Lady Chaps Win Five Set Thriller, Assume First Place in WJCAC

By Forrest Allen
Midland College Athletic Director

The match between the Midland College Lady Chaparral volleyball team and Western Texas College match featured the two top teams in the WJCAC. Each entered the contest with 4-1 records in conference and each knew a win would send a strong message to the rest of the league. When the dust settled the home Midland College Lady Chaps got the victory in a five set thriller that was not a match for the faint of heart.

MC 18-6 this season, including 5-1 in the conference portion of the season, survived the slugfest and in the process dropped the Lady Westerners to 19-5 and 4-2. Scores from the contest were 19-25, 25-20, 14-25, 26-24, 15-13 (3-2). The win moved the Lady Chaparrals to the top of the WJCAC standings a full game ahead of WTC.

Midland College received strong offensive performances from sophomore outside hitter, Dragana Cvoric who led the Lady Chaps with 14 kills. She was followed by teammates Gab Nieto, Naomi Posada and Raiza Kochhann who recorded 13, 10 and 10 kills respectively. Midland's Kristina Gafford posted an impressive 44 assists and seven digs in the contest. Defensively MC's Sarah Allen led the Lady Chaps with 14 digs and three service aces. Allen's three aces led both teams. Cvoric, Posada and Marina Salazar chipped in with 13, 12 and 10 digs in that order. The Lady Chaps recorded 96 service receptions with only 5 errors, 64 digs and 9 total blocks.

Next Match: Wednesday, October 17 @ 7:00 p.m. Frank Phillips College @ Midland College (Lady Chap Breast Cancer Awareness Night). Everyone is encouraged to wear pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.