The Barton Community College volleyball team took a straight set loss Wednesday night at the Power Plant in El Dorado as the 19th ranked Grizzlies of Butler Community College won 25-14, 25-9, and 25-10.

Barton dips to 3-9 in conference and 16-11 overall while Butler keeps its conference title hopes alive improving to 11-2 and 20-11 on the season. Next up for Barton is a Saturday 4:00 p.m. first serve hosting Colby Community College.

Attacking at a season low .027, Barton had just eleven kills in the contest led by Tasiah Nunnery's three on twenty-one swings and added a team high six digs and the Cougars' lone solo block on the night. Molly Norris and Jada Davis each contributed three and two assisted blocks respectively and combined for three kills.

The night began and stayed the course through the three sets with the Cougars' service receive and errors piling up points for the home team. Butler opened the scoring with seven straight, later going on 8-1 stretch in blowing open the set cruising to the eleven point victory.

Barton held a brief 2-1 lead in the second, only to have Butler take the next four before gaining more separation behind another four point spurt widening the lead to 16-7. The Grizzlies put the hammer down again late in the set rattling off the final seven points for the 2-0 match lead.

Much of the same ensued in the final set, a 7-1 Grizzlies early run built a 13-4 lead, growing it twelve before finishing off the night with a 5-1 stretch.

Record Book Watch
Hanna Miller:
- 1st in career digs with 1,632
- 18th in service aces with 93, 2 shy of Alik Cardoso da Sa's 95 total from 2006-2007 seasons

Tasiah Nunnery:
- 4th in career digs with 1062, 155 shy of Karina de Oliveira's 1217 from the 2018-2019 season
- 13th in career kills with 753, 5 shy of Kara Robeson's 758 total from 2006-2007 seasons
- 14th in service aces with 102, 2 shy of Juliana da Barros's 104 from 2010-2011 seasons