By TODD MOORE
Barton Sports Info
The 4th ranked Barton Community College volleyball team served up its second straight conference sweep on Tuesday night at the Barton Gym, defeating Pratt Community College 25-18, 25-14, and 25-19.
Remaining perfect on the year, the Cougars move to 2-0 in league play and 11-0 overall while the Beavers fall to 0-1 in conference play and 1-8 on the season.
Barton will step out of conference play to conclude its three match homestand Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. hosting the junior varsity squad of McPherson College before beginning a two-day weekend trip Friday in Sterling, Colorado at the Sheila Worley Tournament.
Phoebe Reyes' 12 kills on 29 attempts for a .310 attack led a pair of Cougars recording multiple kills. Kassidy Nixon's third double-double of the season paced Barton's .278 attack converting 10 of her 16 swings for a team best .500 percentage while adding a game high and season best 19 digs on the defensive end.
Sara Zuluaga Nohava set a new season high with five kills off the bench on her six swing attempts while adding a pair of blockages. Aubrey Olander held team honors at the net providing six blockages with a solo and four assisted blocks.
Directing Barton's offense, sophomore Elena Stankovic put up a match high 23 assists to finish in double-figures for the 11th straight time this season with Maurin Reyes add 22 distributions and sharing team high honors with Josie McLean, each serving up a pair of service aces.