LINCOLN, NE — Southeast Community College hosted sophomore night against Otero College on Friday. The Bobcats fought one of their closest matches of the season, but dropped the first two sets 23-25 and 24-26, won the third 25-19 and pushed the fourth to 27-29 in a loss.
Before the game, SCC recognized
Brecklyn Hammond,
Neveah Vacha and
Alexis Rupiper for their dedication to the team over the last two years.
In the first set, SCC kept pace with the Rattlers, and were unable to regain the lead late. The Bobcats had a lead late in the second set, but Otero rallied again to take a two-set lead over SCC. In the third set, the Bobcats took the lead early off of big finishes from Clemmons and Hughes, and they held the momentum to claw back into the match. In the fourth set, it was a back-and-forth battle again, and Otero came out on top.
Alivia Clemmons led SCC with 13 kills and 16 points while adding three total blocks.
Hayden Shaw finished with 41 assists and a team-high four service aces.
Neveah Vacha collected a team-best 25 digs and added one ace.Â
Gracen Hughes recorded a season-high six total blocks and added seven kills. Hughes also scored a season-high 11.5 points.
Brooke Wiltz scored a season-high 10 points in her first multi-set appearance since August. Wiltz hit a clip of .389 with nine kills and two errors.
Ella Waters recorded at least two service aces for the third time in a row, and
Paige Slingsby recorded a season-high two solo blocks. The Bobcats finished with a season-high 11 total blocks.
Up next, the Bobcats volleyball team travels to Scottsbluff, Nebraska, to face Western Nebraska Community College on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m, and continue west to play Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, Colorado on Saturday, Oct. 24.
