KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Allen Community College’s volleyball team moved back to .500 on the season Thursday, with a dramatic, three-set victory over host Kansas City Kansas Community College.
The Red Devils rebounded from a tough start, dropping the first set, before coming back to edge KCK 25-23 in the second and 26-24 in the third.
Kansas City, which won at Allen in four sets back in January, then rebounded to force the fifth set with a 25-20 win.
But Allen prevailed in the end, 15-11 in the tiebreaker for the 3-2 match win.
The victory lifts the Red Devils to 7-7 overall and 6-7 in Jayhawk Conference action.
Allen returns to the court Monday at Hesston.
Adriana Santiago led the Red Devil attack with 15 kills on the night, followed by Macie Ediger with 11 and Sadie Bakeberg and Laia Jaca with eight apiece. Jaca also served up a whopping 43 assists for her Red Devil teammates.
Mattie Dougherty led with 42 digs, followed by Ariana Compean with 21, Jaca and Hafenstine with 15 each and Colleen Kilgore with 12.
