Morton College's volleyball team certainly enjoyed Tuesday's Sophomore Night festivities on October 21st, but the Panthers were all business when they took court in sweeping Malcolm X and Kennedy-King by 3-0 counts.

The Panthers hit a sizzling .500 in both matches and rang up a season-best 27 aces on Kennedy-King.

Big weekend
Morton College can make a big statement in the Region 4 standings when the Panthers head north to Wisconsin Saturday, October 25th for the Stormer Invitational. The 23-4 Panthers open against host Milwaukee Area Technical (26-10) at 10 a.m. before taking on Harper (30-10) at noon.

No Malcolm in the middle
The Panthers went four games in the first meeting at Malcolm X a month ago, but hit a season-best .547 in rolling to the 3-0 win by a count of 25-8, 25-4, 25-9.

Leading the way were:
Nina Jasiecka - 14 kills and .636 hitting percentage.
Sophia Swiderski - 6 kills, 10 digs and 4 service aces.
Ava Miller – 5 kills.
Diana Stetsko – 4 kills and 6 service aces.
Journee Fulton, Beatriz Coca and Neda Stojanovic – 3 kills.
Marija Radovic – 18 assists and 9 digs.
Ryanne Janicek – 10 assists.
Ella Rubino – 4 service aces.
Valencia Carrera – 2 service aces.

Dealing aces
Abby Monahan rang up 10 of Morton College's 27 service aces in the 3-0 (25-5, 25-8, 25-3) win over Kennedy-King. Rubino, Fulton and Swiderski all had 4 aces.

Sizzling Swiderski
Swiderski hit .750 with 13 kills, her 17th double-figure match in kills this season, in the Kennedy-King win. She needs just 18 kills to reach 300 on the season. The freshman also had 8 digs to bring her team-leading total to 328.

The 600 Club
Radovic needs just 32 more assists to become the third Panther to reach the 600 mark for a third straight season. Julixa Cintron (628 in 2024) and Elizabeth Southard (607 in 2023) did it the previous two years.

Other standouts vs. Kennedy-King
Stojanovic – 7 kills and .875 hitting percentage.
Fulton – 6 kills and .556 hitting percentage.
Coca and Miller – 4 kills apiece.
Radovic – 15 assists
Rubino – 7 assists.
Janicek – 6 assists.
Carrera – 6 digs.

Strong finish
The Morton College men's soccer team closed the regular season by defeating Malcolm X 3-2 Wednesday at home. It was the Panthers' fifth straight win and 10th in their last 12 matches.

Morton College (12-7-1) shot out to a 3-0 lead on goals by Mario Feliu, Winner Muya and Omar Garcia. Feliu also had an assist as did Luis Medina and Diego Lopez.

Shades of 2022
Morton College also improved to 10-2 at home. The last time the Panthers won 10 or more home matches in a season took place during the 2022 national runner-up season.

No more City Slickers
Malcolm X is among the latest City College of Chicago program to give the Panthers a challenge this season. Morton College won the last three meetings by an 18-2 count and last played the Hawks to a one-goal contest in 2019.

The Panthers handed Truman (14-1-1) its only setback this season. Morton College won the past three matches by a 19-1 count and only allowed Truman to find the back of the net just once in the last six contests.

Daley, which beat the Panthers 4-2 in August, had been outscored 67-0 in the last 10 contests with Morton College.

A dozen does it
The Morton College women's soccer team posted a program-best 12th win in taking of Lake County 3-1 at home October 22nd. In addition, it was the Panthers' seventh straight win and first victory over the Lancers since 2022.

The win moved Morton College to 12-5-2 overall. Morton College's previous high for wins was 11 in 2019.