Dakota Weldon had 10 kills and All-American Josie Russo nine, and Molly Bissel recorded six service aces as the 10th-ranked Butler County Community College volleyball team moved to 4-0 on Friday with its third sweep of the season.
Russo added a team-high seven digs and Anora Robare 27 assists as the Pioneers beat Pennsylvania Highlands Community College 25-8, 25-2 and 25-14 at BC3’s Field House.
BC3 was ranked No. 10 among 86 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III programs in the preseason.
Weldon is a graduate of Laurel Middle-Senior High School; Russo, of Freeport; and Bissell and Robare, of Slippery Rock. Weldon and Bissell are outside hitters; Russo, a middle hitter; and Robare, the Pioneers’ setter.
BC3 visits Penn State Beaver at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Parker Worsley and Jeremy Scheidt shots 81s on Friday as the Butler County Community College men’s golf team opened its fall season with a split at the par-72 Lake Arthur Golf Club.
Aiden Duffy finished as medalist with a 3-under 78 to lead Westmoreland County Community College over the Pioneers 321-330. BC3 topped the Community College of Allegheny County, which finished with a 368.
Mitchell Covert, Jaxon Salata and Ellis Rae had 84s for BC3, and Mason Phillips, an 87.
Worsley and Salata are graduates of Butler Senior High School; Scheidt and Phillips, of Knoch; Covert, of Lincoln in Ellwood City; and Ray, of North Catholic.
The Pioneers’ next match is Sept. 8 at Glengarry Golf Links, Latrobe.