Columbia College volleyball season starts with a bang.

"I don’t want us to level off really early and just try to maintain," Wrye-Washington was quoted as saying about the current season. "I want to keep building our level as we go throughout the season, and I want to peak at Nationals. We need to win the conference. We have goals, short-term goals and long-term goals and our goal at the end is to be present when it comes down to the end."
The end came quickly for the Central Methodist (Mo.) University Eagles in the Cougars' first match in late August. The Cougars dominated from the opening serve, notching 14 kills in game one compared to the Eagles’ five, and won easily by scores of 25-12, 25-14 and 25-8.
Quicker style of play
The Cougars could also see improvement by virtue of their size. Wrye-Washington said the added size of the team has also created a quicker style of play. Right side hitter and senior Christy Sontag is 6 feet-5 inches and sophomore transfer Kelly Corkum 6 feet 4 inches, two of the biggest Cougars in recent years. Sophomore transfer Trinity Ojo stands 6 feet 3 inches; add 6-foot-2-inch Nicole Murphy and 6-foot-1-inch Ola Shawky, and the Cougars have a lot more height than last year.
Corkum and Pavlin join such outstanding players as Paula Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (AMC Setter and Freshman of the Year and NAIA Third Team All-American) and Tally Mattos, also Brazil (First Team All-Conference and NAIA Honorable-Mention All-American).
The Quality Inn Classic, hosted by Columbia College, was played over Labor Day weekend. Regular season play continues with a trip to the Graceland University Tournament on Sept. 10 and 11 and conference play starts on Monday, Sept. 13 vs. Missouri Baptist University. All home matches are played in the Arena of Southwell Complex.
Come out and cheer for the high-jumping, hard-hitting Cougars!
For more, go to www.columbiacougars.com/volleyball.
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