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The #15 Highland Volleyball team traveled to yet another weekend tournament to take on four teams they had yet to see this season at the DMACC Tournament. The Scotties were set to face North Dakota State College of Science, #19 Waubonsee CC, #14 Kirkwood CC, and Des Moines Area CC. The tough schedule left the Scotties un phased as they swept NDSCS and Waubonsee both on Friday. "I was really proud of the girls this weekend. I thought for as tough as the competition was, we really did a nice job of staying focused and continuing to play at a high level. I was excited to watch us take care of business against #19 Waubonsee. Everyone played their best and it was fun to watch," commented head coach Jon Bingesser.

"The next day was a little tougher. Kirkwood played a great match against us but we never really got anything started either. We had some uncharacteristic errors assisting them that ended up costing us those close sets. The way we rebounded and took care of DMACC was the highlight of the tournament. Everyone played exceptionally well and because our defense was so on, we were able to focus on our offense and it was nice to see plays executed like that. DMACC is a good team with a great program and I hope the girls realize what a big deal a 3-0 sweep of them is. It's just what we needed going into another tough week." Kirkwood gave Highland their only loss of the weekend with a record of 3-1.

After going 3-0 in three of their games this weekend, the Scotties have now won 17 of their 29 games in three sets. The whole team contributed in their role this weekend led by sophomores Leslie Polanco and Zealia Kleitz. Polanco recorded 49 kills and 50 digs on the weekend and Kleitz put down 43 kills with an impressive .357 and 16 blocks. Setter Katie Pearson continued to be reliable with 130 assists and 19 digs. Kirsten Johnson came up with 52 digs on the weekend and Emma Cohalla help with 7 blocks.

The Scotties face another conference match-up on Wednesday, October 11^th at #20 Neosho CC with the first serve at 6:30pm.
 

GAME RESULTS:

Match One: Highland CC vs. NDSCS 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-17)
With a quick three set match Kletiz took control of the offense with 14 digs hitting a high .500 percentage. Pearson came up with 25 assists and Polanco led the defense in digs with 10 and Johnson picked up seven of her own. The team had five service aces and 13 blocks on NDSCS.

Match Two: Highland CC vs. Waubonsee CC 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-17)
Polanco and Kleitz both offensive threats in another 3-0 sweep against Waubonsee. They each had 13 kills followed by Cohalla with seven. Pearson had 35 of the teams 40 set assists and the team had 52 digs led by Johnson.

Match Three: Highland CC vs. Kirkwood CC 0-3 (27-29, 21-25, 25-27)

Freshman outside Carrie Fisher had her best kills stat of her career putting down 11 with Polanco up there with her with 15. The team had 15 blocks as a whole and Johnson led the defense yet again with 18 digs. Sophomores Polanco and Koie Orozco both contributed 14 and 15 kills, respectively.  Pearson dished out 34 assists and had nine digs of her own.

Match Four: Highland CC vs. DMACC 3-0 (28-26, 25-15, 25-23)
In the teams big win over tournament host DMACC, Polanco and Kleitz both put down double digit kills with 15 and 11. Pearson had her highest assist stat with 36 and the team had another great blocking game with 15. Polanco and Johnson both continued to be consistent on defense both with 17 and 14 digs.