Lady Indians split tourney games in Texas

GAINESVILLE, Texas – An understaffed McCook Community College volleyball team split a pair of matches Friday at the first day of the North Central Texas College Invitational Tournament.

After dropping a 3-0 decision to Panola College the Lady Indians came back to sweep Dallas College-Brookhaven 3-0.

“We didn’t come out ready to play in our first match,” said MCC Coach Hayley Kobza. “It was a rough start in the match and we just never could get the fire lit after that.”

Against Dallas College-Brookhaven, both starting sophomores were out for the second match of the day, but the young Lady Indians took it to Bears, who were ranked No. 10 in this week’s NJCAA Division 3 poll.

“With those sophomore starters out, I have to give credit to our freshmen,” said Kobza. “They just need to clean up a few things and do their jobs and we will be in the competition.:

The tournament continues Saturday with MCC (2-7) taking on No. 14. Blinn College Buccaneers (13-0) at 10 a.m. followed by a noon match against Wharton County Junior College Pioneers (1-5).

 

Panola College 3, McCook CC 0: The team from Carthage Texas swept the Lady Indians 25-14, 25-16, 25-18.

Freshman Zoe Mulholland (Lander, Wyo.) led MCC with 14 assists and added six digs. Landree McNair (freshman, Imperial) had eight assists.

Freshman Shana Muller (Gretz-Armainvilliers, France) saw her first extensive action on the court and led MCC in hitting with 10 kills and also had five digs and one service ace.

Peightan Swanson (freshman, Severance, Colo.) was credited with five kills and one assist block. Freshman Anna Richardson (freshman, Worland, Wyo.) had four kills, three digs and led MCC with three service aces.

Sophomore transfer Paulina Fister (Tuszyn, Poland) had three kills and an ace. Leia Young (freshman, Amarillo, Texas) had three kills in the middle with one assist block.

Freshman Brooke Nelson (Berthoud, Colo.) had six digs and one ace.

The Fillies improved to 4-6 with the win.

 

McCook CC 3, Dallas College-Brookhaven 0: The Lady Indians swept the Bears 25-8, 25-20 and 25-19.

Shana Muller paced the MCC attack with 12 kills and two assist blocks. Anna Richardson had 11 kills, two assist blocks and a service ace and Peightan Swanson helped out with eight kills and an assist block.

In the middle, Leia Young had seven kills and six assist blocks while freshman Bobbi Starkebaum (Haxtun, Colo.) was credited with five kills and an assist block.

Brooke Nelson had nine digs and a kill. Zoe Mulholland had 21 assists, nine digs and two service aces while Landree McNair chipped in 10 assists, two assist blocks, one solo block and one kill.

The Bears fall to 4-4 on the season.

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