Varsity Volleyball Update

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.

The game against Camden-Frontier was a sad one for the Ladycats, as they lost both games of a double-header. Communication seems to be one of our weak points this season. “We could have communicated a lot better than we did, and we didn’t pass very well so we couldn’t attack to see if they could dig it up,” said Culbert.

The Ladycats returned home victorious from the game against Waldron. Overall it seemed like an up-and-up night for the Pittsford team. “We played really well, we communicated well with each other, we were on with our passing and we were on with our hitting, too, so that played a big part in our winning last night,” explained Clark.It was a sad night for the Ladycats when they lost all three games on home turf to the Bellevue Broncos. It seems like the competition was a bit intimidating, which left us with off passes and low attack and hit counts. “We didn’t get as many attacks as I thought we could get. I know they had really hard serves, so when they served and we did serve-receive they would bounce right off our arms and shank and go flying away, so probably like right down to the basics our passing was kinda off so we couldn’t get any hits,” commented Brackman.