Lady Cats Advance To District Nine Volleyball Semis (10/30/14)

Coach Shari Campbell’s Clarion Area Lady Cats Volleyball Team won both their Opening Round Match, on Tuesday (October, 28)  and their Quarter-Final Match, on Thursday (October, 30), in the PIAA District Nine Class-A Tournament.

(All action photos by G. Chad Thomas) Katie Eustice getting it over on the second touch.

The Lady Cats will now move on to St. Marys, on Saturday (November 11), where they will compete in the first Semi-Final Match, beginning at 9:30 AM. The second Semi- Final Match will begin at 11:00 AM. The Championship Match will be held at 1:30 PM.

The Lady Cats downed the Otto-Eldred Lady Terrors, in the Opening Round Match, held at Clarion Area High School, on Tuesday, 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-10).

Then in the Quarter-Finals, at Clarion University’s Tippin Gym, they defeated the Redbank Valley Lady Bulldogs 3-0 (25-10, 25-21, 25-17).

Anna McNamara and Gloria Kroh going for the block

In the Opening Round Contest, Jen Ochs had 22 points on serve, including 6 aces. She also had 11 digs and two kills. Anna McNamara had 15 points on serve (8 aces), 15 kills 2 assists and four digs.

Katie Eustice scored 12 points on serve (7 aces), 24 assists, 3 kills and thirteen digs. Anna Reed had 7 points on serve (an ace) and 10 digs.

Olivia Burns had 6 kills and four digs. Gloria Kroh had six kills and Keanna Over had three digs. In the Quarter-Final Match, Katie Eustice scored 15 points, five of them aces, 2 kills 5 digs and twenty-two assists. Anna McNamara had 8 points on serve, 5 aces, 6 kills and four digs.

Jen Ochs on the attack

Also for the Lady Cats: Olivia Burns had 9 points, 4 aces, a kill and two digs. Anna Reed had 13 digs and seven points on serve. Jenn Ochs had 6 points on serve, 4 aces, 7 kills and sixteen digs. Keanna Over registered 9 digs and four kills and Gloria Kroh had five kills.

The Lady Cats’ overall record now stands at 31-9-2.