The opening day of the Southwest Conference volleyball tournament took place Monday at Cozad. Broken Bow faced Gothenburg in the opening round. Gothenburg edged Broken Bow in two tight sets 25-23, 25-21 to advance to the semifinals. Broken Bow would face Cozad in the consolation bracket. Cozad fell to Minden in the opening round 2-1. Cozad took the opening set against the Lady Indians 25-22 and then pulled away in the second set winning 25-7 to secure the straight set win. Cozad advanced to the fifth place match where they will face McCook who lost to Holdrege 2-1 in the opening round. Top seed Ogallala will face Gothenburg for the SWC tournament championship on Tuesday. In the semifinals, Ogallala defeated Holdrege in straight sets and Gothenburg defeated Minden 3-2 (16-25,25-14, 25-17, 24-26, 15-12). Holdrege will face Minden in the 3rd place consolation match.
In other area volleyball action on Tuesday (10/20), Twin Loup will host SEM and Arcadia/Loup City for a triangular in Sargent. Matches will be broadcast on KBBN 95.3 FM and kbbn.com. A live video stream of the matches, accompanied by the radio call, will be available through the Sandhills Express Facebook page and Sandhills Express You Tube Channel. The opening match is scheduled for 5 p.m.
Other area volleyball matches scheduled for Tuesday include:
Anselmo-Merna triangular with Burwell and Sandhills/Thedford
Mullen at Cody-Kilgore triangular with Cody-Kilgore and Valentine
Sandhills Valley and South Loup at Arthur County triangular
