The Blinn College volleyball team will open the 2015 NJCAA Region XIV Championships on Friday, Nov. 6, with a match against fourth-seeded Paris Junior College at 1 p.m. at Wagstaff Gymnasium in Tyler.
The Buccaneers finished with an 8-2 record in conference and earned the top seed in the South Zone by way of a tiebreaker. Blinn finished with a 25-9 overall record and has won the last two tournament championships. Paris finished the season with a 3-5 record in the North Zone.
Blinn is led by sophomore Abolanle Onipede in kills with 306 and hitting percentage at .438 with a minimum 100 attacks. Freshman Danusia Borgeaud leads the team with 357 digs.
Sophomore setter Jordyn Keamo, who was named the NJCAA Division I player of the week for Oct. 26 – Nov. 1, leads the Buccaneers with 1,180 total assists and 76 service aces.
The entire tournament will be streamed live at www.psnsports.com. The tournament bracket is also available for view online.
Blinn has competed in intercollegiate athletics since 1903 and captured 32 NJCAA national championships since 1987. For more information, visit www.buccaneersports.com.
About Blinn College
With an enrollment of 19,422 students, Blinn ranks among the nation's leaders in transferring students to leading four-year universities and has received national recognition for affordable educational excellence. For more information, visit www.blinn.edu.
