Jesse Garner posted 11 kills and Jenna Palomarez anchored the defense with 27 digs as Schreiner swept Hendrix 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-15) Friday in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament semifinals at Stephens Family Arena.

The third-seeded Mountaineers (23-6, 13-3 SCAC) advance to their first conference championship match in program history. They will face Colorado College at 3 p.m. Saturday.

“I’m so proud of our team,” Schreiner coach Jeremiah Tiffen said. “Jenna Palomarez was phenomenal at the libero. I mean, she just got everything. I think 27 digs in three sets might be a record for her. Like, absolutely phenomenal.”

Palomarez’s 27 digs tied for second-most in a three-set SCAC match.

The senior libero closed the match in dramatic fashion, serving the final five points of the third set. She delivered a service ace at 24-15 before setting up Garner for the match-clinching kill.

Schreiner controlled the match from start to finish, hitting .157 as a team while limiting No. 2 seed Hendrix (19-5, 13-2) to a .094 attack percentage. The Mountaineers dominated at the net with 12 block assists compared to two for the Warriors.

Mackenzie Strban added six kills and two block assists for Schreiner, while Giana Hilliard contributed seven kills and 16 digs. Ryleigh Jones posted four kills and four block assists, and Harlie Gallaspy distributed 20 assists while adding three service aces.

Palomarez finished with two service aces in addition to her defensive effort.

“That was a phenomenal match,” Tiffen said. “She just did everything for us.”

Camryn Kennedy led Hendrix with 10 kills. Mariana Leite added eight kills, while Riley Brady finished with seven kills and one block solo. Adilynn Henry distributed 19 assists for the Warriors.

Hendrix made a run in the third set, but Schreiner’s experience proved decisive.

“That’s the maturity of this team, and it’s the senior leadership in the upper class,” Tiffen said. “We’ve been in these situations before, and we know what we need to do, and so they don’t get rattled, they stay with it, and the results speak for themselves.”

Colorado College (21-7, 12-4) advanced to the championship match with a 3-0 sweep of St. Thomas in Friday’s first semifinal. The Tigers have won seven SCAC tournament titles since 2010 and enter Saturday’s final riding an eight-match winning streak.

The teams split their regular-season meetings, with Schreiner winning 3-2 in Colorado Springs on Oct. 10 before Colorado College returned to Kerrville and won the rematch.

“They’re playing really well. I think they were the hottest team coming in,” Tiffen said. “They beat us on our home court a couple weeks ago. So I think seeing them play again today, I think we will have an idea of what we want to do against them to kind of help out, but it’s going to be another tough match. But if we play at the level that we did today, we got a chance.”