{"id":31234,"date":"2026-08-22T21:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/?p=31234"},"modified":"2026-08-22T21:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:42:59","slug":"volleyball-splits-to-open-26-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/2026\/08\/22\/volleyball-splits-to-open-26-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball Splits To Open &#8217;26 Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4243-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"vb player\" class=\"wp-image-31237 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4243-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4243-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4243-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4243-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4243-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ava Nowak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellevue College volleyball opened the 2026 season going 2-2 in the North Region Invite. On Fri. Aug. 21 the &#8216;dogs fell to Yakima Valley 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-20) before topping another East Region foe, Columbia Basin 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-15). In the opener against Yakima  Valley, sophomore setter Lucci Unga had 13 assists while Cadence Lyon had nine kills. Bellevue&#8217;s sophomore setter combo of Unga and Maile Kuamo&#8217;o helped the &#8216;dogs&#8217; offense with 11 and 13 assists respectively in the win over the Hawks. Lyon hit. .316 with seven kills while Tessa Mossburg had 10 digs and three service aces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellevue lost to perennial powerhouse Linn-Benton from Oregon in straight sets 25-23, 25-19, 25-21 in their opening match on Sat. Aug. 22. The Roadrunners hit .600 in set two to keep the momentum their way. Ava Nowak had 12 kills to lead BC&#8217;s offense off 17 assists from Kuamo&#8217;o. Bellevue topped Clark in straight sets to win the tourney finale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bulldogs, coming off a runner-up finish at the 2025 NWAC Championships, are ranked #1 to open up the season in the NWAC Coaches&#8217; Poll. They host South Puget Sound this Tues. Aug. 25 at 7 PM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ava Nowak Bellevue College volleyball opened the 2026 season going 2-2 in the North Region Invite. On Fri. Aug. 21 the 'dogs fell to Yakima Valley 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-20) before topping another East Region foe, Columbia Basin 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-15). In the opener against Yakima Valley, sophomore setter Lucci Unga had 13 assists <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/2026\/08\/22\/volleyball-splits-to-open-26-campaign\/\">...more about Volleyball Splits To Open &#8217;26 Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[32,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-volleyball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31240,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31234\/revisions\/31240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}