By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor
Lady Cougar volleyball made a clean sweep for the week with two EHC wins. They had straight set wins over both (2-20) Logan View and ( 10-12) Bancroft-Rosalie.
LDNE will take an 11-13 record against (16-3) NBC in the last home match of the season on Tuesday. Their number ten seed in the EHC tournament will put them up against (10-9) West Point-Beemer in the first round on Thursday in North Bend. A win over West Point-Beemer would probably mean a rematch against Tuesday’s foe, North Bend Central
The Cougars blew through Logan View with 25-6, 25-18, and 25-12 wins. The team pounded out 30 kills with a .231 hitting average. They had 8 ace serves.
Against Bancroft-Rosalie, found themselves trailing 7-2 in set one after the Lady Panthers came out with a flurry of kills and three ace blocks by Tess Nottleman. After a time out the Cougars got a kill by Tessie Collins and after the side out Sophia Henneman served up a pair of aces to narrow the gap to one point. Northeast went onto to a 25-19 win.
“To be completely honest, our girls were overly excited to play B-R. We were hitting the ball right into the block and making some silly errors. So in the time out, we talked about playing our game and to stop making B-R’s middle look really good. We had to not just avoid the block but also use the block for our benefit,” said Coach Hathaway. “The girls adjusted well and came out firing for the rest of the game!”
Northeast never trailed in the second game. Lexie Bacon started off the set with an ace serve and finished off the Panthers with another. Brianne Haskell had five of her game-high 14 kills and Kelly Wakeley added three.
Ace serves book ended the 25-15 win in game three. On the Cougars’ first service Brianne Haskell opened with an ace and Kelly Wakeley closed out the match with another.
Sophia Henneman led a Cougar serving attack that had 11 ace serves. The sophomore had 5. The Coach commented, “Sophia is a very aggressive server. We have seen it all season, but during the B-R game she was able to eliminate some of the errors she has made in the past to keep the run going.” Lexie Bacon and Madie Ronnfeldt added two aces each.
Brianne Haskell tied a season-high with 14 kills in the match. Her kills at the end of the second set stopped a B-R rally after they had closed to within three points. “Brianne has always been a consistent player,” said Coach Hathaway. “She was able to attack the ball aggressively throughout the entire game. She showed great leadership on the court and is a player that we can always rely on. ”
The Coach reflected the EHC Tournament and said, “We are looking forward to our rematch against WP-B. We saw them first game out for the season and it was a close match up. It will be a great game. ”
Logan View 6 18 12
LDNE 25 25 25
Abby Peterson 14 digs
Brandi Simonsen 1 dig
Brianne Haskell 1 aces 6 kills 14 digs
Kelly Wakeley 3 aces 8 kills 1 block 7 digs
Lexie Bacon 2 aces 2 kills 17 set assists 9 digs
Libby Henneman 1 set assist
Madie Ronnfeldt 6 kills 3 digs
Mickayla Petersen 4 kills 5 set assists 8 digs
Sophia Henneman 2 aces 2 digs
Tessie Collins 3 kills 1 block 1 dig
B-R 19 19 15
LDNE 25 25 25
Abby Peterson 23 digs
Brianne Haskell 14 kills 2 set assists 10 digs
Kelly Wakeley 1 ace 6 kills 12 digs
Lexie Bacon 2 aces 2 kills 16 set assists 7 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt 2 aces 5 kills 1 block 3 digs
Mickayla Petersen 4 kills 9 set assists 9 digs
Sophia Henneman 5 aces 3 digs
Tessie Collins 1 ace 5 kills 1 block
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