STERLING, Colo. — The NJCAA No. 2-rated Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team capped its regular season Wednesday with an impressive 3-0 sweep (25-15, 25-20, 25-21) over Northeastern Junior College.

WNCC coach Giovana Melo, whose team won for the 34th time this season, said the Cougars played well overall but still have lots of room to improve before the regional tournament kicks off Nov. 1 in McCook.

“I think we are getting better, but we are still making some unforced errors that we should not be making,” Melo said. “We need to focus on getting a little bit better for regionals.”

Melo is satisfied with where the Cougars are at right now, and especially pleased to see her players buying into her system.

“We have done pretty good with the group that we have,” she said. “I thought we were pretty young, and I thought it would be hard [for the players] to make changes and adjust to them. It’s a different system, but I thought we did a pretty good job of getting into that system.”

The Cougars enjoyed a balanced attack against NJC. Danika Youngblood finished with nine kills and seven kills, and Kat Agson had nine kills and two blocks.

Priscila Mendes finished with seven kills and 11 digs; Yoro Tovar had five kills and two aces; Allora Tanner had four kills; and Megan Johnson and Taylor VanderWerff each had two kills.