LADY BULLDOG SPIKERS GO 2-1 AT PARK UNIVERSITY TRIANGULAR

Delgado, Petra Fernandez, Cynarah Rodriguez lead McPherson

By Staff

The McPherson College volleyball team went on the road over the weekend and scored two wins and one loss in Parkville, Missouri at a triangular hosted by Park University.

On Friday, the Lady Bulldogs scored a straight set (25-21, 25-11, 25-23) win over St. Ambrose University as the team recorded 40 kills, made 36 assists, had seven service aces and 59 digs.

Individually McPherson was led by Zoe Fernandez with 10 kills, Cynarah Rodriguez who recorded 18 assists and Moriah Delgado who made 15 digs.

In their first match on Saturday with Morningside University, the Lady Bulldogs had to go five sets (23-25, 27-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-7) before outdueling the Lady Mustangs 3-2. Petra and Zoe Fernandez recorded 17 and 14 kills, respectively while Cynarah Rodriguez dished out 42 assists and Delgado made 22 digs to lead the stat sheet.

(Cynarah Rodriguez)

With the final match of the weekend, McPherson ran into a buzzsaw with Park University and lost the final match in straight sets (17-25, 21-25, 23-25). Hadley Waldren stepped up and got 14 kills with Cynarah Rodriguez dishing out another 28 assists and Delgado making another 22 digs.

For the weekend, Petra Fernandez led the Lady Bulldogs in kills with 32, Cynarah Rodriguez dished out a total of 88 assists and Moriah Delgado recorded 59 digs total.

(Moriah Delgado)

Now 2-2 for the season, the Lady Bulldogs will be on the road again next weekend, Friday and Saturday, September 1-2 in Omaha, Nebraska for a triangular with Lindsey Wilson College, Missouri Valley College and Grand View University.

MCPHERSON COLLGE LADY BULLDOGS VOLLEYBALL vs. St. Ambrose University

SCORING >

LADY BULLDOGS = 25-25-25 (3); St. Ambrose = 21-11-23 (0).

TEAM STATS >

LADY BULLDOGS = Kills – 40; Assists – 36; Service Aces – 7; Blocks – 2; Digs – 59.

St. Ambrose = Kills – 24; Assists – 22; Service Aces – 3; Blocks – 3; Digs – 49.

LADY BULLDOG INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS > Kills = Zoe Fernandez – 10; Petra Fernandez – 7; Katelyn Moore – 6. Aces = Kenzie Cooper – 3; Cynarah Rodriguez – 2; Moriah Delgado – 1. Blocks = Bridget McHugh, Hadley Walden, Becca Steffen – 1. Assists = Cynarah Rodriguez – 18; Raegin Bromenshenkel – 10; Moriah Delgado – 3. Digs = Moriah Delgado – 15; Cynarah Rodriguez – 14; Petra Fernandez – 11.

MCPHERSON COLLEGE LADY BULLDOGS VOLLEYBALL vs. Morningside University

SCORING > LADY BULLDOGS = 23-27-25-19-15 (3); Morningside = 25-25-23-25-7 (2).

TEAM STATS >

LADY BULLDOGS = Kills – 63; Service Aces – 11; Blocks – 10; Assists – 56; Digs – 79.

Morningside = Kills – 63; Service Aces – 4; Blocks – 12; Assists – 56; Digs – 88.

LADY BULLDOG INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS > Kills = Petra Fernandez – 17; Zoe Fernandez – 14; Hadley Waldren – 13. Service Aces = Raegin Bromenshenkel – 4; Kenzie Cooper – 2; Petra Fernandez – 2. Blocks = Zoe Fernandez – 3; Bridget McHugh, Hadley Waldren – 2. Assists = Cynarah Rodriguez – 42; Raegan Murphy – 6; Moriah Delgado – 4. Digs = Moriah Delgado – 22; Petra Fernandez – 16; Zoe Fernandez – 13.

MCPHERSON COLLEGE LADY BULLDOGS VOLLEYBALL vs. Park University

SCORING > LADY BULLDOGS = 17-21-23 (0); Park = 25-25-25 (3).

TEAM STATS >

LADY BULLDOGS = Kills – 36; Service Aces – 5; Blocks – 1; Assists – 36; Digs – 63.

Park = Kills – 42; Service Aces – 4; Blocks – 6; Assists – 38; Digs – 73.

LADY BULLDOG INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS > Kills = Hadley Waldren – 14; Petra Fernandez – 8; Enya Fierens – 4. Service Aces = Cynarah Rodriguez – 4; Raegin Bromenshenkel – 1. Blocks = Enya Fierens, Petra Fernandez – 1. Assists = Cynarah Rodriguez – 28; Raegan Murphy – 6; Moriah Delgado – 2. Digs = Moriah Delgado – 22; Petra Fernandez – 14; Cynarah Rodriguez – 9.

(The Staff covering McPherson County Activities can be reached by email at macks.people.places@gmail.com)