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Greta Koscuk produced 27 kills and 25 digs to lead the Maloney volleyball team to its first Central Connecticut Conference tournament championship in program history, winning 3-1 against Southington on Saturday night at the UConn Volleyball Center in Storrs.
Set scores were 24-26, 25-15, 25-23, 25-19.
Maloney (22-2) entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed, and beat No. 15 Hall 3-0 in the first round, No. 10 Enfield 3-0 in the quarterfinals and No. 3 Bristol Central 3-1 in the semifinals. Maloney had previously never appeared in a CCC volleyball championship until their win on Saturday.
Southington, the No. 1 seed, won 3-0 against No. 16 Rocky Hill in the first round, 3-1 against defending champion No. 9 Simsbury in the quarterfinals and 3-2 against last year's runner-ups No. 4 Glastonbury in the semifinals.
Tessa Holmes followed with 44 assists, 11 digs and three aces for Maloney.
Maloney heads into the CIAC Class LL tournament as the No. 2 seed with a first-round bye, awaiting the winner of No. 18 Simsbury and No. 15 Newtown.
Southington enters the Class LL tournament as the No. 4 seed and will face No. 29 New Britain in the first round on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at home.
This article originally published at Maloney volleyball wins CCC tournament championship over Southington.
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