OVERLAND PARK — ACC’s volleyball team’s season came to an end Wednesday night against the Johnson County Cavaliers in a first round playoff loss, 3-0.
The Lady Red Devils (16-13; 3-6) lost by scores of 25-18, 25-15 and 25-15. The red and black managed to rip nine and eight kills in the opening two sets.
“I thought that our energy and preparedness was there,” said Allen Community College head coach Whitney Shaw. “We did well in the first set and we got close but then we would get stuck in rotations. They would make a run and catch up. I thought we did a good job of limiting the damage from their best player, who ended up not being their best player last night.”
Gabriela Dominguez led Allen offensively with 11 kills, followed by Abby Altic’s seven kills and Alycia Shaw and Lexi Deweese’s four kills apiece. Nadia Gallegos knocked three kills. Dominguez also had a team-high 12.5 points, followed by Altic’s eight points.
Deweese totaled six points as Shaw and Gallegos each ripped 4.5 points. Harris had 2.5 points while Maldonado and Smith recorded one point apiece.
“Something that we’ve got to work on is not having to process the game for them,” said Shaw. “I thought we did well at really coming together and pushing each other, not settling.”
Lady Red Devil Sofia Otero led the serving line with 11 aces while Guilia Gonclaves knocked nine ace serves. Andrea Maldonado served up four aces while Karsyn Smith, Shaw and Dominguez each had one ace.
“We knew coming into the season Gabriela was going to have to play well for us to be successful,” Shaw said. “She meets our expectations for the team a lot. She’s been the one to step up and get the momentum going. We’re glad she’s on our side. She was a good asset.”
Defensively, Maldonado led with 18 digs while Gonclaves had eight and Smith and Otero had six apiece, Dominguez had five and Deweese, three. Katherine Harris, Deweese, Altic and Gallegos each registered one solo block.
