JOHNSTON’S 13 KILLS LEAD DMACC VOLLEYBALL PAST CENTRAL CC, 3-0

No. 18 Bears improve to 17-15 overall and 7-4 in the ICCAC

· Sophomore Ramsey Johnston has 13 kills and 15 assists

· Sophomore Saige De Jong contributes 19 assists

· Freshman Kaylie Simons comes away with 19 digs

Sophomore Ramsey Johnston of Chaska, Minn., had 13 kills and 15 assists to lead the DMACC volleyball team to a 3-0 win over Central (Neb.) Community College (CNCC) October 20 inside the DMACC gymnasium.

The Bears, ranked 18th in the Division II poll from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), won by set scores of 25-19, 25-18, 25-20 to improve to 17-5 overall and 7-4 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC).

Johnston hit .345 with her kills coming from 29 attacks with three hitting errors. As a team, DMACC hit .240, getting 38 kills from 104 attacks with 13 hitting errors.

Sophomore Paige De Jong of Pella led the Bears in assists with 19 and contributed three service aces. Freshman Kaylie Simons of Carroll had two service aces and led DMACC in digs with 19. Sophomore Kyleigh Turks of Franklin, Tenn., had 13 digs and De Jong came away with 10.

CNCC fell to 15-11 overall and 7-4 in the ICCAC, tying DMACC for fourth place in the league standings. Kirkwood Community College (ICC) and Iowa Central Community

College (ICCC) lead the conference standings with 11-0 records and Western Iowa Technical Community College (WITCC) is third at 9-2.

The DMACC volleyball team faces Southwestern Community College (SWCC), Oct. 22 at Creston. The Spartans are 14-13 overall and 6-5 in the ICCAC.