LIBERAL, Kan. – The Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team captured their 25th win of the season with sweeps over Redlands Community College and Lamar Community College at the Ozfest Invitiational on the campus of Seward County Community College.
The Cougars opened the invitational with a 25-20, 25-17, 25-21 win over Redlands as Kathryn Stock had a double-double of 12 kills and 13 digs. WNCC then rolled over Lamar 25-12, 25-19, 25-10 as Debora Araujo had a double-double of 16 kills and 12 digs.
WNCC will be back in action Saturday at the Ozfest Invite as they face Seward County at 10 a.m. and Midland College at 2 p.m.
Tania Torres, who finished the two matches with 12 kills and three aces, said the team kept their energy up through both matches.
“We did pretty good overall as a team. We stuck together and had pretty good energy,” the sophomore middle hitter from Puerto Rico said. “Although the last set of the first game [against Redlands] we let go a little bit, we still came back and showed that we have pretty good energy. We have to keep working hard and not go into that rollercoaster of going up and down. We have to be more consistent every single time. We did that in the last game against Lamar.”
Torres said the way they played against Lamar – in dominating fashion – is the way the team should be playing all the time.
“We did really good against Lamar. We were really loud and we were really consistent,” she said. “We were really disciplined and that is how we have to play every single time, every single game.”
Against Redlands, Stock led the way with 13 digs and 12 kills, while Araujo had 12 digs, nine points and 12 kills. Also for the Cougars, Ariel Austin had eight kills; Lais Soares had seven kills; Torres had five kills; Fernanda Goncalves had 33 set assists; Emily Hoehn had 18 digs; and Kuulei Kabalis had 15 digs.
WNCC was just as dominating against Lamar as Araujo had 12 digs and 16 kills, followed by Stock with 10 digs, six kills and 12 points. Also for the Cougars, Torres had eight kills and two aces; Austin had seven kills; Soares had seven kills; Hoehn had 17 kills; Kabalis ahd 10 digs; and Goncalves had 34 set assists.
Torres said Saturday’s competition will be tougher and they have to be ready to play.
“Both of them are pretty good teams,” she said. “They are coming for us and they want to beat us. We have to come strong and play really smart. We have to play together as a team.
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