Lady Cougars Compete in Five Matches in One Week

The Lady Cougars had five matches this past week.  All five were against East Husker Conference opponents.  Northeast had a regular season match against state rated North Bend Central  on Tuesday.  Thursday and Saturday they competed in the EHC tournament at Stanton.

 

The (21-3) NBC Tigers defeated the Cougars in straight sets.  Kelly Wakeley had a team-high 8 kills and 14 kills.

 

NBC                25        25        25

LDNE              19        20        13

 

K         A         B          D

Madie R           3          1          1          5

Brianne H         4          1          0          9

Tessie C           3          1          2          3

Abby P            0          0          0          7

Victoria            0          0          0          5

Mickayla          5          0          0          1

Kelly W           8          0          0          14

Lexie B            0          0          0          3

Darcey S          1          1          1          8

Set assists:  Darcey 13,   Lexie 9, Kelly 1 Mickayla 1.

 

The 9th seeded Cougars took down the 8th seeded Titans of Twin River in the first round of the EHC.

 

LDNE  `           25        25

Twin River        14        22

 

Madie R           3          1          0          4

Brianne H         4          0          3          7

Tessie C           3          0          3          3

Abby P            1          0          0          4

Victoria M        0          0          0          14

Kelly W           8          0          0          10

Lexie B            0          0          0          7

Darcey S          2          0          1          17

Set Assists:  Darcey 11,  Lexie  7.

 

Stanton defeated the Cougars on the way to winning the EHC title.  The Fillies have a perfect 26-0 record.  It was a tough contest for the Cougars as they had 18 hitting errors and thy ended up with -.095 hitting percentage.

 

LDNE              11        18

Stanton 25        25

 

Madie              1          0          1          3

Brianne 4          0          1          8

Tessie               1          0          0          1

Abby                1          0          0          0

Victoria            0          0          0          5

Kelly                3          0          0          7

Lexie                0          0          0          6

Darcey             2          1          0          7

Set Assists:       Darcey 5, Lexie 5.

 

The medal rounds found the Cougars and  Knights of O-C playing for the third time this season.  The rubber match went to O-C, but just like in their other meeting the scores were close.   The Knights needed a 30-28 extended play win to take the match.

 

LDNE              19        28

O-C                 25        30

 

Madie              3          0          2          4

Brianne 4          0          0          19

Tessie               3          0          0          2

Abby                0          1          0          5

Victoria            0          0          0          8

Kelly                7          0          0          11

Lexie                1          0          0          11

Darcey             1          0          1          17

Set Assists:  Darcey      5,  Lexie 4.

 

The seventh place match paired the Cougars against West Point-Beemer.  The Cadets came out on top, 2-0.  The hitting game was a problem for Northeast as they had only 11 kills against 13 hitting errors.  They hit -.040.

 

WP-B              25        25

LDNE              23        13

 

Madie              1          0          1          5

Brianne 2          1          0          7

Tessie               2          0          2          1

Abby                0          0          0          5

Victoria            0          0          0          5

Kelly                3          1          0          9

Lexie                3          0          0          8

Darcey             0          0          1          12

Set Assists:       Darcey 4,  Lexie 7.

 

Northeast will have their last home match this week.   They take on (6-19) Pender on Tuesday.  Northeast has an 11-17 record.