Lady Cougars End Season Victorious

By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Lady Cougars ended their regular season with a pair of East Husker Conference wins.  In the home finally they bested Pender 3-1 on October 21.  This past Monday, they beat Tekamah-Herman in another 3-1 match.  The wins pull the girls’ record to 13-17.
They finished with a 5-7 mark in EHC games.  The Cougars posted a 9-12 mark in all matches against EHC opponents.

 

The girls will be the number two seed in the sub districts next week at Randolph.  They will play the winner of the Bancroft-Rosalie/Winside contest in the  8:00 P.M. game on November 3.  If they win they will face the winner of number one seed Wynot and bottom seed Wausa the next night.

 

The season should  have prepared the girls for the tournament .They have faced only two D-2 schools this season.  Of their thirty games they have been playing larger schools the twenty-eight of the matches.  The Cougars have had eight matches with D-1 school and ten with both C-1 and C-2 division teams.

 

The Cougars cranked out 15 Ace serves against Pender.    Lexie Bacon led the way with four and Tessie Collins had three.

 

Northeast also got a strong attack from Brianne Haskell and Kelly Wakeley.  Wakeley had a team-high 16 kills.  Haskell finished in double figures with 11.

 

The (7-20) Pendragons  came back after dropping the first game 25-18 to claim a 25-23 win.  The Cougars shut the door on their win hope with decisive 25-15 and 25-17 wins in games three and four.

 

Pender             18        25        15        17

LDNE              25        23        25        25

 

K         A         B          D

Madie              6          1          2          12

Brianne 11        2          0          21

Tessie               5          3          1          4

Abby                0          1          0          10

Victoria            0          0          0          9

Mickayla          2          0          0          3

Sophia              1          0          0          0

Kelly                16        2          0          12

Lexie                1          4          0          13

Darcey             5          2          2          25

Set Assists:  Darcey 11  Lexie 13,  Mickayla 4.

 

Both teams had identical 12-17 records in the season finale.  The Cougars had defeated the Tigers 2-0 at their tournament earlier in the season.

 

The Cougars got off to a fast start and took game one 25-21.  In the second game they took over after the team were tied at twelve. Northeast went on to a 25-22 victory.  Northeast looked like they would sweep the Tiger in game three.  After tailing by as much as four point they rallied to a 20-16 lead.   After a time out the Tiger ran off eight straight points before LDNE broke service.  Northeast battled hard, but lost 25-23.  The Cougars finished off the Tigers with a 25-20 win.

 

Unofficial stats show Mickayla with 11 kills,  Brianne with 10 kills and 2 aces, Kelly had 9 kills, Darcey had 8 kills and 1 ace,  Madie had 4 kills,  and Lexie had 2 kills and 3 aces.

 

After the tough contest Coach Hathaway said, “It was a team effort to get the win.  We have a lot of girls playing together.  They do what ever they have to do .”