by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information
Kansas City Kansas Community College dominated in three of four sets on the way to a 3-1 Jayhawk Conference home win over Labette Thursday,
The win improved the Blue Devils’ conference record to 5-2 and solidly in fourth place behind Neosho County (5-0), Highland (5-1) and Johnson County (4-1) heading into a home match with Fort Scott Saturday at noon. The match will be streamed on the KCKCC Blue Devil website.
The Blue Devils (6-3) quickly took control against Labette with 25-18 and 25-17 wins before the Cardinals eked out a 26-24 third set win. KCKCC then closed out the match with a 25-16 win.
“We played well; a great team win,” KCKCC coach Mary Bruno said. “We lost a close third set playing some players who don’t normally play as much. They played great; very proud of our team win – 5-2 in conference heading into a great opponent in Fort Scott.”
Four Blue Devils had eight or more kills. Cassidy Crist had 17, Mia Tomasic 13, Michelle Dvorak 11 and Jordan Johnson 8. Adriana Velez led in assists with 46 while Kelcey Hund had 20 digs, Crist 14, Velez 12 and Tomasic 11.