Barton Volleyball serves up third straight sweep in road win at Butler #GoBarton
Barton Volleyball serves up third straight sweep in road win at Butler
The Barton Community College volleyball team severed up their third straight sweep Wednesday evening inside the Power Plant defeating Butler Community College 25-16, 25-19, and 25-21.
Snapping a four-match skid in the series, the Cougars remain tied atop the Jayhawk Standings at 5-1 and 15-3 overall while the loss moves the preseason favorite Grizzlies' to 3-3 in league play and 9-7 on the season.
Barton will return home Saturday for a 2:00 p.m. matinee against Colby Community College before heading back out on the road to close out the first round through the Jayhawk Conference with a trip to Hutchinson Community College next Wednesday.
Seven different Cougars recorded a kill with Phoebe Reyes reaching double digits in kills for the 11th time this season, as the freshman was the lone Cougar to finish in double figures with 10 on a .280 efficiency.
Naya Danenberg had eight kills with Anna Wierzbicki adding five, and Akeir Scales recording two on a .667 attack to also join Wierzbicki for the team lead with five blocks.
The setting crew of Maurin Reyes and Elena Stankovic helped guide the offense to a .149 attack putting up 13 and 11 assists respectively.
Defensively Clara Lindstrom paced the backline with 15 digs, with Kassidy Nixon adding 11.
Barton held a plus-four advantage in service errors as the Grizzlies committed 12 to the Cougars eight.
Set 1
Trailing 2-1, the first of three opening set service errors by Butler furnished the final tie at 2-2 as an ensuing Mya Thompson kill sparked a run of five unanswered building up a 6-2 lead following Nixon's attack. Leading by five (11-6), a Danenberg high riser, Wierzbicki solo stuff at the net and Butler ball handling error extended the advantage out to eight, 14-6. Eight of the next 11 would fall in favor of the Grizzlies closing within 17-14 forcing a Barton timeout. Wierzbicki's second kill of the set sparked three-straight out of the break with the Cougars closing the opening set claiming eight of the final 10 points for a 25-16 victory.
Set 2
Butler raced out to an 8-5 lead, but the Cougar started to gain some traction as a Scales attack, Jada Coleman service ace and Grizzly attacking error evened things at 8-apiece. Butler would grasp one final lead, 9-8 before one of two Grizzly attacking errors mixed between Lindstrom's service ace aided a 6-0 Barton response and 14-9 lead. Timely gifts would benefit the Cougars once again following Butler's 3-0 run clawing within 16-15 as a trio of miscues and Wierzbicki ace mingled between prompted a 4-1 Barton response. Leading 20-17 a trio of P. Reyes kills sparked a personal 3-0 run before a fourth straight kill and net violation following a brief 2-0 Grizzly run capped a 5-2 close of the second set, 25-19.
Set 3
Holding all momentum P. Reyes' fifth kill over the previous six Barton points sparked a 3-0 run jumping the Cougars out to an early 3-1 advantage. Tied 10-all, back-to-back Danenberg kills, a Grizzly attack error and second Lindstrom service ace of the night ignited four straight and 14-10 Barton lead. The lead remained at four as the teams swapped the next eight points until a Cougar error and back-to-back Butler service aces drew the Grizzlies within 18-17 forcing a Barton timeout. Answering Butler's response all night long, a Scales solo block up the middle, P. Reyes kill and Grizzly service error extended the Cougars lead to three (21-18). Mounting one final push, the Grizzlies pulled within 23-21, before Danenberg produced her second mini 2-0 run with back-to-back attacks to close out the three-set victory, winning the third set, 25-21.
Series Notes:
- Butler had won the previous four matches in the series
- Barton had lost the previous two matches in El Dorado
- Barton leads the overall series 67-9 and 22-4 in El Dorado