The Barton Community College volleyball team held off Seward County Community College on Sunday to capture the Region VI Division I Volleyball Championship held at Newman University in Wichita.  After defeating Seward on Saturday in relative easy fashion, Barton was forced to a second championship match following the Lady Saints’ come-from-behind five-set win in the first championship match.   In the winner-take-all second championship match, the Lady Cougars were pushed to four sets but captured their second straight Region VI title and earned their second straight trip to the NJCAA Division I Volleyball National Tournament. 

Barton (29-12) will spend the next ten days in preparation for their twenty-first appearance at the national tournament to be held November 18-20 in West Plains, Missouri. Barton won the National Championship in 2003.  Tournament pairings will be released at a later date.

Released:  November 7, 2011

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