The Western Nebraska Community College volleyball won their 10th straight match in sweeping through their three opponents Thursday in the first day of the Wyo-Braska Shootout that is being co-hosted by WNCC and Eastern Wyoming College. The Cougars, 16-2, opened the day by dropping Air Force Prep 25-8, 25-9, 25-8. The Cougars then swept Sheridan College 25-14, 25-12, 25-13, before dropping No. 19 Seward County Community College 25-19, 25-16, 25-17. WNCC has now won 25 straight sets.
EWC also had a successful day, going 2-1 with wins over McCook Community College 25-10, 25-11, 12-25, 25-18, and Air Force Prep 25-21, 25-6, 25-13. The Lancers finished the day by hanging tough against No. 11 Northeastern Junior College before falling 25-21, 25-22, 25-17.
Jodi Huddleston, who was move
d into the starting line-up for injured Tania Torres, said the team played O.K., but they will need to pick it up as they face two ranked teams on Friday and then No. 6 Western Wyoming Community College on Saturday.
“I think we played pretty well as team, but we still have a lot of stuff we need to work on,” the Scottsbluff High graduate said. “We did a lot of different things today that was the key to winning. Serving, however, was our downfall today. If we pick it up tomorrow [Friday] we do great.”
It doesn’t get any easier for the Cougars on Friday as they face No. 9 Laramie County Community College at noon and then Yavapai at 4 p.m. followed by Northwest (Wyo.) College at 8 p.m. Huddleston, who had six blocks on the day, said the big key to wins was everybody clicking together.
“It feels like we are playing very strongly as a team and it feels great to have us all click together,” she said. “We got the win against Seward County, but playing as a team matters the most. Winning is great, but playing together as a team makes it the glue to the success.”
In the win against the No. 19 team in the nation, the Cougars were led by Debora Aruajo’s 16 kills and seven digs and five points. Kathryn Stock also finished with double-digit kills with 13. Ariel Austin also came up big with eight kills and three blocks, while Huddleston had three blocks.
Also for the Cougars, Emily Hoehn had eight points and four digs; Fernanda Goncalves had 27 set assists, five points and two kills; Kuulei Kabalis had 11 digs and three points; Sierra Schmidt had two points and seven set assists; and Tori Bozzo had two kills and two blocks.
Against Air Force Prep, Stock pounded home eight kills, had 10 points, and five digs. Hoehn finished with 13 points, four aces and 11 digs.
Also for the Cougars, Araujo had six kills, three digs, eight points and three aces; Austin had five kills; Lais Soares had three kills, seven points and two aces; Bozzo had four kills, two blocks, and two digs; Goncalves had six set assists and two aces; Mackenzie Westphal had six kills and three points; Schmidt had four digs and 14 set assists; and Sarah Hirschfeld had seven set assists and two digs.
The Cougars were just as impressive against Sheridan Goncalves finished with nine points and 20 set assists. Stock also had a good serving game, finishing with 12 points and three aces. Stock also pounded home eight kills and had eight digs.
Also for the Cougars, Araujo had 10 kills, two blocks, three digs, and five points; Kabalis had eight digs and four points; Soares had four kills, two blocks, and six points; Schmidt had nine set assists; and Westphal had three points and three kills
Thursday’s Results
At WNCC – WNCC over Air Force Prep 25-8, 25-9, 25-8; Sheridan over Trinidad State 25-15, 27-29, 25-10, 25-17; Yavapai over Casper 25-22, 25-23, 25-21; LCCC over Lamar 25-22, 25-21, 25-18; WNCC over Sheridan 25-14, 25-12, 25-13; Casper over Seward County 25-14, 25-23, 25-16; LCCC over Yavapai 25-11, 25-20, 25-16; Sheridan over Lamar 17-25, 31-29, 25-15, 25-17; WNCC over Steward County 25-18, 25-16, 25-17; Casper over Trinidad 25-8, 25-15, 25-7.
At EWC – EWC over McCook 25-10, 25-11, 12-25, 25-18; Dodge City over Seward 23-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-18; Northwest Wyoming over McCook 25-15, 25-12, 21-25, 25-21; NJC over Dodge City 25-18, 27-25, 25-15; EWC over Air Force Prep 25-21, 25-6, 25-13; Western Wyoming over Trinidad State 25-9, 25-17, 25-18; Dodge City over McCook 25-19, 25-11, 25-16; Western Wyoming over NJC 25-19, 25-15, 29-27; NJC over EWC 25-21, 25-22, 25-17; Northwest Wyoming over Air Force Prep 25-11, 25-10, 25-14.
Friday’s Schedule
At WNCC – 10 a.m. – Lamar vs. Dodge City, NJC vs. LCCC; noon – WNCC vs. LCCC, Casper vs. Air Force Prep; 2 p.m. – Casper vs. Lamar, Air Force Prep vs. Western Wyoming; 4 p.m. – WNCC vs. Yavapai, NJC vs. Northwest Wyoming; 6 p.m. – NJC vs. Casper; 8 p.m. – WNCC vs. Northwest Wyoming, LCCC vs. McCook.
At EWC – 10 a.m. – Sheridan vs. Yavapai, Western Wyoming vs. McCook; noon EWC vs. Trinidad State, Seward County vs. Northwest Wyoming; 2 p.m. – Trinidad State vs. Dodge City, McCook vs. Sheridan; 4 p.m. – Sheridan vs. Seward County; 6 p.m. – EWC vs. Lamar, Dodge City vs. Air Force Prep; 8 p.m. – EWC vs. Yavapai, Western Wyoming vs. Seward County
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