2.0
Neutral 5 15 20 1.33 4 40 .400 166 11.07 6 0.40 1 0 41 2.73 0 8 8 0.53 30.0 2.0
Result Wins 26 83 126 1.52 27 265 .374 943 11.36 45 0.54 1 0 224 2.70 0 28 28 0.34 185.0 2.2
Losses 6 24 23 0.96 7 58 .276 252 10.50 11 0.46 1 0 68 2.83 0 13 13 0.54 40.5 1.7
Month September 13 46 67 1.46 12 140 .393 500 10.87 21 0.46 2 0 137 2.98 0 20 20 0.43 98.0 2.1
October 10 32 38 1.19 10 93 .301 370 11.56 17 0.53 0 0 81 2.53 0 12 12 0.38 61.0 1.9
November 9 29 44 1.52 12 90 .356 325 11.21 18 0.62 0 0 74 2.55 0 9 9 0.31 66.5 2.3

News Mentions

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Georgia McGovern Earns First-Team Academic All-America Honors

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Georgia McGovern of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team earned first-team Division III Academic All-America honors from...

January 8, 2024

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Bell, McGovern, Sawyer Earn Academic All-District Honors

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Brenna Bell, Georgia McGovern and Audrey Sawyer earned spots on the Division III Women's Volleyball Academic All-District team...

December 20, 2023

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Georgia McGovern Caps Award-Filled 2023 Season with Spot on NCAA All-Tournament Team

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Setter Georgia McGovern finished off a season full of awards by earning a spot on the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championshi...

December 5, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Battles to the End, But Falls in Five to Hope in the NCAA Semifinals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team earned the right to play at Roberts Pavilion for nationals this season...

December 1, 2023

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CMS Women's Volleyball Cruises Into Semifinals with Dominant Win over Top-Seed UW-Oshkosh

CLAREMONT, Calif. - On a day when the other NCAA Division III Volleyball quarterfinals had lots of drama, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's...

November 30, 2023

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Holmes, McGovern Earn First-Team All-America Honors, Sawyer on Third Team

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Jenna Holmes and Georgia McGovern earned first-team All-America honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, while...

November 27, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Faces Top-Seed Wisconsin-Oshkosh in NCAA Quarterfinals Wednesday at Roberts Pavilion

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team will serve as the host for the NCAA Division III Championships next week,...

November 24, 2023

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Homeward Bound! CMS Volleyball Dominates Regional Finals to Advance to Nationals in Claremont

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The eighth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s volleyball team picked the right time for one of its most dominant...

November 18, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Sweeps Salisbury to Advance to NCAA Regional Finals

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Jenna Holmes had 12 kills and 11 digs, including kills for six straight Athena points in the middle of a tight second...

November 17, 2023

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Georgia McGovern Earns Region X Player of the Year for CMS Volleyball

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Setter Georgia McGovern captured the American Volleyball Coaches Association Region X Player of the Year in a vote of the...

November 16, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Heads to MIT for NCAA Division III Regionals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The eighth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team will head to MIT for the NCAA Division III regionals this week,...

November 13, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Sweeps La Verne for Sixth Straight SCIAC Championship

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Tournament Most Outstanding Performer Georgia McGovern had 38 assists, becoming the second setter in CMS history to record...

November 11, 2023

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CMS Advances Through to SCIAC Finals with Sweep of Whittier

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team rolled to wins in the first two sets and held off a Whittier challenge in the third...

November 9, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Hosts SCIAC Semifinal Match against Whittier Thursday Night

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team will be the top seed in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament this weekend, and will open...

November 8, 2023

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Carranza Repeats as SCIAC Volleyball Defensive Player of Year; Five Athenas Named All-SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Junior libero Dede Carranza captured the SCIAC Defensive Player of the Year Award for the second straight season, and was...

November 7, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Celebrates Senior Day with Sweep of Occidental

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Izzy Sakoda (12) and Maxine Matheson-Lieber (11) combined for 23 kills on their senior day as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...

November 4, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Earns Top Seed in SCIAC Tournament with Sweep of Chapman

ORANGE, Calif. – The eighth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team clinched the top seed in the SCIAC Tournament with a straight-set...

November 3, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Closes In on SCIAC Regular Season Title with Sweep of Caltech

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team pulled within one win of clinching the top seed in next week's SCIAC Tournament...

October 31, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Bounces Back for 3-1 Win over Cal Lutheran

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Coming off its first conference loss in over four years, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team dropped a tight first set...

October 28, 2023

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Holmes Reaches 1000 Kills, But La Verne Volleyball Snaps Athenas' SCIAC Win Streak at 59

LA VERNE, Calif. – Senior Jenna Holmes had 23 kills to reach the 1000-kill plateau for her career, but No. 21 La Verne was able to spoil the...

October 24, 2023

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Kurt Vlasich Earns Career Win No. 300 as CMS Volleyball Sweeps Pomona-Pitzer

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Kurt Vlasich earned his 300th career win in only his 11th season as a head coach, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's...

October 21, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Keeps Rolling with Straight-Set Win at Redlands

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team improved to 9-0 in SCIAC, all by straight sets, with a 25-17, 25-18, 25-15...

October 20, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Escapes First Set Battle, Sweeps Whittier

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The sixth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team needed extra points to get out of the first set, but came away with a...

October 8, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Moves to 6-0 in SCIAC with Quick Sweep of Cal Lutheran

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Jenna Holmes had 15 kills in 29 attempts with only one error, hitting .483, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women&rsqu...

October 6, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Pushed By La Verne, But Prevails in Straight Sets

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Brooke McKee had kills for the final four CMS points in the third set, as the sixth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's...

October 4, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Sweeps Pomona-Pitzer, Moves to 4-0 in SCIAC

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Jenna Holmes had 20 kills, including two in a row with the score tied 23-23 in the second set, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...

October 1, 2023

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Georgia McGovern Reaches 2000 Assists in CMS Volleyball's Sweep of Redlands

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Georgia McGovern had 42 assists, her career high for a three-set match, to reach 2000 in her career as the Claremont-Mudd-Scri...

September 30, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Stretches SCIAC Win Streak to 50, Rolls to 3-0 Win over Chapman

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Jenna Holmes had 14 kills in 25 attempts as the No. 5-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team rolled to a quick...

September 23, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Sweeps Occidental to Start SCIAC Play 2-0

EAGLE ROCK, Calif. - The fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team extended its SCIAC win streak to 51 matches with a 3-0 win...

September 23, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Falls to Top-Ranked Juniata to Close Out Cal Lu Fornia Invitational

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The fourth-ranked CMS women's volleyball team put up a spirited fight in the second set after digging into a deep hole,...

September 16, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Picks up Pair of Straight-Set Wins on First Day of Cal Lutheran Tourney

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The fourth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team took 3-0 wins over both the University of Chicago and the...

September 15, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Splits Pair of Top-Ten Battles at East-West Classic

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The second-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team took a 3-1 win over No. 6 Trinity in its first match of the day, but...

September 10, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Drops Five-Set Thriller to WashU on First Day of East-West Classic

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Jenna Holmes had 20 kills and Brenna Bell matched her career high with 18 but it wasn't quite enough as the No. 2 Claremont-Mu...

September 9, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Tested, But Prevails with Two Hard-Fought Wins

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 3 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team trailed in both matches, but were able to respond to both tests by earning a...

September 3, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Opens 2023 With Quick 3-0 Win over Carthage

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The third-ranked CMS women's volleyball team began its quest to win a national title on its home floor in convincing fashion,...

September 2, 2023

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CMS Volleyball Opens Friday, Ranked No. 3 in Preseason Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps volleyball team, which will host the NCAA Division III Championships this year at Roberts Pavilion,...

August 30, 2023