Cougars lose 1st West matches of the season
The Barton Community College volleyball team had its unbeaten run in the Jayhawk West snapped with road losses to Seward County and Hutchinson. The Cougars lost in Liberal over the weekend then fell to Hutchinson Wednesday. Between those setbacks was a non conference win for Barton over Clarendon (Texas) in Liberal Saturday. Barton lost to Seward in Liberal 18-25, 19-25, 28-26, 25-16 for its 1st West loss then rebounded for the a 25-12, 25-15, 25-18 non conference win over Clarendon later in the day. The Cougars traveled to Hutch Wednesday where they lost to the Blue Dragons 22-25, 20-25, 25-20, 25-14 to fall to 4-2 in the West and 12-6 overall. Barton will be at Garden City Saturday for more West play.
Highlights
Barton had its chances it he losses but couldn’t come up with the big points at times. In the loss at Hutch, Barton was led in hitting by freshman Xuemei Zhang with 14 kills and no errors in 23 attempts. She also added 3 service aces for the Cougars. Freshman Raney Okeson added 8 kills. Mengya Wang led Barton with 37 assists and added 10 digs. Sammy Grollmes had 14 digs to pace the Cougars.
In the Cougars loss at Seward, Zhang also led Barton in kills with 9 to go with one error in 14 attempts. Okeson added 8 kills. Wang had 28 assists and 14 digs to pace Barton as well. Laura Macek recorded 11 blocks in the loss.
Between those matches, Barton scored an easy non conference win over Clarendon. Macek had a good game for Barton with 8 kills and no errors in 13 attempts to go with 5 more blocks. Taylor Brown led Barton with 9 kills. Wang had 23 assists and 2 service aces. Ana Paula Pego added 14 a team-high 14 digs and 2 aces.
Stats
Stats can be found at www.bartonccc.edu/sports
Next
Oct 3 – at Garden 6:30 pm (Jayhawk West match at the Perryman Center in Garden City)
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