Baytown, Tx- The Coastal Bend College volleyball team participated in the Lee College Invitational Tournament this past weekend. The Cougars were able to finish 2-2, moving their overall record to 10-6 on the season.
Game one of the tournament was against Mountain View College. The Cougars fought a hard battle but fell short in 5 games. 25-21,17-25, 19-25, 26-24, 12-15.
Notables:
Amber Willis scored 14 points and had 8 kills.
Meadow Rodriguez followed up with 7 points, 6 kills and 14 assists.
Defensive specialist Alyssa Hutcheson also had 36 digs.
The final match of the day was against Wharton County College. The lady cougars have matched up against the pioneers once already this season and the ending was all the same. CBC defeated Wharton 26-24, 16-25, 25-22, 14-25, 15-8.
The standouts for the game were as follows:
Ava Johnson with 12 kills, 19 digs and 13 points.
Samantha Santos with 23 assists, 11 digs and 5 points.
The following day the Lady Cougars played Odessa College, who is currently ranked #18 in the country. Odessa College defeated the Cougars in 3 games. 14-25, 14-25 10-25. Being able to handle adversity well, the ladies bounced back and beat Cedar Valley College 3-1. 25-12, 20-25, 25-11, 25-17.
Highlights:
Ava Johnson lead the way with 9 kills, 14 digs and 10.5 points.
Emma Batte had 8 kills and 12 points.
Here's what Coach Macy had to say about her team after their second tournament of the season.
"This weekend we went 2-2 and played some good competition. We played a hard fought match against Mountain View College and lost in five sets. We were able to beat Wharton County again which fired up my girls on going forward to the next day. We went up against Odessa College who is #18 in the nation, we put up the best defense we could against them and then went on and beat Cedar Valley in 4 sets. This weekend all of my team stepped up and showed everyone what Cougar Volleyball has to bring to the table!"
The Cougars are back in action on the 17th against Blinn College in Brehman. Their next home game is against Trinity Valley on the 27th of September.