Lady Warriors take third at Olpe
Staff writer
Peabody-Burns High School Lady Warrior volleyball team finished a full homecoming week with a trip to Saturday for the Olpe tournament.
The team was third behind first-place finisher Central Christian and Olpe.
In the first match of the day against Marais des Cynes Valley, Jessica Gillet served the Lady Warriors to a 14-8 lead.
MDCV came back to take the lead and PBHS lost game one, 25-22.
Gillet again served to a five-point lead at 19-14, and PBHS held off a late run en route to a 25-23 victory.
Julie Wedel stepped up to serve in game three to take a four-point lead at 11-7.
Becki Morris and Danielle Savage combined to lead the front-row attack with nine kills.
Gillet had seven aces to ice the game and the match, 25-16.
Central Christian outscored the Lady Warriors early in both game of the second match, winning 25-11 and 25-16.
The Lady Warriors downed Northern Heights in game one of the third match, 25-21.
Gillet aided the cause by serving seven straight points.
Game two went to Northern Heights, 25-16.
Game three was a Lady Warrior victory, 25-15.
Bayleigh Clark had 19 assists in the match and helped the Lady Warrior hitters to the match victory.
Goessel won the first game of the fourth match, putting PBHS in a hole.
Morris took control at the service line in game two and served nine points.
The second game went to PBHS by a score of 25-16.
A tie at 15 made for a close third game, but Clark then served to a 23-17 lead.
PBHS held on to win 25-20.
Morris and Savage each had nine kills.
Game one against Olpe in the final match of the day went to the Lady Warriors, 25-20.
Game two was a 25-4 domination by Olpe, and despite Savage and Gillet combining for 13 kills in game three, PBHS fell 25-22.
individual statistics
Julie Wedel - 19 kills, one ace, 18 digs
Becki Morris - 34 kills, 10 aces, 47 digs
Tabitha O'Neal - nine kills, three aces, 20 digs
Jessica Gillet - 23 kills, eight aces, 20 digs
Danielle Savage - 30 kills, five aces, 17 digs, four blocks
Bayleigh Clark - one kill, 67 assists, five aces, 44 digs
Kate Preheim - 33 digs
Felecia Pohlman - one ace, 18 digs