{"id":31401,"date":"2026-10-16T23:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/?p=31401"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T06:24:24","slug":"volleyball-escapes-with-five-set-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/2026\/10\/16\/volleyball-escapes-with-five-set-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball Escapes With Five Set Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4774-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"volleyball player\" class=\"wp-image-31245 img-fluid \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4774-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4774-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4774-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4774-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2026\/08\/DSC_4774-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BC Athletics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellevue College volleyball survived their second five set thriller in three days as the Bulldogs won 3-2 at Skagit Valley. After winning set one 25-19, in a set that featured 18 errors between the two teams, Bellevue lost two close sets 25-23 and 26-24 before winning set four 25-21 and 15-12 in set five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ava Nowak, who led BC with a double-double of 23 kills and 26 digs, had the final point in set one. The &#8216;dogs led the majority of the way in set two up to 23-20 off a Nowak kill, but the Cardinals reeled off five straight points to momentarily stun the Bulldogs. The momentum loss carried into the third set as Bellevue found themselves down for the entire set until three consecutive errors by Skagit Valley propelled BC into the lead at 21-20. But the &#8216;dogs couldn&#8217;t hold on as the Cardinals were able to take back the lead and set three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In set four, with the score tied at 14, Bellevue went on a 5-0 run with the aid of three Skagit Valley errors to go up 19-14. Bellevue&#8217;s serve receive struggled late as the Cardinals strung off three straight aces from the serve line before Ja&#8217;elle Jenkins was able to generate the side out, giving Bellevue serve for the deciding point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jenkins again came up big in set five with two straight kills, breaking a close deciding set at 12-11 to get Bellevue to match point when Maile Kuamo&#8217;o delivered for a 14-11 lead. Nowak sealed the win off an assist from Kuamo&#8217;o, who had a match-high 29 on the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellevue is now tied with Edmonds at 6-1 in North Region play and 20-5 overall. They travel to Bremerton net Wed. Oct. 21 for a 7 p.m. first serve vs. Olympic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BC Athletics Bellevue College volleyball survived their second five set thriller in three days as the Bulldogs won 3-2 at Skagit Valley. After winning set one 25-19, in a set that featured 18 errors between the two teams, Bellevue lost two close sets 25-23 and 26-24 before winning set four 25-21 and 15-12 in set <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/2026\/10\/16\/volleyball-escapes-with-five-set-win\/\">...more about Volleyball Escapes With Five Set Win<\/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":[32,6,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-volleyball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31401","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=31401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31402,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31401\/revisions\/31402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}