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HCC Sports Information
Saturday, September 5, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. – The
13th-ranked Hutchinson Community College volleyball team finished off a 4-1
trip to its first-ever venture to the state of Florida on Saturday with a
split of two matches on the final day of the Hillsborough Invitational.
The Lady Dragons earned its
third-straight dominant sweep with a 25-14, 25-19, 25-11 victory over Gulf
Coast Community College to open the day on Saturday. HCC’s final match of
the weekend turned out to be its only loss as No. 10 Hillsborough got some
revenge on the Lady Dragons with a close four-set loss, 22-25, 25-22, 23-25,
18-25.
Just two days before,
Hutchinson defeated Hillsborough in five sets.
“We still played well
against them,” HCC head coach Ronda Shirley said. “They had our middles
figured out this time, and our passing was not as good as there’s was.
“The first time, our passing
was better, but we still played them close and they are a very strong team.”
The Lady Dragons (7-3
overall) are now 3-3 over nationally ranked competition and the three
victories have come against Top-10 competition.
The Lady Dragons will play
their home opener on Wednesday night in a Jayhawk West match vs. Colby at
6:30 p.m. at the Sports Arena.
GULF COAST
RECAP (BOXSCORE)
The Lady Dragons hit .363 as
a team as freshman setter Emme Russell took the reigns in her first career
start. Russell had 24 assists with one kill and one block assist in her
first start.
Sophomore Karol Marins hit
.467 on a team-high nine kills and six total blocks to lead Hutchinson.
Sophomores Shelley Kemper and Debbie Ohl finished with seven kills each. Ohl
added six blocks and seven digs with a season-high three ace serves.
Freshman middle blocker Kate
Morrell had six kills and four blocks. Sophomore Carol Logato had five kills
and four digs.
Hutchinson had 11 team
blocks against Gulf Coast.
The three sets not allowing
20 or more points were the seventh, eighth, and ninth consecutive sets in
the tournament for the Lady Dragons to do so.
HILLSBOROUGH RECAP
(BOXSCORE)
Marins led three Lady
Dragons in double figures in kills, but Hillsborough had a bit better total
offensive package than HCC in the rematch between the two nationally ranked
teams.
All three of HCC’s losses
have come in four-set matches.
Marins completed a strong
weekend with 13 kills and a .545 hitting percentage. Logato had 12 kills
with seven digs.
Ohl posted her first
double-double of the season with 10 kills and 11 blocks. Ohl also had six
blocks and totaled 22 blocks in the four invitational matches.
Russell had a season-high 36
assists with five digs.
HCC hit .202 as a team and
had 13 team blocks against the powerful-hitting Hillsborough team. |
