Dodge City opened the second round of Jayhawk Conference on the road and, for the second straight year declawed the Butler Grizzlies at their place in straight sets.
The Conquistadors earned the three-set road win 25-21, 25-18, 25-16 to improve to 19-5 on the season and 8-1 in KJCCC action. The win also gives the Conqs the first season sweep of the series against Butler since the conference moved to double round-robin play.
It was tight early until the Conqs pushed ahead, going up 11-9 and then working to a 16-10 lead. The Grizzlies clawed back into the set, tightening it up down the stretch, but the Conqs capitalized on the block to take it 25-21. In the second set, the Conqs jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead as
Chelsea Durbridge recorded an ace, and the lead grew to 16-7 as the Conqs won the set 25-18. The Conqs got off to another quick start in the third set, leading 12-3 before Butler knew what hit them, then took the set 25-16 to win the match.
Kayla Cantrill tallied 15 kills on a .448 hitting percentage, adding two aces and five digs. Durbridge finished with 27 assists, while adding two kills, an ace, a solo block, and two block assists.
Rian Muntaner recorded 10 digs and three assists, while
Sunni Skipps,
Delaney Childs, and
Anete Celnova each added five kills.
The Conqs hit the road again on Wednesday, October 7
th, when they head to Pratt to take on the Beavers for a 6:00 pm start.
