Season ends as Eutectics fall to 1-Columbia in AMC Qtrs

CHESTERFIELD, MO – The 2025 season for the Eutectics finished up on Friday morning as 8-UHSP fell to 1-Columbia in the American Midwest Conference Tournament Quarterfinals, 25-19, 25-11, 25-13. Viola Giangreco led the Columbia offense with ten kills, only one error and an incredible .562 attack percentage as the Cougars advanced to the tournament semifinals in search of their 25^th tournament title.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

1-COLUMBIA def. 8-UHSP; 25-19, 25-11, 25-13

• The Eutectics had a tremendous opening set as the two clubs were tied 32-points in. UHSP got kills from Sophia Michaud, Joleigh Parker, Sierra Aplanalp, Sumanpreet Kaur, Hannah Kynaston, Tera Schumacher as a full team effort had the Eutectics hanging in against the top-seeded Cougars that lost just one conference match in the regular season. After the Eutectics held a 16-15 advantage, the Cougars scored nine of the final 13 points to stave off the upset-minded Euts, 25-19.
• Columbia kept their foot on the gas pedal to begin the second as they rattled off eight of the first nine and 16 of the opening 20 points. The UHSP offense had difficulty getting in gear as they had just five kills in the second while they had five attack errors. CC countered with 14 kills and match-best .323 hitting percentage in the frame, winning it 25-11.
• The third began much like the second with the favorite going up 7-2. A double-block from Sophia Michaud and Sumanpreet Kaur brought the Eutectics to within four. After the clubs split the ensuing six points, a 7-0 run by Columbia all bit ended the match. Kynaston had three kills down the stretch, but Giangreco finished things off to send the Cougars to the semifinals with a kill for a 25-13 set-clincher.
• CC hit .250 or better in all three sets. UHSP best attacking set was the opening frame when they hit .059.
• Hannah Kynaston led the Eutectics with nine kills while Sophia Michaud added six.
• In the final match of her record-setting career, UHSP setter Jenna Brinson recorded 22 assists and eight digs. She leaves as the school's all-time career assist leader at 3,159. She finished with 1,011 assists in her senior season, four shy of tying the school's single-season assist mark.
• MaKenzie Uribe led UHSP with 13 digs.
• Hannah Vogt and Alexa Olson combined for 29 assist for CC while Isabella Kincaid had 15 digs.
• It marks the third time this season that the Eutectics have lost to Columbia as the Cougars swept the regular season series between the two. Columbia is now 14-0 all-time against UHSP.

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The Eutectics wrap up the season with a final record of 7-28 and a 6-12 mark in the AMC. The seven overall wins are three more than last season and the most for the Eutectics in the last three years. The six conference wins are the most they have had in a single season in any of the last five campaigns. Those conference wins match the most they have had in a single conference season in the coaching tenure of UHSP Head Coach Katie Payne. It ties the most conferences wins for UHSP since they won seven games in 2013 when they were members of the KIAC, two years prior to their joining the AMC.