Garden City takes down Northeast Nebraska in five

McCook, NEB-The Broncbusters kept it rolling on Friday.  

Fiona Arnold posted 17 kills, Tola Maczka tallied 26 assists, and Garden City outlasted Northeast Nebraska in five sets 20-25, 25-11, 25-20, 15-25, 15-6 in the first day of the McCook Tournament. The Broncbusters improved to 10-2 overall and 1-0 in conference play.  

After dropping the opening set, Garden City sprinted out to an 11-4 advantage in the second. They built that lead to as many as 12 before Ozge Yavuz's spike down the middle evented the match, 1-1.  

The two teams traded haymakers in the third, with Northeast quickly erasing an 18-14 Broncbuster advantage. But Garden City quickly answered, and Kate Perryman's powerful kill gave Garden City the set.  

After Northeast rebounded to take the fourth, the Broncbusters put it away in the fifth, scoring seven of the first eight points.  

Apolline Lepuissant had 10 kills and 16 digs, and Perryman totaled eight kills in her return to the floor.