Varsity volleyball trying to collect victories

by Braily Lee

For the first game of the season the Ladycats took on the Waldron Spartans and were victorious, winning 25-18, 25-18, and 25-12. Junior Katelyn Kipfmiller had a total of 13 kills while junior Sam Nichols had a total of 19 serves for the three games. Junior Nicole Culbert credits teamwork for the victory. “We beat Waldron because we played well together and communicated really well.”

The second game of the season was a sad one for the Ladycats when the Rangers in 3 of 5 games, 28-26 Pittsford, 25-15 Reading, 27-25 Pittsford, 25-16 Reading, and 15-1 Reading defeated them. Junior Brittney Houser had a total of 11 kills, and Kipfmiller had a total of 14 kills and 21serves for the Ladycats. Kipfmiller states that the overall tactics during the game could have been better. “We didn’t play our hardest and we could have had better defense all the way,” said Katelyn.

The third game was against Burr Oak and was the second win for the Ladycats this season, 25-22, 25-14, 23-24, and 25-21. “We played well as a team; we had a bit of a struggle during the third game but we pulled through,” praised sophomore Abbie Brackman.

Hillsdale Academy was the fourth team the Ladycats played this season, but to no avail, as they were defeated in both matches 25-21, 25-15 and 25-20, 25-23. Houser had 11 serves for Pittsford. Nichols says, wake up team! You’ve got to be alive and want this! “We could have, if we would have woke up more, because it was kind of like we were dead, like we didn’t want to play, so I figure if we were wanting to play we could’ve done a lot better. Our passes were off and that made for bad sets by me which made for bad sets for the hitters so overall we didn’t do very well,” explained Sam.

Our Ladycats attended a tournament in Onsted and won 2 out of 4 games. Junior Ashley Buckner thinks the team’s attitude was key to their wins. “We worked as a team and had a high energy level,” said Ashley.The Ladycats traveled to the home of the Tekonsha Indians and returned home victorious. Junior Kayla Clark applauds the team’s communication. “I think we did well on communicating with each other while playing,” said Kayla. This leaves the Ladycats season at 3-2.