By TODD MOORE
Barton Sports Info
It was a short night Wednesday at the Barton Gym as the Barton Community College volleyball team took care of Cloud County Community College in straight sets 25-22, 25-23, and 25-15.
Improving to 13-3 on the season, Barton moves to 3-1 in drawing within a half game of the early conference lead while Cloud County's fourth straight loss drops the Thunderbirds to 1-4 in KJCCC play and 9-5 on the year.
Playing a pair of home matches this week, Barton will now embark on a two-match road swing beginning Saturday in a 2:00 p.m. first serve at Pratt Community College. The Cougars will then head to El Dorado next Wednesday in taking on Butler Community College before its next home match slated for Saturday, September 23, against Colby Community College.
The Cougars were solid most of the night, putting together a .291 efficiency on 110 attacks with just 13 errors and five service miscues.
Coming off a career high fifteen kills two nights prior, Mya Thompson matched her three-set collegiate best by leading the second wave of attackers with 11 kills on a .364 efficiency. Phoebe Reyes led the first wave with 11 kills as well, totaling 38 in a three-match stretch to average 3.45 kills per set.
Keying the offense to a .291 night, Maurin Reyes and Elena Stankovich put up 19 and 18 assists respectively.