For the fourth consecutive year, the Dodge City volleyball team is headed to the semifinals of the playoffs after earning a five-set win over rival Garden City at home in the first round of the postseason region tournament.
 
The victory extends the Conquistadors' season, moving them to 16-13 on the year as they've won five matches in a row. The Conqs will now take on #5 Barton in the region semifinals on Saturday, November 8th, at Fort Hays State University at 5:00pm. 
 
The Conqs started the night slowly, falling behind 7-3 early, but pushed back to make it a one-point contest at 8-7. Garden City answered with a run and worked to a 15-9 lead, and the Conqs called a timeout. The Conqs fought back and would go on a 6-1 run to tie the first set up at 16-16 on a Chaehee Baek kill. The lead would swing to the Conqs, and they would not give it back, ending the first set on a 16-4 run from when they were down 15-9. The second set was back-and-forth early, leading to a 7-7 tie. Garden City would then take a lead, and despite a run by the Conqs, it was the Broncbusters of Garden City taking the second set 25-21. 
 
The third set would see the Conqs double up Garden City early, leading 6-3, 8-4, and then 10-5. The lead would expand for the Conqs led 15-8 with the Broncbusters calling a timeout, and then the lead ballooned to double figures as the Conqs won the third set 25-14. Both teams would have leads in the earlier portion of the fourth set, but with the Conqs up 11-10, Garden City went on a 3-0 run to snag the lead at 13-11. Broncbusters worked to a 24-18 lead in the fourth set, but the Conqs would fend off set point times before Garden City took it 25-22. Conqs grabbed early control in the fifth set, going up 2-0 and then 6-1 before leading 8-3 and switching sides of the floor. Garden City mounted a 7-2 run and tied the set up 10-10. Again, the Conqs had an answer, grabbing the lead back and finishing the match on a 5-1 run to win the fifth set 15-11. 
 
The Conqs on the night had 15 aces, while recording their seventh 50+ kill performance as a team, while hitting .226. Conqs had just five serving errors and only three receiving errors in the match. 
 
Kayla Cantrill and Sunni Skipps had career-best nights offensively, recording 19 and 13 kills each, while both recorded double-doubles with career-highs in digs with 18 and 17 each. Kamalei Wassman tallied her fifth double-digit dig performance of the season with 12 digs. Chelsea Durbridge filled the stat sheet again, recording 49 assists, 12 digs, four kills, and five aces. Rayssa Da Silva had six aces in the win and recorded five kills. Amariah White tallied eight kills in the match. 
 
The season continues for the Conqs in the region semifinals on Saturday, November 8th, when they take on #5 Barton at 5:00pm at Fort Hays State University.