Barton drops West contest at Pratt
The Barton Community College volleyball team lost a key match in the current battle for 2nd place in the Jayhawk West with a setback at Pratt Wednesday night at Lesh Arena. Barton, Pratt, and Hutchinson all entered the night with 2 conference losses while Seward leads the race as an unbeaten. The Cougars lost at Pratt in three very close sets, 25-22, 26-24, 25-23 to fall into 4th place in the West standings. Barton is now 5-3 in the West and 13-7 overall while Pratt moves to 6-2 and 12-10. Barton will step out of conference this weekend to travel to Columbus, Nebraska for tournament action.
Highlights
The Cougars lost on the road for the 3rd time in 5 tries in West play with the tight loss to the Beavers. Barton was led in hitting by Taylor Brown and Raney Okeson each with 9 kills. Laura Macek added 8 kills in just 10 attempts with 1 error. Mengya Wang had 31 assists to pace the Cougars.
Macek had a great game at the net, recording 5 blocks – 4 solo – to go with those 8 kills. The sophomore from Ellsworth is currently 2nd in the nation at 1.64 blocks per set. Wang added 3 blocks to the cause.
Barton will travel to Columbus this weekend, playing North Platte (Neb) and host Central College Friday evening. The Cougars will battle Iowa Lakes and Colby Saturday.
Stats
Stats can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports
Next
Oct 9-10 – at Central College Tournament (at Columbus, Nebraska)
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