Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 Manhattan, Kan. - The CCCK Women's Volleyball team opened their regular season on the road competing in the Thunder Classic at Manhattan Christian College. They managed to split their 4 games going 2-2.

Central's opening match on Friday was against Cottey College where they notched their first victory of the season winning 3-1. The evening match kept fans on the edge of their seat with the Tigers going dropping their first 2 sets 17-25, 19-25 and winning the last 3 sets 25-16, 27-25, 15-12 for a dominant comeback win over Stephens College. The two wins on Friday would give the Tigers good momentum going into Saturday.

The Tigers did not look like themselves as they would go 0-2 in their matches on Saturday. Central fell in 3 straight sets to Sterling and had to wait until 5:00 to play their final game of the weekend. The Tigers stumbled out of the gates losing the first 2 sets 18-25 and 17-25. They bounced back with a win in the third set 25-20. The momentum would not last as Manhattan won a hard fought fourth set 25-20 to take the match in 4 sets.

By the Numbers
Over the weekend, the Tigers hit .070 with 161 kills on 636 swings with 116 errors across 16 sets played, giving them an average of 10 kills per set.

Tiger Leaders
Kills: Dotter (40)
Digs: Freeman (60)
Assists: Smith (81)
Aces: Smith (8)
Blocks: Dotter

Coach Quote
"It was a good weekend. We are starting to see things in our program and team that we have not seen in my previous years here. Our team showed an ability to fight for a win when we went down 0-2 to Stephens and came back to win 3-2. Our talent has improved, our players are working hard, and we are having success in many aspects of the game. Though we wanted to have a better record from the weekend we believe that we are in a good position to grow and learn more throughout the season" – Coach Rick Hughes

Next Up
The Tigers are back in action on Wednesday August 30^th at home in McPherson for a triangular against Bethel College and Baker University at 3:00PM and 7:00PM.