Hutchinson CC Sports Information
Sophomore Alondra Villanueva had a career high for kills and her third-straight double-double, but the Hutchinson Community College volleyball team suffered a four-set loss to Missouri State-West Plains in the third match of the Blue Dragon Volleyball Classic on Saturday at the Sports Arena.
The Blue Dragons had six blocks in winning the first set, but they couldn’t maintain the momentum in a 25-13, 27-29, 26-25, 22-25 setback to the Grizzlies. The Dragons (9-11) played the Southwestern College JV later on Saturday.
Villanueva tallied a career-high 22 kills on 47 attacks and hit .298 against West Plains. She added 18 digs and a pair of blocks for her third-straight double-double and seventh of the season.
Freshman Lauren Vazquez posted her third double-double of the season with 13 kills and 11 digs. Vazquez hit .109 on 46 attacks and had three ace serves and two total blocks. Sophomore Jaylynn McNeill had 11 digs on .226 hitting. Sophomore Kierny Follmer had six kills.
Sophomore setter Angela Reupena had a career-high 45 assists to go with nine digs.
Mattie Galliher, Reupena and Villanueva had three blocks each.
Freshman libero Clara Oliveira had 26 digs, eight set assists and a service ace.
Follmer had a team-high four blocks
The Blue Dragons out-hit West Plains .190-.176 and had 57 kills to West Plains’ 52. Blocks were tied at 9-9 and the Dragons out-dug the Grizzlies 81-72.
Victoria Antia had 18 kills and 11 digs to lead West Plains.
SET 1: The Blue Dragons got off to a great defensive start holding the Grizzlies to a minus-.150 hitting percentage in the opening set. A bit part of that was six team blocks. A Villanueva kill gave the Dragons an early 5-2 lead. Later leading by three, Reupena connected on a setter dump for a 10-6 lead. Leading 14-11, the Dragon block came to life. A double block by Villanueva and Galliher upped the Dragon lead to four. That sparked an 11-2 Hutchinson run that was capped by a Follmer/Reupena double block on set point for a 25-13 Dragon win.
SET 2: The second set had 18 ties and seven lead changes and offensively, both teams were much improved. West Plains hit .385 on 22 kills and Hutchinson hit .347 on 21 kills. Tied at 10, the Dragons took a two-point lead on back-to-back kills from Villanueva and Vazquez. A McKenzye Williamson service ace gave the Dragons an 18-15 lead. The Dragons had four set-point opportunities, but the Grizzlies scored the final two points to knot the match with a 29-27 win.
SET 3: Tied at 11-11 after a Villanueva kill, West Plains scored on 3 of the next 4 rallies to take the set lead. Hutchinson got another kill from Villanueva and a Grizzly attack error to tie the set at 14. West Plains then scored three points in a row to take the set lead for good. The Grizzlies hit .233 and held Hutchinson to .073 in the set and scored on 11 of the final 13 rallies of the set for a 25-16 win and a 3-1 match lead.
SET 4: Tied at 7-7, the Dragons took command of the set with a 10-3 run. A kill by McNeill capped the run and Hutchinson won 17-10. West Plains rallied with seven unanswered points to tie the set at 17. A Follmer kill stopped the run for an 18-17 Dragon lead. Then tied at 21, West Plains scored on 4 of the final 5 rallies to secure the win. For the match, there were 35 ties and 16 lead changes over the four sets.
