PRATT – Freshman outside hitter Julia Macedo had a career-high kill total and sophomore libero Clara Oliveira reached a career milestone to lead the Hutchinson Community College volleyball team to a KJCCC road victory on Saturday at Pratt.
The Blue Dragons clinched an opening-round Region 6 Tournament opening-round home match with a 25-8, 25-15, 18-25, 25-13 victory over the Beavers at the Dennis Lesh Sports Arena.
Hutchinson (17-12) clinched a finish no worse than fourth in the KJCCC with a 9-5 league record. The Blue Dragons have two matches remaining in the regular season. The Dragons will entertain Garden City for a 6 p.m. match on Wednesday for Sophomore Recognition Night.
Macedo had a season-high 18 kills to lead the Blue Dragons. Macedo hit .371 on 35 attacks. She posted her second-straight double-double, adding 11 digs to her overall performance. Macedo also had two blocks and two service aces. Macedo had seven kills in the second set and six more in the match-clinching fourth set.
Oliveira had a match-high 24 digs against the Beavers. She became just the fifth Blue Dragon to reach 1,000 career digs, now with 1,014. Oliveira joins Mariana Blum, Samantha Lackey, McKenzie Steele and Raychel Reed in the Blue Dragon 1,000 dig club.
The Blue Dragons hit .297 against Pratt with 51 kills and 16 errors on 118 attacks. The Dragons had 66 digs and six team blocks.
Sophomore Lauren Vasquez also reached double figures in kills with 10, hitting .179 on 28 attacks. Maria Eduarda Dias had eight kills and four blocks. Mattie Galliher had four kills.
Setters Luisa Richa and Klaudia Bilinksa had 24 and 18 assists, respectively. Arianna Delgado and Ashley Scott had six digs each.
Hutchinson extended its winning streak over Pratt to 34 consecutive matches.
