The Cougars (2-0) started the Invite with a 25-10, 25-8, 25-13 win over Hutchinson Community College before rolling through Marshalltown Community College 25-8, 25-12, 25-12. The Cougars will have two more games Saturday as they face No. 2 ranked Missouri State-West Plains and then Jefferson College.
WNCC coach Giovana Melo was pleased with how the entire team played in both matches.
"We played pretty well and everyone did a really good job when they got in," Melo said. "We played a really good game against Hutchinson and then everyone went in against Marshalltown and did a good job."
In the opener against Hutchinson, Debora Araujo finished with a double-double collecting 10 kills and 18 digs. Also stepping up was freshman setter Fernanda Goncalves with 26 set assists, five points and two aces.
Emily Hoehn also chipped in 19 digs, while Sierra Schmidt had nine points. Also for the Cougars, Kathryn Stock had five kills, Lais Soares had five kills and four blocks, Tania Torres had five blocks, and Mackenzie Westphal had one ace.
The Cougars flexed their depth in match two against Marshalltown as a plethora of players stepped up. Araujo was big once again, finishing with eight kills, seven digs, eight points and two blocks. Freshman Sara Hirschfeld paced the team from the serving stripe with nine points and four aces. Goncalves finished the contest with 18 set assists, three points and two aces.
Also for WNCC, Stock had seven kills, Torres had five kills, Soares hd three blocks, and Hoehn and Kuulei Kabalis each had six digs.
Melo said that they will have to play just as strong Saturday against to quality teams, including a MSU-West Plains, who defeated the Cougars in the semi-finals at last year's national tournament.
"West Plains and Jefferson are two pretty good teams," she said. "But I think we have been playing pretty good, including the alumni scrimmage. We have the ability to play well and we just have to maintain how we play. We will see how we will come out after [today]."
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