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    12th Team in the Nation celebrates Sophomores on Friday

    The #12 ranked Lady Rustlers will be hosting Northwest College this Friday (10/22) at 6 pm. This will be Central’s last home conference game of the 2021 Season, and all sophomores will be recognized prior to the start of the match. This group of sophomores are currently 37-16 overall and lost only three matches at home in the last two years. They are currently undefeated in conference play this year. If they beat Northwest, they will have gone unbeaten at home in conference play for the second year in a row. They have been ranked as high as 8th in the nation and are currently ranked 12th. 

    This is the 37th meeting between the two teams since 2006. The Northwest Trappers lead the series 24 to 12; Central winning the last seven. A few of the sophomores have put up some impressive stats over the last two years at CWC: 

    Alondra Hernandez (All-Region 9 last year)   

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    • #1 in Digs at CWC since bringing volleyball back in 2006  
    • She has 977 and eclipsed the previous record of 917 set by Chaisley Gill (now Chaisley Jacks) in 2007-2008   
    • 26th in the nation in digs per set, 25th nationally in digs overall 
    • #21 in the Nation in Aces Served currently, 33rd in aces per set nationally
    • Has been the National player of the Week twice in her career at CWC

    Makenzie Templeton (All-Region 9 last year)

    • Has 761 kills coming into the match and is #2 all-time, just 42 kills away from #1 at CWC
    • She is second on the kills in a single season with 416 last year and has 345 so far this year
    • 6th in the nation in kills per set, 11th in overall kills nationally
    • Has been the National Player of the Week once in her career at CWC (first week this year) 

    Sofie Langer (All-Region 9 last year)

    • #3 in assists with 1632   
    • Her 1055 last year was 4th on the all-time single-season assist leader board at CWC 
    • #35 in the nation in assists per set     
    • #40 in the nation in overall sets 

    Ava Rasmussen (All-Region 9 last year)

    • #2 in blocks at CWC in her three years playing
    • She is 13 away from Nan Hokafonu’s #1 mark set in 2006-2007
    • 25th in the nation in blocks overall, 32nd in the nation in blocks per set

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