Women's Volleyball | 11/4/2026 12:36:00 AM

The Cloud County Community College volleyball team is set to travel to Colby, Kansas to face the No. 11 Colby Trojans in the first round of the 2026 NJCAA Region 6 Division I Volleyball Tournament on Wednesday, November 4 at the Colby Event Center.

Cloud County, which has qualified for postseason play for the first time since 2023, has drawn the tournament's No. 7 seed and will face the No. 2-seeded Trojans, with first serve set for 6:30 pm.

Cloud County comes into the tournament with an 11-14 overall record, with a 5-11 mark in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) play. The T-Birds ended the regular season with a convincing three-set sweep of Pratt Community College on October 30, topping the Beavers by set scores of 25-18, 25-14, 25-11. 

Freshman outside hitter Samira Bousri led the T-Birds with 13 kills on a .333 attack percentage, as Cloud County hit a season-best .321 as a team. Bousri also had a team-high 15 digs for her 14th double-double performance of the season. Bousri, who has four double-double performances in her last five matches, was named this week as the KJCCC DI Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week.

Freshman middle hitter Karina Castellar recorded 12 kills on a .450 attack percentage. Freshman outside hitter Dora Kuburovic added eight kills and 10 digs. Sophomore right side Kenadie Casanova finished with eight kills on a .500 hitting percentage. Sophomore middle hitter Julieanne Sandoval had six kills on a .500 attack percentage with one block. Freshman setter Giulia Todesco registered 41 assists and nine digs. Sophomore libero Brooke Lougheed tallied 14 digs and five assists, while sophomore defensive specialist Addyson Ogle had seven digs and two service aces.

Colby, last year's NJCAA Region 6 Division I Volleyball Tournament runner-up, comes into this year's tournament with a 23-5 overall record and winners of eight of their last nine matches. As a team, Colby paced the KJCCC all year, finishing with the most kills (1,434), kills per set (13.40), assists (1,331), digs (1,758) and digs per set (16.43). Sophomore outside hitter Ella Dridi led the conference in kills (424), while sophomore middle blocker Isadora Carrareto led KJCCC DI in hitting percentage (.410) and blocks per set (1.20). Sophomore libero Anita Ferri led the conference in digs per set (3.95) and freshman setter Priscilla Salas Moreno led the conference in assists per set (10.09).

Cloud County and Colby have met twice this season. Cloud County battled through three sets but were swept by the Trojans, 15-25, 21-25, 23-25, in KJCCC play on September 19 at the Colby Event Center. Cloud County was led in the loss by Castellar who had six kills, four digs and a block. The T-Birds later dropped a five-set home to loss to Colby, 25-15, 15-25, 25-19, 15-25, 9-15, on October 21 in Arley Bryant Gymnasium in Concordia, Kansas. Bousri led the T-Birds with 19 kills and a team-high 26 digs. Kuburovic also finished with a double-double with 12 kills and 22 digs.

Colby has won seven consecutive and nine of their last 11 matchups against the T-Birds. Cloud County's last win over the Trojans was a four-set home victory on October 4, 2023.

Wednesday's match will be streamed by Colby Community College.

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