COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Columbia College volleyball team won twice on Wednesday at home. The Cougars swept Harris-Stowe 25-12, 25-18, 25-17 in American Midwest Conference play, then beat Central Methodist 25-19, 25-19, 25-19. Columbia moved to 25-6 on the season and 11-0 in the AMC, while Harris-Stowe fell to 5-14 (2-11 AMC) and Central Methodist to 18-9.
Columbia 3, Harris-Stowe 0
Harris-Stowe led 8-4 in the opening set before Columbia scored nine straight points, eight of them on Alexa Olson's serve, to take a 13-8 lead. Later, with the Cougars up 16-11, Hannah Vogt served eight straight points, three of them aces, to make it 24-11. Columbia closed out the set 25-12. The Cougars led 5-2 in the second before Harris-Stowe went up 7-5 and held a 10-9 edge. Columbia then scored seven of the next eight points to lead 16-11 and finished the set 25-18 on a Viola Giangreco kill. In the third, Columbia built a 13-9 lead and held off a Harris-Stowe rally that cut it to 18-15. The Cougars then scored four straight points, including kills by Rowan Carr and Samira Baltazar, and a Harris-Stowe attack error ended the match at 25-17. Baltazar had eight kills, Carr and Giangreco each added six, Vogt dished out 19 assists, and Taylor Johnson recorded 12 digs.
Columbia 3, Central Methodist 0
Columbia never trailed in the opening set. Addison Burroughs served an ace and Carr followed with a kill to make it 18-13. Carr then served four straight points to stretch the lead from 20-15 to 24-15. Central Methodist scored four in a row to get within 24-19, but Baltazar ended the set with a kill. The second set was tied at 11 before Columbia scored six straight, with Carr recording three consecutive kills on Vogt's serve. Giangreco and Kenedi Canty combined on the set-ending block. In the third, the Cougars scored six straight points to turn a 10-9 lead into 15-9, five of them on Vogt's serve. Central Methodist rallied with five straight to cut a 19-12 deficit to 19-17, but Giangreco stopped the run with a kill. Vogt ended the match with a service ace. Baltazar led Columbia with 12 kills, Carr added 11 kills and 11 digs, Vogt had 27 assists, and Johnson recorded 18 digs.
