The girls finished in 6th place with 26 points. The invitational leaders included Ellinwood, 58,, followed by Smoky Valley, 50, and Claflin, 47.
Winning consolation [5th place] medals, the #1 doubles team, Amelia Fabrizius and Leah Flax, won over Hutch-Trinity and Concordia, but fell to Lyons, to end the day with a 2-1 record.
Also finishing in 5th place, Emily W., #2 singles player, lost her first match to Smokey Valley but came back and beat Ellsworth and Claflin. She ended the day with a winning record of 2-1.
Ending the day with a 1-2 record, Jackie Albin lost to Hutch-Trinity and Smokey Valley. She ended the day with 7th place after an automatic win over Ellsworth due to default injury. Also, the #2 doubles team, Tia Brunswig and Beth Halfliger, won their first match over Hutch-Trinity but then fell to Ellinwood and Claflin to finish in 4th place with a 1-2 record.
“I am certainly not pleased with the 6th place finish because I know we can play better at the #1 spots. However, I am very encouraged by the lessons the girls learned and experience they received. They are all still great players. They just didn’t get started off the way I or they would have liked,” said Coach Sheryl Hillman.
Lady Eagle volleyball opened the season at home on August 31 with a 1-1 performance.
Atwood fell to the Lady Eagles in the three-game matchup, but Trego lost to Quinter in two games.
Atwood edged out the Eagles, 25-21, in the first game; however, the home team squeaked out the next game, 25-23, to move to a tie-breaker game. Trego easily handed Atwood a 25-14 defeat in the match decider.
Against Atwood, Haley Dietz led the team with 5 attacks, while Lexi Riedel and Shelby Zahn tied with 2 blocks. Kaylee Smith led with 14 digs.
Although Trego fell to Quinter, the Lady Eagles put up a fight, as the adversaries walked away with very close 22-25 and 23-25 wins.
Riedel’s and Stephanie Griffith’s attacks, 16 each; Kayla Heronemus’ 10 completed serves; Riedel’s and Griffith’s blocks and digs, 2 and 15, respectively, helped the Lady Eagles keep the scoring gap small.
Overall, the Lady Eagles' record stands at 1-1 going into their next event, to be held event at Hill City on September 7 against the Ringnecks and Logan.