By BRANDON SMITH
Barton Sports Info
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 15-4 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.