For the first time since 2011, the Barton Community College volleyball team retook the court at the NJCAA National Tournament Thursday morning. Unfortunately, the return result was unkind as the Cougars fell in four sets to third seeded Snow College 14-25, 21-25, 25-23, and 25-12.
The loss moves Barton to 25-5 on the season and pushes the Cougars to the consolation side of the bracket while the Badgers improve their overall record to 24-2 on the season advancing into Thursday evening's Quarterfinal matchup against Florida Southwestern State.
Barton will look to continue its national leading 23rd tournament appearance Friday afternoon in a 4:30 p.m. serve against the winner of Northeastern Community College and Yavapai College as the Cougars advanced into the consolation semifinals with a no-contest decision against scheduled opponent Navarro College.