The Jayhawks traveled to Grand Rapids to take on the #12 ranked Grand Rapids Community College Raiders. GRCC was in 1st place with a perfect 9-0 record while MCC was a game back in the loss column with a 7-1 record. MCC came away with a hard fought 3-2 victory. Set scores were 19-25, 25-23, 25-19, 21-25, 15-13.
Raegan Murphy (Montague) directed the offense with 52 assists with most of them to twin Reilly Murphy (Montague) who finished with 20 kills. Leah Ellis (Reeths-Puffer) served 5 aces, Kendra Kieft (Spring Lake) had 32 digs and Kayla Fisk (Newaygo) finished with 5 blocks.
Also, today the MCCAA announced that Reilly Murphy was selected as MCCAA North Offensive Player of the Week . This is the 5th time this season that Reilly has received that award. Kendra Kieft also won the weekly award for Defensive Player of the Week. This is the 3rd time that Kendra has won that award.
Overall the Jayhawks record is 25-6 as they get ready for their final conference match vs Delta on Thursday, 10/20 at home. Start time is 6:30 pm.