[Oct. 13, 2012] TRINIDAD,
Colo. -- The second-ranked Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team
continued to breeze along in south sub-region play sweeping past Trinidad State
Junior College 26-24, 25-12, 25-20 Saturday afternoon in Trinidad, Colo.
The
win was the Cougars 24th straight victory and it was the team's 30th win of the
season. On top of that, the Cougars have now won 42 straight sets.
The
Cougars, however, came close in dropping the first set but battled back to get
the first-set win 26-24. Assistant coach Fatima Balza said they were down 16-11
at one time and trailed 21-19 before tying the game at 22-22. A big key in the
win was a big scoring run by freshman Yoro Tovar that helped spark the team.
After
that, the Cougars finished off the Trojans with the 25-12 and 25-20 wins.
Priscila
Mendes led the Cougars with a double-double of 10 points and 10 digs. Tovar and
Danika Youngblood each tallied nine kills. Tovar also had four blocks, while
Youngblood had 11 digs.
Also
for the Cougars, Morgan Broussard tallied two kills, two blocks, nine digs, and
41 set assists; Kat Agson had six kills and three blocks; Megan Johnson had
five kills; Allora Tanner had four kills; Lauren Knox had four digs; Alex
Rivera had 20 digs; and Tasha Meyer had five digs.
The
Cougars will be back on the road Tuesday at they travel to McCook Community
College before returning home for their final home matches of the year on
Friday against Northeastern Junior College and Saturday against Casper College.
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