Hutchinson Community College Athletics

DRAGON ATHLETICS

HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

1300 N. PLUM

HUTCHINSON, KANSAS 67501

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BLUE DRAGON VOLLEYBALL

Sophomore Ludmila Amaral was named to the first team of the NJCAA Division I Volleyball All-America team on Wednesday.

Andrew Carpenter/HCC Sports Information

AMARAL EARNS FIRST-TEAM NJCAA ALL-AMERICA VOLLEYBALL HONORS

By Steve Carpenter

HCC Sports Information Director

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

After one of the best single seasons in Hutchinson Community College volleyball history, sophomore middle blocker Ludmila Amaral was named to the first team of the 2007 NJCAA Division I Volleyball All-America team.

The 2007 All-America team was released by the NJCAA National Office on Wednesday.

Amaral, a 6-foot sophomore middle blocker from Cubatao, Brazil, becomes the second two-time All-American in HCC history, joining two-time first-team All-American Mariana Blum.

Amaral was second-team All-American in 2006.

Amaral’s selection to the first team marks the fourth-straight season that the Lady Dragons have had a player on the first team (Mariana Blum, 2004 and 2005; Brandi Hood, 2006). This is the fifth-straight season for HCC to have an All-American volleyball player. <FULL STORY>

Sophomore Ludmila Amaral had 19 kills and moved into a tie for second-place on the HCC career kills list as the Lady Dragons swept Cowley College on Monday night.

Andrew Carpenter/HCC Sports Information

LADY DRAGONS SWEEP PAST D-II, NO. 3 COWLEY

By Steve Carpenter

HCC Sports Information Director

Monday, October 29, 2007

All-America Ludmila Amaral was nearly unstoppable as she pounded down 19 kills on 22 attacks to lead the Division I, 13th-ranked Hutchinson Community College volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep of Division II, No. 3 Cowley College in the regular-season finale on Monday night at the Sports Arena.

Hutchinson, playing its 23rd match against a nationally ranked opponent, defeated the Tigers for the second time this season, winning, 30-22, 30-25, 30-26.

Amaral’s .863 hitting percentage is a career high for the Lady Dragon sophomore All-America middle blocker. It’s is also the third-highest hitting percentage in a single match regardless of length in Lady Dragon history. She also tied Thais Franca (2004-05) for second place on HCC’s career kills list with 794. <FULL STORY>

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HCC sophomore libero KeAnne Langford had 22 digs in the Lady Dragons' 3-0 victory over Cloud County on Wednesday night in Concordial

Andrew Carpenter/HCC Sports Information

LADY DRAGONS SCORE EASY VICTORY OVER CLOUD COUNTY

HCC Sports Information

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

CONCORDIA – Sophomores Ludmila Amaral and KeAnne Langford continued to climb career record charts and the No. 13 Hutchinson Community College volleyball wrapped up a first-round bye for the Region VI Tournament with a 3-0 pounding of Cloud County in a Jayhawk West matchup on Wednesday night at the Cloud County Thunderdome. <FULL STORY>

HCC VOLLEYBALL TO BUILD ALUMNI LIST

The Hutchinson Community College volleyball team is looking to create a Lady Dragon volleyball alumni database.

The HCC coaching staff is looking forward to hearing from all former HCC volleyball players to create this important list.

Please send your current address, other information and e-mail address to head coach Ronda Shirley.

LATEST LADY DRAGON VOLLEYBALL RELEASES

Lady Dragons sweep past D-II, No. 3 Cowley (10-29-07)

Lady Dragons roll to easy win over Cloud (10-24-07)

HCC volleyball adds home match vs. Cowley on Oct. 29 (10-24-07)

Lady Dragons get cranked up against Colby (10-17-07)

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2007 SCHEDULE

August 18

at Butler CC

TBA - El Dorado - Scrimmage

August 20

Hesston College

6 p.m. - Sports Arena - Scrimmage

August 24-25

Iowa Western Invitational

TBA - Council Bluffs, Iowa

August 28

at Hesston College

6:30 p.m. - Hesston, Kan.

August 31-September 1

at Salt Lake Invitational

TBA - Salt Lake City

September 5

at Dodge City

6:30 p.m. - Dodge City, Kan.

September 12

Garden City

6:30 p.m. - Sports Arena

September 14-15

at West Plains Invitational

TBA - West Plains, Mo.

September 17

Butler

6:30 p.m. - Sports Arena

September 21-22

at Barton County Invitational

TBA - Great Bend, Mo.

September 26

at Pratt

6:30 p.m. - Pratt, Kan.

September 28-29

Tyson Foods Invitational

TBA - Sports Arena

October 3

Seward County

6:30 p.m. - Sports Arena

October 10

at Barton County

6:30 p.m. - Great Bend, Kan.

October 12-13

at Seward County

Invitational

TBA - Liberal, Kan.

October 17

Colby

6:30 p.m. - Sports Arena

October 24

Cloud County

6:30 p.m. - Concordia, Kan.

October 29

Cowley College

6:30 p.m. - Sports Arena

November 4-5

Region VI Tournament

Sports Arena

November 15-17

NJCAA Championship

TBA - Council Bluffs, Iowa