Hannah Wagner & Emma Cohalla blocking

Highland Racks Up Wins, Records & Milestones at DMACC Tournament

October 7

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 | Box Score 3 | Box Score 4 The Highland volleyball team continues their roll by going 4-0 in tournament for the fourth time this season and moving their win streak to a school record 18-straight matches.
Highland traveled to Boone, Iowa for their final regular season tournament action and picked up four more wins and in the process set some records as well.

The Scotties playing a familiar foe from earlier this season in Metropolitan Community College and the Scotties topped the Wolves again winning in four sets (20-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-18). After falling in set one Highland bounced back and won the next three sets to give themselves the school record for most consecutive wins at 15 matches, while Emma Cohalla recorded one block and became the all-time leader in career blocks at Highland.

Highland didn't stop at 15-straight wins as the Scotties finished off Friday with another win topping the #6 ranked NJCAA Division III team in Rochester Community & Tech College in four sets (25-10, 23-25, 25-18, 25-15). The win over Rochester gave Head Coach Jon Bingesser his 100th career win on the sidelines for Highland with it coming in his fourth season.

On Saturday Highland faced off against another familiar foe in Waubonsee a team that took the Scotties to five sets back at the KCKCC Tournament earlier in the season. This time the match was one-sided all in favor of the Highland as the Scotties cruised past Waubonsee in three-straight sets (25-14, 25-16, 25-12).

Wrapping up the Tournament Highland faced the host of the tourney and #19 ranked team in Des Moines Area Community College and it proved to be a battle going the distance to a fifth set with the Scotties keeping their win streak alive (25-17, 18-25, 24-26, 25-19, 15-13). After taking set one the Scotties lost the next two and were on their heels needing the fourth set to force a fifth and Highland accomplished that. DMACC got off to a great start in the fifth set and the Scotties trailing for quite some time in the set stayed composed and fought back to gain the lead and take the fifth set and push their win streak to 18-straight matches. 

The 4-0 showing at the DMACC Tournament moves the Scotties to 28-2 on the season and 19-1 in Tournament play this season. The #5 ranked Scotties now gear up for a big KJCCC Top 10 showdown at home on Wednesday, October 10th at 5:30pm against #7 Cowley.

Game Results:

Match One: #5 Highland won 3-1 vs. MCC (20-25, 25-18, 25-19, 25-18)

Scotties opened the DMACC Tournament by beating MCC for the second time this season and bounced back in the match after falling in set one. Cajia Allen tallied a double-double with 13 kills and 12 digs, adding four aces in the win, while Lee Sexton notched 11 kills. Emma Cohalla became the all-time career blocks leader in school history with a solo block in the win adding nine kills and two aces in the win. Katie Pearson recorded a double-double with 34 assists and 15 digs, while Myla Turner led the Scottie defense with 16 digs.

Match Two: #5 Highland won 3-1 vs. Rochester Community & Tech College (25-10, 23-25, 25-18, 25-15)

Highland beat the #6 NJCAA DIII team in Rochester and gave Head Coach, Jon Bingesser his 100th career win as HCC Head Coach. Emma Cohalla spear headed the offense with 19 kills and added four blocks and three digs. Katie Pearson had another double-double with 39 assists and 10 digs, while Myla Turner notched 13 digs and Lee Sexton recorded 15 kills and six blocks.

Match Three: #5 Highland won 3-0 vs. Waubonsee (25-14, 25-16, 25-12)

After a five set win over Waubonsee earlier this season Highland dominated the matchup this time around cruising to the win. Emma Cohalla again had another monster match finishing with 14 kills, seven blocks and two digs. Myla Turner tallied 11 digs and five aces, while Katie Pearson had 26 assists and eight digs. Amber Hildebrand recorded nine digs in the win and Hannah Wagner finished with six kills.

Match Four #5 Highland won 3-2 vs. #19 DMACC (25-17, 18-25, 24-26, 25-19, 15-13)  

The win over DMACC was an electric five set come from behind win for Highland giving the Scotties a win over another ranked team. Emma Cohalla registered a career high 24 kills in the win adding six digs and three blocks. Five gals finished with double figure digs in the win as the Scotties had 98 digs in the five set victory. Myla Turner notched 26 digs, while Kirsten Johnson posted 17 digs. Katie Pearson had her third double-double of the tournament with 49 assists and 14 digs, while Cajia Allen had another double-double with 13 kills and 14 digs. Amber Hildebrand matched her career high with 15 digs and Hannah Williams tallied 11 kills.
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