The Barton Community College volleyball team severed up their third straight sweep Wednesday evening inside the Power Plant defeating Butler Community College 25-16, 25-19, and 25-21.

Snapping a four-match skid in the series, the Cougars remain tied atop the Jayhawk Standings at 5-1 and 15-3 overall while the loss moves the preseason favorite Grizzlies' to 3-3 in league play and 9-7 on the season.

Barton will return home Saturday for a 2:00 p.m. matinee against Colby Community College before heading back out on the road to close out the first round through the Jayhawk Conference with a trip to Hutchinson Community College next Wednesday.

Seven different Cougars recorded a kill with Phoebe Reyes reaching double digits in kills for the 11th time this season, as the freshman was the lone Cougar to finish in double figures with 10 on a .280 efficiency.

Naya Danenberg had eight kills with Anna Wierzbicki adding five, and Akeir Scales recording two on a .667 attack to also join Wierzbicki for the team lead with five blocks.

The setting crew of Maurin Reyes and Elena Stankovic helped guide the offense to a .149 attack putting up 13 and 11 assists respectively.

Defensively Clara Lindstrom paced the backline with 15 digs, with Kassidy Nixon adding 11.

Barton held a plus-four advantage in service errors as the Grizzlies committed 12 to the Cougars eight.

Set 1
Trailing 2-1, the first of three opening set service errors by Butler furnished the final tie at 2-2 as an ensuing Mya Thompson kill sparked a run of five unanswered building up a 6-2 lead following Nixon's attack. Leading by five (11-6), a Danenberg high riser, Wierzbicki solo stuff at the net and Butler ball handling error extended the advantage out to eight, 14-6. Eight of the next 11 would fall in favor of the Grizzlies closing within 17-14 forcing a Barton timeout. Wierzbicki's second kill of the set sparked three-straight out of the break with the Cougars closing the opening set claiming eight of the final 10 points for a 25-16 victory.

Set 2
Butler raced out to an 8-5 lead, but the Cougar started to gain some traction as a Scales attack, Jada Coleman service ace and Grizzly attacking error evened things at 8-apiece. Butler would grasp one final lead, 9-8 before one of two Grizzly attacking errors mixed between Lindstrom's service ace aided a 6-0 Barton response and 14-9 lead. Timely gifts would benefit the Cougars once again following Butler's 3-0 run clawing within 16-15 as a trio of miscues and Wierzbicki ace mingled between prompted a 4-1 Barton response. Leading 20-17 a trio of P. Reyes kills sparked a personal 3-0 run before a fourth straight kill and net violation following a brief 2-0 Grizzly run capped a 5-2 close of the second set, 25-19.

Set 3
Holding all momentum P. Reyes' fifth kill over the previous six Barton points sparked a 3-0 run jumping the Cougars out to an early 3-1 advantage. Tied 10-all, back-to-back Danenberg kills, a Grizzly attack error and second Lindstrom service ace of the night ignited four straight and 14-10 Barton lead. The lead remained at four as the teams swapped the next eight points until a Cougar error and back-to-back Butler service aces drew the Grizzlies within 18-17 forcing a Barton timeout. Answering Butler's response all night long, a Scales solo block up the middle, P. Reyes kill and Grizzly service error extended the Cougars lead to three (21-18). Mounting one final push, the Grizzlies pulled within 23-21, before Danenberg produced her second mini 2-0 run with back-to-back attacks to close out the three-set victory, winning the third set, 25-21.

Series Notes:
- Butler had won the previous four matches in the series
- Barton had lost the previous two matches in El Dorado
- Barton leads the overall series 67-9 and 22-4 in El Dorado