Cowley volleyball topples John Brown University JV, NEO in straight sets at John Brown Tri-Match

The No. 2-ranked Cowley College volleyball team remained unbeaten and closed out the John Brown University Tri-match with two dominant 3-0 wins over John Brown University JV (25-14, 25-10, 25-13) and Northeastern Oklahoma A & M (25-13, 25-10, 25-17). The wins moved Cowley to 25-0 on the season.

In the win over John Brown University JV, Cowley hit .425 in the match. Cowley recorded 36 kills in the match along with 36 assists, 12 service aces, 7 blocks, and 40 digs. The outsides for Cowley led the way in kills in hitting percentage with Laci Beougher and 14 kills and a .583 hitting percentage, followed by Iva Halacheva with 12 kills and her .647 hitting percentage. Rachele Tessari and Rossana Papa led the team with three aces and Papa recorded her fourth double-double on the season with 31 assists and 10 digs.

In the win over Northeastern Oklahoma A & M, Cowley out hit the Lady Norse .475 to .148 for the match, including .593 in set number one. Cowley also led in kills (51-21), assists (49-21), service aces (10-0) and digs (54-43). Cowley had a balanced attack that was led by Iva Halacheva and Laci Beougher with 13 kills respectfully, followed by Rachele Tessari and Gyongyver Araczki with 8 kills, and Landry Cate with 5 kills. Landry Cate led with four aces, and Rossana Papa recorded her fifth (and second on the day) double-double with 40 assists and 10 digs.

Head Coach Steven Gream had this to say about the weekend series. "In both matches, we put a lot of pressure on them with our strong serve and balanced attack with all of our hitters. You could tell, defensively, that we had not played in a week but the longer we went the cleaner it got and our offense did the rest. Rossana (Papa) did a fantastic job distributing the ball and allowed us to get a ton of open looks from all of our hitters. Laci (Beougher) had a fantastic weekend hitting over .420 in both matches along with Iva (Halacheva) but our other hitters also hit well to allow our offense to flow freely. All of our players contributed to the wins, including Maddy (Pitts), who played her first match of the season and got her first kill of 2021. We started slow but I was proud of how we cleaned it up the longer we played."

Up next for Cowley will be a KJCCC Conference match, on the road, against Labette Community College, Wednesday, October 13. Visiting fans are not permitted for the contest, but live stream will be provided on the KJCCC Network.