ABILENE – McMurry Volleyball, after winning just two matches last season, begins play in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament at 1 p.m. on Friday at the University of Dallas
 
The War Hawks meet Southwestern, which escaped with a 3-2 home win over McMurry on Saturday.
 
The other quarterfinal matchups have Austin College playing Texas Lutheran and Trinity playing Schreiner at 10:30 a.m. Also playing at 1 p.m. are Colorado College and St. Thomas.
 
The single-elimination tournament continues on Friday afternoon and evening in Sherman with semifinals. A win by McMurry at 1 p.m. would pit the War Hawks against the Colorado College-St. Thomas winner at 7 p.m.
 
The championship game is at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
 
McMurry comes in at 14-14 after that 3-2 loss while Southwestern is 21-5.
 
Against the rest of the field, the War Hawks this season were 0-2 against Colorado College, 1-1 against St. Thomas and 1-0 against Schreiner, Trinity and Texas Lutheran.
 
Jacee Dinkins leads McMurry with 2.21 kills per set with Carli Colbert averaging 4.35 assists.
 
Hannah Page leads the War Hawks with 4.68 digs per set and 48 aces.
 
Addyson Tiffin has a team-leading 0.81 blocks per set.