Volleyball team has rough preseason start

The Outlaws fell 21-25, 15-15, 25-22, and 26-28 in a tough match at Caldera on Tuesday, September 3. A day later they hosted 3A Burns and 2A Trinity Lutheran. Sisters fell in three straight sets 20-25, 11-25, and 17-25. They managed to squeak out a five game win against Trinity with scores of 25-20,17-25, 25-29, 20-25, and 15-13.

Sisters started off slow and timid in Tuesday’s game against Caldera. In the second set Caldera had a couple of good serving runs and offensively were hard to stop. In the third and fourth sets the Lady Outlaws got into more of a rhythm, and despite the loss showed some gritty defense and battled to the end. 

Kathryn Scholl recorded 14 kills and four blocks, and Ali Gibney added six kills and three aces. Haven Heuberger finished with six kills and one block. Holly Davis dished out 31 assists and served up two aces. Jordyn Monaghan tallied 17 digs and three aces. Both Monaghan and Gibney had a couple of good serving runs where they scored several points in a row.

On Thursday, the Outlaws couldn’t keep pace with the Highlanders from Burns. They struggled with serve receive, committed unforced errors, and missed a lot of tipped balls. Sisters also had a hard time stopping Burns’ two big hitters. Monaghan and Davis did have a couple of nice serving runs in the match. 

Scholl finished with seven kills, and Heuberger and Gibney added three kills each. Davis recorded 16 assists.

Sisters did a better job against Trinity. In the first set Scholl scored three of the first four points and the team finished the set with strong defense with multiple digs from Monaghan and a big block from Audrey Sybesma.

In both the second and fourth sets the Outlaws struggled with numerous hitting errors and gave up a couple of big runs. 

In the Outlaw’s winning third set they were able to find a bit of rhythm offensively and at the service line. Lindsay and Scholl helped close out the set with kills, and Monaghan added a nice three point service run, including an ace to close out the set.

Trinity’s win in the fourth set forced a fifth, where Sisters came out on top and earned 13 of their 15 points off kills, aces, and a block. 

Davis finished the match with 43 assists and six aces. Scholl tallied 22 kills, five aces and three blocks, Heuberger recorded eight kills, and Lindsay had five kills. Sybesma finished with four kills and three blocks.

Coach Josh Kreunen told The Nugget that Davis did a great job in making good choices in running the offense, getting the ball to the hot hitters, and remaining a constant threat from the service line.