The fourth-ranked Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team will be looking to finish the home portion of their schedule with an unblemished mark Thursday night when they face No. 12 ranked Casper College at Cougar Palace. The contest will not be an easy task against the 24-7 Thunderbirds, who swept past Laramie County Community College 25-15, 25-23, 25-17 on Tuesday night.
Casper also nearly turned the tide on the Cougars earlier in the season. The Thunderbirds won the first two sets 25-18, 26-24, before the Cougars came storming back in claiming the next three 25-21, 25-11, 15-13.
“We need to play the way that we are capable of playing,” sophomore Whitney Roth, a Gering High graduate, said. “The team needs to get rolling quickly and push points and not let Casper into the game. Us to win the first set will be critical. We need to raise the level of play and we need to dictate the way the game is played and hopefully we can come out with the win.”
WNCC, 34-2, have won 25 straight matches since last falling in the Salt Lake tournament back on Sept. 5. The Cougars will not need a lot to get motivated in this big contest against Casper, especially since it will be the last time the six sophomores will be playing a home contest at WNCC. Those six, Kaleinani Kabalis, Cami Weimer, Sabina and Paulina Piegza, Whitney Roth and Brooke Blomenkamp, have posted a 93-6 record over the last two seasons.
Roth said it will be a special night, not only for the six sophomores, but everyone since this is the last time this year they will be at home.
“It will be a fun yet emotional night,” Roth said. “Cougar Palace has been a great place to play over the last two years and hopefully us six sophomores can end our career at Cougar Palace with a win and just give the crowd a good game.”
First serve is set for 7 p.m. at Cougar Palace.
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