Hutchinson CC Sports Information
The Hutchinson Community College volleyball team suffered its third-straight loss on Saturday afternoon at the Sports Arena as No. 8 Dodge City avenged a five-set Hutchinson victory earlier this season.
After dropping a tight first set with 10 ties and three lead changes, the Blue Dragons saw Dodge City control momentum in the last two sets for a Jayhawk Conference sweep of Hutchinson. The Blue Dragons lost to Dodge City 25-23, 25-19, 25-19.
The Blue Dragons are now 15-12 overall and 7-5 in the KJCCC. Hutchinson’s next match is at 6 p.m. Thursday against Butler in El Dorado. Dodge City is 23-5 overall and 12-1 in the KJCCC.
Hutchinson was held to .076 hitting with 26 kills and 17 errors on 118 total attacks. After hitting .146 in the first set, the Dragons were limited to .039 in the second and third sets.
Sophomore Lauren Vasquez had a team-high six kills on .174 hitting. Maria Eduarda Dias had five kills and four blocks.
Sophomore Mattie Galliher had three kills and six blocks.
Dodge City hit .238 overall and .387 in the third set. Middle blocker Dora Csanyi had a match-high 20 kills and middle blocker Delaney Childs had nine kills to lead the Conquistadors.
Sophomore setter Clara Oliveira moved closer to the career 1,000 dig mark with 16 digs. She now has 974 for her career. Julia Macedo and Arianna Delgado had nine digs each.
Setter Luisa Richa had 15 assists, three kills, four digs and one block.
The Blue Dragons out-blocked Dodge City 9-6 but were out-dig 66-50.
SET 1: The Blue Dragons opened an early 6-2 lead and held off several early Dodge City charges. A Vasquez kill gave the Dragons a 10-7 lead, but Dodge rallied to tie the set at 11-11. An Addison Hansen kill gave the Dragons a 14-13 lead, but the Conquistadors went on a 3-0 run and eventually built an 18-15 lead. The Dragons went on to score four in a row with two kills from Galliher to lead 19-18. Down 20-19, Richa had a solo block to tie the set. Trailing 23-21, Dias had a kill and a Dodge attack error tied the set at 23. Dodge City scored the final two points of the set.
SET 2: Dodge City opened a 17-9 lead in the second set. Trailing 19-12, the Blue Dragons put together a 5-0 run with a Richa setter dump for a kill, back-to-back, Vasquez kills, a Dodge attack error and a Vasquez solo block to pull within 19-17 and force the Conquistadors to take a timeout. Leading 21-17, the Dragons appeared to have a key sideout, but Dodge City won a challenge on a touch/no touch to lead 22-17. Dodge again won the final two points to win the set and take a 2-0 lead.
SET 3: The Blue Dragons pulled within 7-6 after a Galliher block, but Dodge City slowly pulled away from that point of the set. Dodge City’s middles Csanyi had five blocks in the last half of the set to lead Dodge City. With Dodge leading 16-12, the Conquistadors went on a 5-0 run to lead by nine at 21-12. Dodge outhit the Dragons .387-.059 in the final set.
