9th ranked Cougars clinch consecutive outright title with 12th conference sweep #GoBarton
9th ranked Cougars clinch consecutive outright title with 12th conference sweep.
The 9th ranked Barton Community College volleyball team clinched its second straight outright KJCCC title concluding the regular season Saturday afternoon with a sweep at Cloud County Community College (25-14, 25-20, 25-13).
In the victory Barton picked up its 12th conference and 23rd sweep of the year concluding the regular season slate at 15-1 in league play and 28-2 on the season. Cloud County ends the year 0-16 in the KJCCC and 7-23 overall.
Up next is the Region 6/Plains District Tournament with the Cougars' first round matchup coming Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. hosting 8th seeded Pratt Community College. A Barton victory would continue the Cougars' hosting privilege for a 4:00 p.m. Saturday contest in the semifinal round against the winner of Garden City at Butler.
Eleven players hit the court for the Cougars producing a .256 attack and 11 service aces. Setters Elena Stankovic and Maurin Reyes keying the offense with 16 and 15 assists, along with, 2 and 3 aces respectively.
Phoebe Reyes' 9 kills led the team, Naya Danenberg next with 7 kills and two aces. Kassidy Nixon had 6 kills and a team tying 3 aces with Anna Wierzbicki also recording 6 kills and a team leading 2 blocks.
All players additionally contributed on the defensive end of the court being led by Mina Kaneko's 12 digs.