Lady Cats Down Lady Bulldogs In D9 Volleyball Quarterfinal Action (11/05/15)

on 5 November, 2015 at 22:44

The sixth seeded Clarion Area Lady Cats Volleyball Team earned their spot in the District Nine Class-A Volleyball Semifinals, by downing the homestanding, third seed Redbank Valley Lady Bulldogs, tonight (Thursday, November 5th) in five sets.

Gloria Kroh

The see-saw match saw Clarion take the first game 25-18. Redbank Valley won game two 25-15. Then the Bobcats took the third game 25-20, with the Bulldogs winning the fourth game 25-21, forcing a fifth game. The Cats won that game 15-12. A look at total points scored shows just how close the contest was. Total points: Clarion 101 – Redbank Valley 100.

Gloria Kroh led the Lady Cats with a great all-around game. Kroh scored 11 points (2 aces). She had 41 assists, 10 digs and a kill.

(Action photos by Bri Nellis – Bri Nellis Photography) Olivia Burns

Keanna Over and Olivia Burns had ten points (2 aces) apiece. Over had 14 digs and eight kills. Burns had 18 kills and seven digs. Anna Reed had 8 points, 16 digs and an assist. Alexis Constantino scored 5 points and had seven digs. Maya Thornton scored 2 points (1 ace) and had 9 kills, a pair of assists and seven digs. Johnna Rapp had 2 points (1 ace) and a dig.

Sophie Wolf had 7 kills and a dig, Dorothy Kalinowski had 7 kills and an assist and Sydney Kiser had a kill.

The Lady Cats will take on second seeded Elk County Catholic, in a semifinal match, at 9:30 AM, on Saturday (November 11th), at St. Marys High School. The Lady Crusaders beat Kane 3-1, tonight. The other semifinal match, scheduled for 11:00 AM, will see number one seed A-C Valley going against fourth seed Coudersport – the Lady Falcons versus the Lady Falcons. A-C Valley advanced by downing Smethport 3-1, while Coudersport downed Otto-Eldred 3-1. Both those matches were played tonight also.

Keanna Over

The Championship Match is scheduled for 1:30 PM and a True Second Match (if necessary) is set for 3:00 PM.

(Thanks to Bri Nellis for the action photos.) KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, LADY CATS!!!!!!!!!!!!)