September 6, 2007
LADY
SAINTS
DEFEAT
CLOUD
COUNTY
IN
FOUR GAMES ON THE ROAD
The No. 19 ranked
Seward
County
Community College
volleyball team defeated
Cloud
County
Community College
31-29, 30-19, 27-30 and 30-19 in a Jayhawk West Conference match Wednesday night at Arley Bryant Gymnasium in
Concordia
,
Kan.
Seward County tallied a .331 hitting percentage and tied a season-high eight team blocks in their conference road victory. The Lady Saints improve to 4-2 overall, 2-0 in the Jayhawk West Conference and to 1-0 in NJCAA D-I Region VI competition.
Cloud
County
falls to 2-7 overall, 0-2 in conference and to 0-1 in NJCAA D-I Region VI competition.
The contest started with a battle in game-one as
Seward
County
defeating the Lady T-Birds, 31-29.
Seward
County
started slow with a .175 hitting percentage (16 kills, nine errors, 40 attacks) in game-one.
Seward
County
controlled the match in games two and four posting a combined hitting percentage of .500.
Cloud
County
was able to extend the match to four games with a narrow 30-27 victory in game-three.
The Lady Saints were led by freshman outside hitter Jelena Simic, who collected her first career double-double with 17 kills and 15 digs. Freshman outside hitter Dan Yang recorded a team-high 27 kills and chipped in nine digs.
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Chelsea Myers
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SCCC freshman setter/right side hitter Chelsea Myers posted a career-best 30 assists and nine kills.
Seward
County
sophomore setter/right side hitter Alex Droogsma had 27 assists, eight digs and five kills.
Seward
County
played well defensively at the net with freshmen middle hitters Mallori Proffitt (five blocks) and Jenna Ginest (three blocks) leading the way. In addition, freshman defensive specialist Heather Zerr added a team-high three service aces.
The Lady Saints will enter non-conference competition this weekend at the Colby Community College Tournament in Colby, Kan.
Seward
County
will open competition on Saturday, Sept. 8 against
Otero J.C. (10:30 a.m.) and will continue play against North Platte C
.C. (12 p.m.) and Colby C.C. (2 p.m.).
Seward County will play Otero at Colby High S
chool and the following two matches will be played at the Colby Community
Building.
