Maloney volleyball wins CCC tournament championship over Southington

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.