Team effort gets Barton Volleyball back on track with sweep of Garden City
The Barton Community College volleyball team made short work of its Wednesday evening conference match at the Barton Gym taking care of Garden City Community College in straight sets 25-12, 25-14, and 25-21. The victory improves the Cougars to 6-3 in the Jayhawk and 17-5 overall while dropping Garden City to 1-7 and 4-17 on the year. Barton will step out of conference play for a pair of matches Saturday in Hesston taking on the junior varsity of Friends University at noon before a 2:00 p.m. first serve against the home Larks of Hesston College.
The Barton Community College volleyball team made short work of its Wednesday evening conference match at the Barton Gym taking care of Garden City Community College in straight sets 25-12, 25-14, and 25-21. The victory improves the Cougars to 6-3 in the Jayhawk and 17-5 overall while dropping Garden City to 1-7 and 4-17 on the year. Barton will step out of conference play for a pair of matches Saturday in Hesston taking on the junior varsity of Friends University at noon before a 2:00 p.m. first serve against the home Larks of Hesston College.
Hitting .346 as a team with everyone contributing to the win, Hannah Beam led the forty-five kill attack with ten on a .471 attack percentage. Averie Warehime was close behind with eight kills on fourteen swings for a team high .571 percentage. Setter Carolina Goncalves directed the offense with twenty-six assists while recording her fourth double-double of the season with twelve digs. Lydia Konrade led with sixteen digs while Nathalia Gouveia scored a career high nine service aces as the team recorded twelve in seventy-four attempts.