Cougars Fall at No. 7 Santa Barbara City

By Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information Director 

SANTA BARBARA — College of the Canyons fell 3-1 at No. 7 Santa Barbara City College in a match played at the UC Santa Barbara campus. Set scores were 25-21, 22-25, 25-13, 25-16.

Canyons (2-8) was facing its fourth state-ranked opponents across its last five matches. The loss left COC still looking for its first road win of the year.

SBCC (9-0) took a tight first set before Canyons rallied for a win in the following frame. From there the Vaqueros were able to close things out in four.

COC freshman Katelyn Nelson finished the match with 10 kills on 18 attacks and hit .500 for the match. She added an ace and two block assists. Sophomore setter Morgan Dumlao posted a stat line of 18 assists, six kills and seven digs.

Addison DeGard led with 12 kills and Jazmine Muñoz was next with 10 digs to go with 10 assists. Amey Nono ended with nine digs

Other bright spots for the Cougars included six kills from Sofia Miranda and five from Megan Moreno.

Madison Andrews, Allison Wieckowski and Rylee Booth each finished the night with four kills.

Canyons returns to the Cougar Cage at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, for another tough test as No. 5 L.A. Mission College (13-0) comes to town for a non-conference meeting.

That match will be livestreamed to fans free of charge on the award-winning Cougars Sports Network. 

Additionally, the COC Athletic department is inviting players and coaches from the LAVA club volleyball program to attend the match free of charge (w/ LAVA T-shirt or apparel).

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