Beavers Competitive Against Butler in Front of Packed Beaver Dome

Beavers Competitive Against Butler in Front of Packed Beaver Dome

Pratt, Kan – The Pratt Community College (PCC) Beavers opened conference play this evening, August 31st against the Grizzlies of Butler Community College (BCC). The Grizzlies came into the match receiving votes in the national poll and are the defending Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region VI champions.

The Beavers entered tonight's match in front of a packed Beave Dome coming off a five-set thriller on Monday night at Lamar Community College (LCC). The match unfortunately ended in a 3-2 loss for the Beavers. Pratt wasted no time feeding of the energy and played pretty competitive with the Grizzlies. Butler held on to win set one 25-14.

The second set was a back and forth match with Butler going on a 6-1 run late in the set which lead to a Pratt timeout. After the timeout, Butler continued their 12-4 run to win the set 25-17 and to take a 2-0 lead. Pratt struggled to get things moving in the third set as Butler went up 19-6 to start the set. After a Beaver timeout, the team was able to go on a run of their own, but ultimately lost set three 25-14. Butler won the match 3-0 and the Beavers dropped to 1-3 overall and 1-0 in conference play.

Pratt will take a week to rest and prepare to host #13 Hutchinson Community College (HCC) next Wednesday, September 7th. Match is set to begin at 6:30 PM in the Beaver Dome.