The fourth-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball team Saturday had 39 kills and 20 service aces in limiting Pennsylvania Highlands Community College to 17 points and by winning the dual conference and regional title match is 21-0 and a victory away from a national championship tournament berth.
Marissa Metzka had a season-high 10 kills and All-American Josie Russo and Dakota Weldon nine each in a 25-8, 25-2 and 25-7 sweep in Johnstown.
Molly Bissell had a career-high eight service aces and Anora Robare tied a career-high with five as BC3 won its 10th Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference crown in a row and seventh consecutive National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Region 20 championship.
“We were really on today,” BC3 coach Rob Snyder said. “You see it in the focus. You see it in the energy level. You see it in the crispness of the passing and the aggressiveness of the approaches.”
The Pioneers were “locked in,” Bissell said. “Our hitters were relentless and our serving game kept them scrambling. It wasn’t just about scoring, it was about staying up and keeping control of the game.”
BC3’s performance, Robare said, “shows that we didn’t come to play around. We were there to take care of business and I think the stats really showed that.”
“Everyone,” Russo said, “stepped up and brought intensity.”
Robare had 30 assists, Sarah Lucas 11 of BC3’s 50 digs and Metzka two solo blocks as the Pioneers advanced to and will host the NJCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic District championship at 1 p.m. Nov. 1 in BC3’s Field House against No. 2-ranked Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst, N.C.
The public is invited to attend a tailgater-type event at noon in the Field House before the championship match in which Pioneers fans are asked to wear black T-shirts.
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