Lady Indians lose twice in Amarillo

Sep 11, 2026 / MCC Athletics/Brent Cobb

AMARILLO, Texas – The McCook Community College volleyball team lost their first two matches of the Amarillo College Volleyball Tournament Friday. MCC dropped an 0-3 match to No. 4 Blinn College and lost 0-3 to Amarillo College.

Despite opening the day with a 3-0 sweep by Blinn, the Lady Indians didn’t make it easy for the Buccaneers pushing them in all three sets and scoring at least 20 points in each set.

“Man, we are right there. We can compete but we are just not finishing,” said MCC Coach Hayley Kobza. “We also have a few small things we can improve on and mostly that’s just part of the job of a player.”

Blinn College improves to 16-2. Amarillo College goes to 8-7 and MCC falls to 7-8.

On Saturday, MCC will play Midland College Chaparrals (7-3) at 9 a.m. and follow up with an 11 a.m. match against Western Texas College (3-11).

GAME 1 – Blinn College 3, McCook CC 0: The Buccaneers won 25-22, 25-23 and 25-20.

Freshman Relebohile Phamotse (Maseru, Lesotho) led MCC with 11 kills, five assist blocks and an ace. Maggie Fiene (freshman, Murray, Neb.) had eight kills, two ace and one assist block, and freshman Jade Powell (Sterling, Colo.) was credited with seven kills and two assist blocks.

Bobbi Starkebaum (sophomore, Haxtun, Colo.) came up with seven assist blocks in the middle with two kills. Sophomore Shana Muller (Gretz-Armainvilliers, France) had three kills with two assist blocks. Sophomore Leia Young (Amarillo, Texas) had two kills and three block assists.

Sophomore Zoe Mulholland (Lander, Wyo.) led MCC with 18 assists while freshman Cheyanne Ortiz (Pueblo, Colo.) had 12.

GAME 2 – Amarillo College 3, McCook CC 0: After the Badgers lost their opening-round game to Trinidad State 0-3, the home team took care of MCC 25-20-25-15 and 25-22.

Muller led MCC with nine kills in the second match along with three block assists. Phamotse had eight kills while Powell was credited with seven kills, two block assists and one solo block.

Starkebaum picked up three kills with three assist blocks. Fiene had three kills, two aces and an assist block. Young had three assist blocks.

Mulholland had 17 set assists and Ortiz 11.

Up-to-date information about MCC volleyball including up-to-date schedule and changes, livestream links for home games, rosters, photos, statistics and more can be found on the MCC Athletics website, www.mccindians.com

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