HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Navarro Junior College out of Corsicana, Texas came to Kansas as the #1 seed in the 2019 D1 National Volleyball Tournament as well as being Ranked #1 in the nation and proved it winning over the Kansas representative in the Tournament, the #3 seeded Seward County Saints in 5 sets 32-30, 25-19, 20-25, 27-25 and 19-17 in a nail biter late Saturday night at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.
Navarro finishes the season 31-0 and is the 1st team from Texas since Blinn College won it in 2014 and the Championship game was the first 5 set win since 2015,
Emily Witt was outstanding with 61 assists and Jordan Russell cranked out 27 kills for the Bulldogs who looked like they had it wrapped up in the 4th set before Seward came back to tie it at 2-2 with a 27-25 gut check moment by the Saints. Seward County’s Yanlix Feliz had 34 kills to lead the match in that category.
Coach Andy Cavins on what the National Title means to him:
Cavins won a NAIA National Championship in 2017 at Linsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky. Cavins replaces NJCAA Hall of Fame coach Ronda Shirley, who left Navarro in January after two seasons to become the head coach at NCAA Division I USC-Upstate in Spartanburg, SC. Shirley is a former head coach for Hutchinson Community College before she left for Tyler, Texas and then Navarro. Shirley was in attendance recruiting for USC-Upstate and watched nervously from the yellow seats high up in the Sports Arena proudly watching her former team win a National Championship
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