BC3 women’s volleyball to play for 7th in NJCAA national championships after loss
Butler County Community College women’s volleyball will play for seventh place Saturday in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national championships.
That came after the No. 3 Pioneers lost their second straight match of the tournament, and just their second all season, to No. 2 Minnesota West 3-1 in Friday’s fifth-place consolation semifinals. Set scores were 25-18, 25-20, 20-25, 25-13.
BC3 will now face another Pennsylvania junior college, eight-seed Northampton Community College, at 1 p.m. ET Saturday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Josie Russo led the Pioneers with 13 kills and nine blocks, and Dakota Weldon had 10 kills. Molly Bissell had a double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs, as did Anora Robare with 33 assists and 11 digs.
But BC3 was held to just a .116 kill percentage after coming into the tournament with one of the best attacking rates in the nation. It had a .385 kill percentage in the third-set win.
The Pioneers are going for one of their best finishes in the national championships. They have placed fifth twice in their previous four appearances.
