CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – No. 1 Parkland College Volleyball (7-0) earned back-to-back wins over the Lincoln College JV squad. Match one was a 3-0 (25-11, 25-14, 25-9) sweep and the follow-up had a very similar, 3-0 (25-12, 25-20, 25-9), result.
In match one,
Halle Everett (20 kills, 10 digs, 2 blocks) scorched the visiting Lynx with 20 of the Cobras' 47 team kills. Teammates who added to that number included
Arika Richardson (8 kills) and
Jayden Sortor (6 kills, 2 blocks).
Summerlyn Smith (24 assists, 3 kills, 5 digs) and
Sasha Zuckerman (11 assists, 2 aces) shared the role of initiating the offensive attack.
Isabella Classen (3 aces, 10 digs) and Everett, along with
Kayla Brandon (8 digs, 1 ace) and
Brittney Litton (7 digs) dug out most of the Lincoln College attacks, while
Katie Kaiser (2 blocks), Everett, and Sortor combined for 6 of Parkland's 8 blocks.
Match two featured a different group of Cobras. At the net,
Katie Kaiser (4 blocks, 6 kills),
Kanay Benschneider (4 blocks), and
Brittney Litton (3 blocks, 8 digs, 5 kills) combined for 11 of Parkland's 18 blocks. Backing them up,
Reilly Swierbut (12 digs) and
Ella Godsell (11 digs) led a group that tallied 49 team digs.
Isabella Classen (4 aces, 10 digs),
Sasha Zuckerman (2 aces), and
Sophie Young (31 assists, 2 aces) smacked 8 of the team's 9 service aces, and Young primarily assisted
Arika Richardson (9 kills) and
Hailey Sperling (9 kills) who led the way in Cobras the offensive attack.
Up next, Parkland will travel to Quincy, Ill., for an M-WAC match against John Wood CC on Wednesday, February 17, at 6:00 pm.
