The Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team swept through its two opponents in the opening day of the Wyo-Braska Shootout. The No. 4 Cougars topped Air Force Prep 25-10, 25-15, 25-8 and then swept through Sheridan College 25-13, 25-21, 25-3 at Cougar Palace.
WNCC coach Giovana Melo said her team played well at times in picking up their 17th victory of the season. Melo was especially pleased of how her team played in the third set, 25-3 win, against Sheridan.
“We did OK in the first two games and obviously in the second one I got on them a little bit for not being focused. It doesn’t matter who we are playing, we just have to be patient and work on the things that we need to do. That is what we did in that third game, where we were really focused and we when we patient with every ball that came to our side.”
It took the Cougars a while to get their explosive offense cranked up, and in the third set against the Generals, the Cougars showed just how deadly of an offense they have all the way around.
The offense all started as Kaleinani Kabalis pounded home a kill. After that, Sabina Piegza served nine straight points, with Tania Torres and Brook Blomenkamp providing some huge kills for a 12-1 lead.
Sheridan’s De-Ann Smith finally stopped the run, but it was short lived as Kuulei Kabalis served 10 straight points, including an ace to win the match 25-3.
Kaleinani Kabalis led the Cougars with 12 kills, five points and five digs. Paulina Piegza finished with eight kills, three blocks, six digs and four points, while Sabina Piegza had 10 points, two aces, 28 set assists, and eight digs.
Also for the Cougars, Kathryn Stock had seven kills, five points and seven digs; Torres had three digs and four kills, and Kuulei Kabalis had 12 points, three aces and eight digs.
WNCC was just as impressive in its opener against Air Force Prep as a variety of players stepped up to the plate. The Cougars cruised to win as the Cougars front row accounted for 36 kills and 14 blocks in the match. Kaleinani Kabalis paced the team with 15 kills, two blocks, seven points, three aces and four digs; while Paulina Piegza ahd five points and seven kills.
Also for the Cougars, Sabina Piegza had 30 set assists, three kills and five points; Kuulei Kabalis had nine digs; Kathryn Stock had five digs; Brooke Blomenkamp had three blocks; Tania Torres had five blocks; Cami Weimer had three kills; Ariel Austin had three kills; and Whitney Roth had three kills.
The Cougars will be back in action Friday with three matches in the Wyo-Braska Shootout. WNCC will face Colby Community College at 10 a.m., No. 17 Laramie County Community College at 2 p.m. and Northwest (Wyo.) College at 8 p.m. The nightcap will feature a contest between between former Cougar teammates as Melo will coach against Flavia Siqueira. Both were teammates at WNCC about eight years ago.
Other scores in the tournament at Cougar Palace include Trinidad State over Dawson 25-22, 20-25, 25-17, 25-22; Sheridan over Trinidad 22-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23; Lamar over Dawson 25-19, 25-19, 25-17; Laramie County over Lamar 25-16, 27-29, 25-22, 26-24; Colby over Trinidad State 25-15, 22-25, 25-16, 25-16; Sheridan vs. LCCC; and Lamar vs. Colby.
Scores at Eastern Wyoming College include Northwest Wyoming over McCook -- 25-14, 25-14, 25-23; NJC over Western Wyoming -- 25-22, 25-15, 25-15; EWC over McCook -- 25-20, 25-18, 25-19;
Central Wyoming vs. Casper; Air Force Prep vs. Western Wyoming; NJC vs. Northwest Wyoming; McCook vs. Casper; Central Wyoming vs. Dawson; EWC vs. Air Force Prep; NJC vs. Casper.
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