Wildcat, SCC volleyball squads compete

Sports

October 9, 2012 - 12:00 AM

UNIONTOWN — Marmaton Valley High’s volleyball squad went 3-2 on the day Saturday at a tournament hosted by Uniontown.
The Wildcats thumped Pleasanton in the opener, 25-12, 25-14, lost to their hosts from Uniontown 25-12, 25-16 and downed Olathe Metro 25-17, 26-24.
A pair of nail-biters capped the day for Marmaton Valley.
The Wildcats won in three sets against Riverton 21-25, 25-18 and 25-23, then lost a heart-breaker to Yates Center 25-23, 12-25, 27-25.
Meanwhile, Southern Coffey County went 2-2 on the day. The Lady Titans lost to Yates Center 25-18, 26-24, defeated Crest 25-8, 25-11; lost to Frontenac 25-23, 25-11; and ended the day by downing Northeast High of Arma 25-15, 25-18.
A number of familiar faces led the Wildcat offense.
Kaitlin Ensminger scored a team-high eight points against the Blu-Jays, followed by Kacie Shadden with seven points and four kills, Emily Boyd with seven points, Emily Meiwes with three blocks and four kills and Kailey Boyd with five kills.
In the loss to Uniontown, Kailey Boyd and Meiwes registered eight and five kills, respectively.
Kaysha Elmenhorst was tops against Olathe Metro with nine points. Kailey Boyd followed with six points and eight kills.
Kailey Boyd and Elmenhorst shared high-scoring honors in the win over Riverton with nine points each. Kailey Boyd also had nine kills. Ensminger delivered six kills.
Elmenhorst and Emily Boyd both registered eight points in the Yates Center loss. Kailey Boyd and Ensminger had 12 and five kills, respectively.

“WE HAD A slow start against Yates Center in the first match,” Southern Coffey County head coach Jeff True said, “but after that we settled in and played much better the rest of the day. Carley Nelson stepped into the starting setter position and did a nice job for us all day long.”
Sarah Webb had 39 kills to lead the Lady Titans .Breanna Isch had 12 blocks. Carley Nelson had 25 set assists.
“Our serve percentage (95 percent) was good,” True said.

Related
October 5, 2021
September 8, 2021
September 1, 2021
October 7, 2020