Hutchinson CC Sports Information
Salt Lake 3, Hutchinson 1
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – The Hutchinson Community College volleyball team got off to a great start in the 2025 season opener at the Reiver Classic.
The Blue Dragons hit .480 in an opening-set 25-22 victory over Region 18 power Salt Lake Community College on Friday. But Salt Lake slowly turned the tables on the Blue Dragons in the second set and then dominated the third and fourth sets at Reiver Arena as Hutchinson dropped the opening match of the season to the Bruins 25-22, 19-25, 16-25, 16-25.
Led by sophomore Atlyn Proctor's six kills on .625 hitting, four digs and service ace, the Blue Dragons rallied from a pair of three-point deficits in the opening set to defeat Salt Lake. The Dragons tallied 12 kills and only two errors on 25 attacks in the opening set. The Dragons also had two blocks and three aces in the first set.
The second set was tied at 16-16 when Salt Lake started to pull away. The Bruins led 21-18 after a 6-2 run and closed the set on a 9-3 run to even the match at a set each.
Salt Lake, which was playing its second match of the day, rolled in the third and fourth sets, holding the Blue Dragons to .048 hitting in the third set and a negative .030 in the fourth set.
Sophomore pin hitter Alondra Villanueva led the Blue Dragons with 12 kills on 42 attacks and eight digs. Proctor posted her 21st career match of double-figure kills with 10 on 28 swings. She added three aces and six digs. Sophomore Jaylynn McNeill had six kills and sophomore Kierny Follmer had four kills.
Sophomore setter Angela Reupena had 36 assists in her first career start.
Freshman Clara Oliveira had a team-high 15 digs and freshman McKenzye Williamson had 12 digs.
Iowa Western 3, Hutchinson 1
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – Match No. 2 of the Reiver Classic brought mixed results for the Hutchinson Community College volleyball team on Friday at Reiver Arena.
The Blue Dragons trailed tournament host Iowa Western 2-0 Friday night before rallying to win the third set decisively and then nearly came back from an early 6-1 deficit to fall to the Reivers 3-1 (16-25, 15-25, 25-17, 23-25) to finish Day 1. The Blue Dragons lost in four sets to Salt Lake earlier in the day.
Hutchinson (0-2) will close out the Reiver Classic with No. 16 Western Nebraska, which also went 0-2 on Day 1 of the Reiver Classic. That match is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday in Council Bluffs.
Sophomore right-side hitter Jaylynn McNeill led the Blue Dragons with 12 kills on .385 hitting against Iowa Western. McNeill had seven kills and no errors with a .467 attack percentage in the final two sets to fuel the Blue Dragon comeback. McNeill also had two blocks.
The Blue Dragons hit .074 in the first two sets, but started to find some offensive flow in the third and fourth sets, hitting at a .274 clip.
Sophomore Alondra Villanueva posted the first double-double of the season for Hutchinson with 12 kills on .167 hitting with a team-high 16 digs. Atlyn Proctor had seven kills with two service aces.
Freshman setter Alexandra Garcia came off the bench in the final three sets to posted 28 assists and four service aces. Sophomore Angela Reupena had eight assists and seven digs. Freshman Mattie Galliher had three total blocks for the Dragons.
Hutchinson tallied 88 digs, nine team blocks and 11 service aces against the Reivers.
The Blue Dragons hit .276 in a decisive third-set victory. McNeill and Proctor had four kills each in the set. The Dragons jumped out to leads of 5-0, 9-2 and 20-11 before closing out their first set victory of the match.
The Blue Dragons dug a 6-1 hole in the fourth set before slowing turning things around. The Dragons
finally tied the set at 20-20 on a powerful McNeill kill down the line. That prompted a Reiver timeout. Iowa Western sided out on the next rally and kept the lead for good in a 25-23 set-clinching win.