Members of Butler County Community College’s 13th-ranked volleyball squad include, top row from left, Emmy Fisher, Addison Henry and Mackenzie Kurtz. Second row, from left, Sarah Lucas, Addison Say and Taylor Simon.
(Monaca, PA) Emmy Fisher led the 13th-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball team for the first time this season in kills, Mackenzie Kurtz had at least one block for the seventh consecutive match and the Pioneers moved to 15-3 overall Tuesday night with their third sweep in a row.
Sarah Lucas had 16 digs and Addison Henry three service aces for BC3 in its 25-19, 25-18, 25-11 victory against Penn State Beaver in Monaca.
The Pioneers were ranked No. 13 among 86 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III programs in a Week 7 poll released Oct. 13.
BC3’s program has been ranked in the Top 15 in Division III in 44 of 48 polls dating to Oct. 4, 2021, including the past 25 in a row.
Fisher had eight of BC3’s 34 kills and Kurtz seven. Kurtz also had two solo blocks in the Pioneers’ 10th sweep of the season. Addison Say had 23 assists and Taylor Simon 14 digs.
Penn State Beaver’s record fell to 9-16.
BC3 will host Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, at 6:30 p.m. Friday in its final home match of the regular season.
Fisher is a Seneca Valley High School graduate and opposite hitter; Kurtz, a Knoch graduate, is a middle hitter; Lucas and Simon, Butler, are defensive specialists; Henry, Redbank Valley, an opposite hitter; and Say, Keystone, a setter and opposite hitter.