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Lady Cougars swept at Cowley
Juco Volleyball
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MIKE Marzolf
Special to the Tribune
Updated: Oct 1, 2014, 2:46 AM
Published: Oct 1, 2014, 2:45 AM

ARKANSAS CITY — Some nights it just isn’t there.
That was the case for the Barton Community College volleyball team Monday night at Cowley.
The Lady Cougars were never able to get anything going against the 11th-ranked NJCAA Division II Tigers.
The result was the end of a brief, two-game winning streak with a 25-13, 25-20, 25-19 loss in the final non-conference contest of the season for Barton.
The loss dropped the Lady Cougars to 5-17, while Cowley improved to 15-6. It was the third time this season Cowley beat Barton but the first time the Tigers swept the Lady Cougars.
“I’m disappointed in our performance,” Barton head coach Phil Shoemaker said. “We were not offensive and that killed us. What really bothers me is how we competed, or did not.
“A good team, and Cowley is a good team, is going to challenge you on every play and we did not respond consistently or aggressively.”
Barton battled with Cowley early in the opening set, but after a 10-all tie, the Tigers took control of the set. Cowley scored 15 of the next 18 points for the 25-13 win.
In the second set, Barton hung around a little longer, trailing just 16-15 in the match but a quick 4-0 run made it 20-15 on the way to the 25-20 win.
The third set was similar.
In fact, Barton led 19-18 before a 7-0 by Cowley closed out the set and gave the Tigers the sweep.
The Lady Cougars had just about as many attacking errors as kills in the match with 24 kills to 23 errors.
Emily Deterding and Kim Hockley led the Lady Cougars with five kills each. Larned sophomore Tahje Ochs added four.
Casey Friesen led Barton with 12 assists while Hoisington sophomore Mykela Riedl led the Lady Cougars with 15 digs.
Jennica O’Neill added 11 and Great Bend freshman Kylee Spray finished with 10.
The Lady Cougars, 3-3 in the conference, will now turn focus entirely on the Jayhawk West race where they currently stand tied for fifth with Seward County.
Barton has home games this week against Colby tonight and Hutchinson Saturday. Colby sits just ahead of Barton in the standings at 4-3 while Hutch in leading the West with a 6-0 mark.
“We have a lot of big matches ahead against good teams,” Shoemaker said. “We can be a good team too but it’s going to require a much tougher mindset than what we showed tonight.
“I challenged them pretty point blank, and not very kindly after the game, and I am looking forward to their response … with action, not words.”
The Lady Cougars still have 10 conference matches left and a chance to finish in the top half as they did last season with a late season surge.
“A year ago we overcame some adversity in the early season, learned some tough lessons, and had a very good stretch run,” Shoemaker said. “No doubt we have the talent to do likewise. A lot remains to be seen and I am looking for a positive response.”
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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