HIGHLAND, Kan. – Two weekends of the 2019 volleyball season are in the books for the Cloud County Community College volleyball team as the T-Birds remained undefeated following wins over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and Southwestern Community College in the Highland College Tournament in Highland, Kansas on Saturday, August 31st.

The wins push the overall record for CCCC to 8-0 on the year as Cloud County has now gone 4-0 on back-to-back weekends to open the year.

Against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M:

In their Saturday morning opener against the Lady Norse, it would be the T-Birds who would jump out to a quick two set lead following set victories of 25-15 and 25-22. NEO would force Cloud County to drop their first and what would become their only set of the weekend in the third set by a score of 25-17 but would see CCCC close out the match with a 25-15 set four victory to a .295 attack percentage in the match.

Offensively, the T-Birds would be led by a team-best 17 kills from Dayana Chara to go along with 13 digs for a double-double while Emelys Martinez recorded 13 kills and finished with a .367 attack percentage on 30 total attack attempts. 11 of Chara's 17 kills would come in the final two sets of the match, overcoming a slow start to the match that would see Martinez and Haven Hamilton help pick up the offense in the opening two sets. Other top performances for the T-Birds against the Lady Norse would include a team-best 15 digs for Martinez while Riley Bontrager recorded 43 of Cloud County's 46 set assists.

Against Southwestern CC:

Playing their second match against the Spartans in as many weeks, CCCC would close out the weekend and a season-opening eight-match road swing with a 2would 5-19, 25-18, 25-12 sweep of Southwestern Community College while keeping up a potent offensive attack. Despite just recording three total blocks, Cloud County commit just 13 attack errors on 99 attempts to finish the match with a .263 attack percentage.

Chara continued her potent offensive attack with 14 kills and a .407 attack percentage and added 10 digs to pick up her second double-double of the day while Geraldyn Palacios added 11 kills and one service ace. Grace Messenger recorded three service aces and six digs while Madi Spencer had a team best 12 digs.

What's Next?

Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference East Division action begins on Wednesday, September 4th with a 6:30 p.m. matchup with the Blue Devils of Kansas City Kansas Community College. KCKCC went 3-1 over the weekend at the Jimmy John's Invitational in West Burlington, Iowa this weekend and will carry a 6-3 overall record into Wednesday night. Cloud County and Kansas City Kansas also met last year to open conference play with the Blue Devils taking a four-set victory over the T-Birds in their only matchup a year ago.