The No. 1 ranked Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team had no trouble in getting past Casper College Tuesday night in Casper as the Cougars moved to 10-0 on the season with a 25-18, 25-14, 25-11 win.
WNCC coach Giovana Melo was pleased with how they played for having a week off from competition.
"We played pretty well," she said. "We started a little slow and made a lot of errors in the beginning, but we just got in the groove and did a lot better as the game went a long."
Melo said that Casper has a good team, but her team just fought hard for every point.
"I am not surprised by the scores because I know we have been working pretty hard and if we continue to do the things that we have been working on, we can be a pretty good team," she said. "We were playing a pretty good Casper team. it was a good battle and we had a lot of long rallies. The scores don't show how competitive it was. Casper put up a good fight with us even though the scores do not show that."
The Cougars used a balanced lineup in getting the win as Debora Araujo finished with nine kills and nine digs, while Lais Soares had eight kills and seven blocks.
Also for the Cougars, Jodi Huddleston finished with seven kills and four blocks; Danika Youngblood had seven kills, four blocks and 13 digs; Fernanda Goncalves had 30 set assists and seven digs; Megan Johnson had five blocks, and Alex Rivera had eight digs.
WNCC, 10-0, will have a couple days to get ready for the Pizza Hut Classic in Sterling, Colo., on Friday and Saturday. The Cougars will face Hutchinson Community College at 2 p.m. and Trinidad State on 6 p.m. on Friday followed by Otero Junior College and Dodge City Community College on Saturday.
WNCC will then come home on Monday to face Iowa Western Community College on Monday as they present a special honor to Nebraska's Governor Dave Heineman, who is slated to attend the match.
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