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Barton volleyball comes up short in upset bid of No. 9 Seward
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Mike Marzolf
Published: Oct 11, 2018, 2:49 AM

LIBERAL – That next step has been a difficult one for the Barton volleyball team.

The Cougars have been playing some very good volleyball over the past month. But missing from that resume is a win over a ranked foe.

Barton had a chance to pick up that win Wednesday night in Liberal against No. 9 Seward County.

But much like other matches against ranked teams, Barton battled, but came up short. Barton showed its mettle before losing 25-20, 25-16, 25-18. The Cougars pressured the Saints in all but the second set in the loss.

Barton is still in third in the West, holding a one-half game lead on both Hutchinson and Butler. The Cougars are 7-3 in the West and 17-12 overall. Both Butler and Hutch are 7-4.

The Saints stayed unbeaten in the Jayhawk West with the win. Seward is now 11-0 in the West and 22-5 overall. That keeps the Saints one game clear of Colby in the West standings. Colby is 11-1.

Going into the match at Seward, Barton was 15-5 since the beginning of September. All five losses were to teams ranked in either the D-I or D-II poll.

In those matches, Barton showed its close.

The Cougars did it again in Liberal. Barton went toe-to-toe with ranked Saints in the opening set and the final set until late runs by Seward secured the match.

The Cougars fell behind early in the first set but an 8-1 run gave Barton a 16-13 lead at the Greenhouse. That is when Seward picked it up a notch, closing out the set on a 12-4 run to capture it 25-20.

Seward was very much in control of the second set from the start. Barton did get the lead down to 12-9 at one point but Seward was never threatened on the way to the 2-0 set lead.

The third and final set was all Seward to start, jumping to an 8-2 lead. At that point it would have been easy for Barton to throw in the towel to powerful Saints with a long trip home still awaiting.

But the Cougars fought back. Barton battled back to cut the lead to 14-13 following a 4-1 run. Seward countered with a run of its own to re-establish the lead at 17-13.

Barton had one more push in them, cutting the lead to 19-18 before Seward scored the final six points for the 25-18 win.

Barton is off until Monday when the Cougars take another crack at Seward. This time the match will be at the Barton Gym, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Cougar baseball shocks No. 3 Cowley Tigers
Barton baseball
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 9:54 PM
ARKANSAS CITY -- The Barton Cougar baseball team scored early and often plating 11 of its runs over the first four innings to upset No. 3 Cowley College 12-8 on Tuesday. The Cougars (21-8) have won four in a row over the Tigers (23-7). Barton plays Jayhawk West leader Colby at 1 p.m. Thursday at Lawson-Biggs Field. The Cougars travel to Colby Sunday. Tyler Janssen led the Cougars balanced offensive attack providing three of the Cougars six extra base hits on the afternoon, finishing 3-for-5 and single shy of the cycle. The freshman drove in four runs highlighted behind his fourth-inning three-run round tripper for his fourth of the year. Eight of Barton's nine in the lineup furnished a hit with Janssen being joined by Kyle Graves 3-for-6 day at the plate and RBI, as the duo combined for six of the Cougars 14 hits on the afternoon. Kyle Walker was second in runs produced, driving in two of his three runs during Barton's four run top of the second frame, finishing 2-for-5 at the dish with a walk. Rounding out the Cougars' multi-RBI performances was Ayden Hadley and Wyatt Yetter, each driving in two runs apiece. Hadley distributed his pair with a first inning double while Yetter added the final run of a three-run first on a groundout followed by a leadoff fourth inning blast for his first big fly of the season. Despite finishing 0-for-1 at the plate, Barrett Donaldson generated three of Barton's nine walks created with a run scored. Braden Hauschel earned a no-decision in his one-inning of work allowing three runs on two hits with a walk and strikeout. Eli Lang (1-0) notched his first collegiate victory tossing 4.1-innings in relief scattering seven hits and three runs with Landon Haines getting the final two outs of the sixth allowing one hit with a stirkeout. Andrew McCarthy tossed a scoreless seventh with a strikeout while operating around a pair of walks. Cade Kunz handled the eighth yielding two runs on a hit and collected a strikeout before handing off to Preston Golden for the ninth, as the sophomore locked it down
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