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MCC spikers sweep first league match on home floor
McCOOK, Neb. — The McCook Community College volleyball team opened Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference play Wednesday in the Peter and Dolores Graff Events Center with a 3-0 sweep over Central Community College Wednesday evening.
MCC downed the Raiders 25-21, 25-25, 25-18.
“I thought we came out and started off really clean in first set of volleyball, a lot of kills and very few hitting errors,” said MCC Coach Hayley Kobza.
“Across the board we played really well, there were a few things we didn’t do as well as we should like making sure we’re on our toes at all times on the digs and tips,” said Kobza.
Sophomore Caylin Barnett (Southwest High School) had a career-high 17 kills to go along with three blocks and five digs.
Freshman Charlee Russick (Berthoud, Colo.) had 13 kills, two blocks, an ace and eight digs. Romina Martinez Castro (sophomore, Cochabamba, Bolivia) had four kills, a block, 10 digs and an ace.
Rowan Tribelhorn (sophomore, Yuma, Colo.) was credited with seven kills and five digs. Freshman Ella Verts (Marshall, Mo.) had four blocks and three kills
Freshman Megan Walker (Haxtun, Colo.) had 40 assists, five digs, four blocks and three kills.
Sophomore Cibeles Bothwell (Spring, Texas) led MCC with 14 digs. Audrey Holm (freshman, Paxton) had three digs.
The Raiders came out in the third set and held a 10-8 lead early but after an MCC timeout, Kobza was pleased with her team’s response.
“We had a little ‘remember where we are conversation’ and we came out and I thought finished the game really well,” Kobza said.
Central CC goes to 10-5 and 1-1 in the Nebraska Conference. The Raiders just fell out of the NJCAA D2 rankings Monday after being ranked 21st and 22nd in the first two weeks of the polls.