MHS - Volleyball / September 5, 2022 By Kasey McDowell
The Varsity and JV volleyball teams traveled to Augusta last Tuesday, August 30th for a triangular with the Orioles and the Circle Thunderbirds. The varsity squad had a competitive match against Augusta, but fell 1-2 (25-23, 16-25, 22-25) and were able to take game 1 of the match against Circle, but fell 1-2 (25-23, 12-25, 8-25) against the Thunderbirds. "We are right there," said Coach Matt Schmidt. "We are so close to putting it all together and I was very proud of how the girls played tonight."
Senior Emily Schmidt led the team on the evening in kills with 13 and also had 3 aces. Senior Karlie Kanaga had a great evening with 28 digs in the libero position. Senior Avery Clasen led the team in blocks on the evening with 6. Junior Ashlyn Alumbagh had a solid evening with 15 assists and 11 digs. Freshman Charli Richardson led the team in assists with 19.
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The JV girls and new JV coach Jennifer Long kicked off their 2022-23 season at Augusta and got their first win of the season with a 2-0 win over the Orioles. The girls fought hard and had a couple of close and intense games against the Circle Thunderbirds but fell 0-2.
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The C-team kicked off their season at home on Thursday, September 1st with a quad against El Dorado, Wellington, and Collegiate. The Cats faced El Dorado first and the girls were hitting on all cyinders for the 2-0 win (25-3, 25-12). The girls continued their momentum against Wellington and took 2 games for the win (25-5, 25-20). The Wildcats finished the evening with a 2-0 (25-13, 25-22) win over Collegiate to go 3-0 in the quad.
----------The varsity and JV teams will be back on the court on Tuesday, September 6th at Clearwater and the C-Team will be back on the court on Thursday, September 8th at Buhler.
