Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The No. 3 ranked Parkland College volleyball team hosted its first matches of 2023 on Saturday, August 26th, beating 16th-ranked Hawkeye Community College and Region 24 rival Southwestern Illinois College on day one of the Parkland "School's Back" Tournament. The Cobras (7-1) dropped their opening set to the Redtails (4-2) before bouncing back to win three straight and take the match in four. The hosts started strong and looked in control against the Blue Storm (2-3), sweeping SWIC for their seventh win in a row.
 
Up next, the Cobras battle No. 9 Muskegon Community College and St. Louis Community College tomorrow, August 27th, on the final day of the School's Back Tournament. The Cobras face the Jayhawks (1-4) at 1:00 PM and the Archers (0-6) at 3:00 PM on Sunday at the Donald C. Dodds Jr. Athletic Complex.
 
 
No. 3 Parkland - 3, No. 16 Hawkeye Community College - 1 (19-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-22)
 
Bri Struck (14 kills, 7 digs, 4 blocks)
Emma Robben (8 blocks, 3 kills)
Landry Warfel (18 assists, 6 digs)
Alayna Rudebeck (16 assists, 7 digs)
Brooklyn Holdener (6 kills, 4 blocks)
 
No. 3 Parkland - 3, Southwestern Illinois College - 0 (25-13, 25-9, 25-9)
 
Bri Struck (13 kills, 3 aces)
Chloe Byrd (6 kills, 5 blocks)
Alayna Rudebeck (15 assists, 9 digs, 4 aces)
Sami Schulte (7 kills, 5 digs)
Emma Robben (4 blocks)