Lady Cougars Compete in Two Triangulars

By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Week five of the volleyball season was very busy as the Cougars had two triangulars meets during the week and an eight team tournament on Saturday at Clarkson. In all, LDNE played seven matches. The Ladies produced three wins while dropping four matches. Their season record is 8-13.

Tuesday’s matches were at Wisner. Lyons-Decatur took on two state rated teams, (16-3) Wisner-Pilger from C-1 and (10-7) Howells-Dodge from D-1. The Gators and Jaguars won in two sets.

The Cougars gave the Gators a game early in both matches. They were tied at nine in both, but the hosts pulled away for wins. They took a 25-13 win in game one. In the second set after a nine all tie the Gators pulled away for four point lead. Northeast back to a 20-18 score before falling 25-19.

Howells-Dodge took their match by scores of 25-17 and 25-13. Northeast was out hit by the Lady Jags 27 to 13. Madie Ronnfeldt toped the Cougars with 4 kills.

On Thursday, the Cougars breezed through Boys Town with 25-12 and 25-10 wins. Brianne Haskell topped with 7 kills; Darcey Simonsen had 4 ace serves, and Tessie Collins had 4 blocks.

Northeast took on another state-rated team in the second match. They gave (16-2) Cedar Bluffs a scare as the match went three sets. The Wildcats opened with a 25-22 win. The Cougars countered with a 25-17 win. The third set went to the Cedar Bluffs. 25-17. Kelly Wakeley topped LDNE with 9 kills and 2 aces serves. Madie Ronnfeldt had a team-high 4 blocks.

At the eight team Clarkson meet, the Cougars were bracketed with Pender in match one. The (5-13) Dragons took as 25-22 wins before Northeast closed out the match with 25-21 and 25-16 games. Topping the team was Brianne Haskell with 10 kills, Kelly Wakeley with 5 aces, and Tessie Collin with 3 blocks.

The winner’s bracket meant a second meeting with Howells-Dodge. The Jags found a tough opponent this time. They had two close matches with 25-19 and 25-21 wins. This time Northeast held them to a 24 to 17 advantage in kills. Kelly Wakeley had 6 kills.

The third place match was a rematch with(11-9) Oakland-Craig who narrowly beat LDNE earlier in the season in three games. Once again the teams proved to be equally matches as two points provided the victory margin in all three games. This time the Cougars came out on top as they got a 25-23 win in game three. The defense was able to stall the Knights as Brianne Haskell had 31 digs, Darcey Simonsen had 19, and Lexie Bacon and Kelly Wakeley added 14.

LDNE 13 19
W-P 25 25

K A B D
Madie R 2 0 0 4
Brianne H 5 0 0 19
Tessie C 1 0 1 1
Abby P 0 0 0 3
Victoria M 0 0 0 2
Mickayla P 0 0 1 0
Kelly W 4 0 0 11
Lexie B 0 0 0 1
Darcey S 1 0 0 3
Set assists: Darcey 4, Lexie 1, Kelly 2, Madie 1, Brianne 1, Mickayla 1.

LDNE 17 13
H-D 25 25

Madie R 4 1 0 0
Brianne H 3 0 1 11
Tessie C 1 0 1 0
Abby P 0 0 0 6
Victoria M 0 0 0 3
Mickayla P 1 0 1 3
Kelly W 2 0 0 8
Lexie B 0 3 0 8
Darcey S 2 0 0 8
Set assists: Darcey 6, Lexie 2, Brianne 1.

LDNE 25 25
Boys Town 12 10

Madie 3 0 0 1
Brianne 7 0 1 9
Tessie 2 2 4 2
Abby 0 0 0 1
Victoria 0 0 0 1
Mickayla 4 0 2 0
Sophia H 1 0 0 0
Kelly 0 7 0 4
Destanie F 0 0 0 0
Lexie 1 2 0 2
Darcey 1 4 3 2
Set Assists: Darcey 14, Lexie 4.

LDNE 22 25 17
Cedar B 25 17 25

Madie 3 0 4 5
Brianne 7 0 0 11
Tessie 2 1 1 6
Abby 0 0 0 6
Victoria 0 0 0 8
Mickayla 2 0 0 1
Kelly 9 2 2 8
Lexie 0 1 0 15
Darcey 3 1 2 15
Set Assists: Darcey 9, Lexie 7, Mickayla 2 Brianne 1.

LDNE 22 25 25
Pender 25 21 16

Madie 6 1 0 2
Brianne 10 1 1 7
Tessie 1 0 3 3
Abby 0 0 0 5
Victoria 0 0 0 1
Mickayla 3 0 2 5
Kelly 6 5 0 12
Lexie 0 3 0 8
Darcey 3 1 1 18
Set Assists: Darcey 14, Lexie 8, Mickayla 1.

LDNE 19 21
H-D 25 25

Madie 1 0 1 6
Brianne 2 1 0 11
Tessie 1 0 1 6
Abby 0 0 0 7
Victoria 0 0 0 6
Mickayla 3 0 1 6
Kelly 6 0 1 7
Lexie 0 0 0 1
Darcey 4 0 0 11
Set Assists: Darcey 9, Lexie 7, Mickayla 1.

LDNE 25 25 25
O-C 27 25 23

Madie 5 0 0 1
Brianne 11 1 0 31
Tessie 7 1 2 7
Abby 0 0 0 10
Victoria 0 0 0 5
Mickayla 5 0 4 4
Kelly 7 0 0 14
Lexie 0 0 0 14
Darcey 6 0 1 19
Set Assists: Darcey 15, Lexie 11, Mickayla 1 Brianne 1, Madie 1.