The night didn't go as planned for eight sophomores of the Barton Community College volleyball team as Dodge City Community College spoiled the home and regular season finale with a 3-1 victory (21-25, 25-19, 25-16, 25-20)
Concluding the conference slate at 4-12 and 17-14 on the season, Barton will hit the road Wednesday for the first round of the Region VI/Plains District Tournament in a 6:30 p.m. first serve at 13th ranked and top seeded Seward County Community College. Dodge City completes at the slate at 10-6 and 21-8 on the year and will host Garden City in a first round matchup of the fourth and fifth seeds.
Tasiah Nunnery's last match in the Barton Gym produced a team leading 9 kills on a .242 attack, 13 digs, and matched Jaden Boden for team high net rejections with three each. Buse Kocakaya recorded 7 kills with Molly Norris adding 6 kills.
Cousins Jadyn Brown and Hanna Miller also played their last match together on the home court, Brown chalking up 6 kills and 10 digs while Miller added to her career lead with 11 digs to go along with, two of the Cougars' six service aces.
Playing a predominant sophomore lineup, Mya Maxwell put up 19 assists and 6 digs with freshman Bennie Horsch running the other 6-2 offensive attack with 9 assists and 7 digs.
Record Book Watch
Hanna Miller:
- 9th in single season digs with 535 (Already has the 3rd and 10th most single season), 5 shy of Mylena Testoni's 540 from 2021 and 6 shy of Mykela Riedl's 541 in 2014
- 1st in career digs with 1,701
- 17th in service aces with 96, surpassed Alik Cardoso da Sa's 95 total from 2006-2007 seasons, 2 shy of Graci D'Amore's 98 from the 2006-2007 seasons
Tasiah Nunnery:
- 4th in career digs with 1113, 104 shy of Karina de Oliveira's 1217 from the 2018-2019 season
- 8h in career kills with 786, surpassed Kara Robeson's 778 from the 2006-2007 season and Alexis Shepherd's 782 from the 1994-1995 seasons, 37 shy of Danielle Geronymo's 823 total from the 1997-1998 seasons
- 13th in service aces with 105, 3 shy of Nicole Harris' 108 from the 1992-1993 seasons