Lady Cougars lose a tough one to West Point-Beemer

The Lady Cougars dropped a three set match two West Point-Beemer as they opened the season with a home contest against the Cadettes.  The Pointers won 25-17 and 25-18 in the  first two sets.  LDNE took any early lead in set three and fought off WP-B as they made a come back, but the visitors rallied with the last six points for a 25-23 win.

“We definitely played our best in the third set,” said Coach Cronin.  “We had some long rallies that went against us, but the girls really made some great efforts to keep the ball alive.  Our passing really let us down.  We need to execute with a decent pass so that we can attack and get the kill.”

WP-B opened with an 8-2 lead in game one, but a substitution problem with the libero serving nullified her four service points.  With the score reset at 4-3 the Cougars and Cadets battled in a close contest.  LDNE trailed 11-12 before WP-B ran off five points during their turn while Northeast suffered a service error after a side out.  The match ended with WP-B out scoring Northeast 8 to 4.

WP-B got off to a good start in set two with a 6-1 lead.  The lead stayed at five until the Cadet’s Weddle served four points (including two aces) to make it 19-11.  The Cougars added seven points, but the Cadets came up with six kills to get the win.

Maddie Ronnfeldt got Northeast off to a great start as she served up he first three points of the third set.   Brianne Haskell had five of her team-high ten kills  to propel the team to an 8-3 lead. The Cadets rallied to tied the score at 11, but Northeast regained the lead on Vanessa Peterson’s service.  After nine side outs the score stood at 21-19.  Darcy Simonsen put up two service points.  After a Haskell kill LDNE was on top 23-19.  Following a side out WP-B scored five straight top win.

WP-B              25        25        25

LDNE              16        18        23

L-D      (ACEs,  KILLs, BLOCKs, DIGs)  Ronnfeldt 0  2  0  12; Peterson  1  2  3  5;  Wakeley  0  2  0  1;  Christiansen  0  1  2  4;  Bacon  0  2  1  0;  Simonsen  0  1  2  3;  Haskell  5 10  0  15;  Alford  0  0  0  11.  Set Assists:  Simonsen  17