The Temple College volleyball team held its last home game of the year on Wednesday evening, as they hosted the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference champion, No. 2 Weatherford College.

The Coyotes set the tone early and surrendered the lead just once as Weatherford swept the Leopards, 3-0.

Scores of the match were 25-9, 25-10, and 25-14.

Weatherford started the first two games with 6-0 leads before Riley Mendiola and Grace Schneider registered kills to end the streaks.

Glorybell Puente, Weronika Urbanksa, and Beline Tibaut established their presence at the net front and made getting early traffic over the trio a challenge.

Kharma Brown had a pair of kills in the first game before the Coyotes ended the set on a 15-5 stretch. Brown and Lana Wright had kills in the middle of the second game before another 15-5 run gave the Coyotes a 2-0 lead in the match.

After Weatherford picked up first point of game three, Brown had a kill that tied the game and the Coyotes committed an attack error to give the Leopards a 2-1 lead.

Weatherford then used a 6-1 run to create separation and 15-9 finish to claim the match.

Puente had ten kills, Thibaut added eight, and Urbanska and Gabriella Maldonado each contributed six. Victoria Sanchez had 19 assists and Ally McCabe added ten. Thibaut led the Coyotes with 19 digs and Kiana Souza added 13.

The Coyotes ran their conference record to 17-0 having won 51 of 52 games played, which includes 49 straight victories. Since their loss to No. 1 Miami Dade College on Sept. 6 in Melbourne, Fla., Weatherford has won 16 straight matches and all 48 games played.

Wright, Brown, and Yasmine Traore each had multiple kills off Karlee Williamson assists. Hanna Ward, Sarah Rodriguez, and Kenedee Pennington were extremely active in the dig department, having to make numerous diving saves.

Temple (9-21 overall, 3-13 NTJCAC) will complete their season Saturday with a road trip to Vernon College. The match is a must-win for Vernon to lock in a playoff berth.

Going into Wednesday, the Chaparrals had a 10-6 record, in a third-place tie with Ranger College and a game ahead of McLennan Community College. Ranger won their match over SWCC to take a half-game over Vernon for third, and MCC outlasted second-place Hill, 3-2, to pull to within a half-game of Vernon for final playoff spot. As of publication, the Vernon-Collin result had not been published.