MCC spikers finish four at Hutch with 2-2 mark

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – After splitting two games Saturday, the McCook Community College volleyball team capped the Hutchinson Blue Dragon Tournament with a 2-2 mark.

MCC dropped its opening match Saturday to Missouri State University-West Plains 0-3 then came back to sweep past Butler Community College 3-0.

“This was not the weekend we wanted, but when you lose you learn,” said MCC Coach Hayley Kobza. “We have some things we need to straighten out before region play, so we are going to take the time to do that this next week.”

Missouri State University-West Plains goes to 13-4 on the season and Butler goes to 9-10.

“This was our first time attending the Hutch tournament and I will say they ran a great and a solid tournament all around,” said Kobza.

MCC goes to 13-5 on the season

The Lady Indians return home for a pair of matches this week. On Tuesday MCC hosts North Platte (5-15) in a 6 p.m. match. On Thursday MCC faces Lamar Community College (5-10) in the first Region IX match at 6 p.m. The Lopes have lost four straight matches since winning a pair of games Aug. 31 on the final day of the MCC Labor Day Weekend tournament.

Up-to-date information about MCC volleyball including livestream links, schedule, statistics, rosters, photos and more can be found on the MCC Athletics website, www.mccindians.com

MISSOURI STATE-WP 3, McCOOK CC 1: The Grizzlies swept past MCC 25-19, 25-14, 25-21.

Freshman Charlee Russick (Berthoud, Colo.) led the MCC attack with nine kills, nine digs and a block. Caylin Barnett (sophomore, Southwest High School) had five kills and 10 digs.

Romina Martinez Castro (sophomore, Cochabamba, Bolivia) was credited with six kills and a solo block. Freshman Rowan Tribelhorn (Yuma, Colo.) had six kills and two blocks. Ella Verts (freshman, Marshall, Mo.) had two kills.

Sophomore Cibeles Bothwell (Spring, Texas) had 11 digs and an ace. Freshman Audrey Holm (Paxton) had one service ace.

Freshman Abby Thompson (Bison, S.D.) led MCC with 23 assists to go along with four digs, one kill and one ace. Freshman Megan Walker (Haxtun, Colo.) had two assists and a dig.

McCOOK CC 3, BUTLER CC 0: The Lady Indians topped the Grizzlies 25-23, 25-21, 25-18.

Caylin Barnett led with 12 kills, adding six digs and a service ace. Romina Martinez followed with 11 kills, nine digs, a block and an ace. Charlee Russick had three kills, four digs and a block.

Rowan Tribelhorn was credited with seven kills and a block. Audrey Holm had a service ace and a kill.

Cibeles Bothwell had 14 digs, one ace and one assist. Abby Thompson led the Lady Indians with 25 set assists.