FULTON, Mo. – The William Woods University volleyball team had their American Midwest Conference postseason run come to a close as they fell to three-seeded Columbia in the AMC Championship Semifinals. The Owls fell 3-1, moving to 12-3 on the season.
 
The Owls were announced as the AMC Regular Season Champions during Tuesday evening's quarterfinal game. With that, the Owls earned the program's first title and the conference's automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship.
 
More information will be released soon on the location and time for the Owls' opening round game on Saturday, April 17.
 
William Woods Becomes AMC Regular Season Champions
"Upon learning a student-athlete subject to the AMC Intra-Conference Transfer rule had played in Conference matches, the Executive Committee convened on Tuesday afternoon and voted to require forfeits of those two matches," stated American Midwest Conference Commissioner Will Wolper. "The forfeits will adjust the final regular-season standings and our first automatic bid to the NAIA Tournament.  The Committee took further action of not adjusting the Tournament seeding."
 
As a result of the decision by the Executive Committee, William Woods received a forfeit win and finished the regular season as the AMC Champions. They will receive the AMC's first automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship. This will be the Owls first appearance in school history in the NAIA Volleyball National Championship.
 

By The Numbers
46 – Tess Schannuth assisted in 46 Owls' kills.
39.4 – The Owls hit .394 in set one with 17 kills.
20 – Tori Rosemann dug up 20 of the CC attacks.
15 – Baylie Petry put down 15 kills with a .394 hitting percentage to lead the Owls.
13 – Lanie Lowry recorded 13 kills with a .300 hitting percentage.
 
 
Game Highlights
The Owls lost 25-21, 20-25, 17-25, 17-25.

The Owls came out firing off kills, recording 17 with a .394 hitting percentage in the first set. After CC led in the beginning, the Owls pushed a 6-0 run with two kills from Lanie Lowry and two from Kate Doerhoff to take a 14-10 lead. An ace from Ally Konarzewski put the Owls up by five, 20-15. A kill from Lowry ended the set with a 25-21 win.
 
The Owls put together a 3-0 run midway through set two to take a 13-11 lead and force a CC timeout. Coming out of the timeout, CC moved back in the lead. They pushed a four-point run to bring it to set point, 24-19. A kill from Faith McQueen delayed the end, but CC closed it out with a 25-20 win to even the match at 1-1.
 
CC took the lead early in set three, but the Owls closed the game to one with three consecutive kills, 7-6. Back-to-back kills from Bailey Petry evened the score at 15 all, but CC followed with a 5-0 run. CC finished out the set with a 25-17 win.
 
The Owls struggled to get started in set four, allowing CC to a 4-0 start. A block from McQueen and Doerhoff brought the Owls within three early on, 9-6, but CC pushed out by six, 14-8. The Owls were unable to recover and lost 25-17.