2017 College of the Canyons Women's Volleyball News
The annual youth camp will operate two sessions running July 24-27 & July 30-Aug. 2 at the COC Valencia campus.
Burns finished her sophomore season with 502 kills through 31 matches, to rank second in the state, while earning conference Player of the Year and All-State team honors.
COC freshman outside hitter Caroline Page earned an all-tournament selection for the Cougars who finished tied for third in state to equal the program’s best finish since 2015.
The Cougars will take the court vs. Feather River at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2 in opening round tournament action, with that game scheduled to be live streamed via SoCalCollegeSports.com.
Head coach Clay Timmons and Cougars adopt more balanced approach leading up to postseason run.
The sophomore outside hitter is the sixth Player of the Year honoree in program history, and first under COC head coach Clay Timmons.
The Cougars will next face Feather River College at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Solano College in Fairfield, Calif.
COC has reached the state tournament twice (2007 and 2015), but a victory over No. 11 El Camino College on Saturday would afford the Cougars an opportunity to build on that legacy of success.
Canyons (23-5, 7-1) was led by Emily Burns who tallied a match-high 24 kills, while Rachel Perez dished out 51 assists.
Canyons has already claimed at least a share of the WSC, South Championship.
COC (19-4, 6-0) led the match in every major statistical category, collecting more kills (42-18), digs (36-30), aces (12-4), and assists (40-14) than the Marauders.
The Cougars had three players record double-digit kill totals, with Emily Burns (26), Shayla Johnson (17) and Caroline Page (16) combining to lead the attack.
COC sophomore Rachel Perez led the Cougars (16-4, 3-0) to another strong performance, posting a .356 hitting percentage and dishing out 32 assists to go along with a match-high five aces.
The Cougars (14-4, 1-0) served up 17 aces in the match. Emily Burns led the offense with 10 kills, while Caroline Page and Shayla Johnson (pictured) chipped in six kills apiece.
The Cougars recorded 13 aces in the match, including three each from Emily Burns, Demi Dawson and Rachel Perez.
Emily Burns led the way for COC with 18 kills while Toni Bido and Colette Reynolds tallied nine apiece.
