Hanover second at home tourney

Daily Sun sports

HANOVER, Kan. - Hanover’s Lady Wildcats went 3-1 Saturday, finishing in a second-place tie at their own invitational.

The Lady Wildcats opened with a 25-14, 25-18 loss to Glasco-Southern Cloud, but came back to win their next three matches.

Hanover defeated Junction City-St. Xavier, 25-14, 25-15; Wakefield, 18-25, 25-17, 26-24; and Scandia-Pike Valley, 23-25, 25-8, 25-23.

Lady Wildcat coach Shannon Searcey-Bussman said the team came out “really slow” against Southern Cloud.

“Our serves were bad, our passing was bad, there were a lot of inconsistencies,” Searcey-Bussman said.

Searcey-Bussman said the Lady Wildcats should have competed better against Southern Cloud.

Later, the Lady Wildcat turned things around, however, winning three-straight matches.

“The matches against Wakefield and Pike Valley were great,” Searcey-Bussman said. “The girls were super aggressive at the net, which was helped by our improved passing and defense.”

Searcey-Bussman said it was the Hanover seniors last time to play on their home court and they wanted to end on a good note.

For the tournament, Allison Bruna led Hanover in kills with 22, while Michelle Bruna had 21, Shelby Jueneman had 19 and Kendra Zabokrtsky had 16.

Zabokrtsky also had a team-high five ace blocks.

Next action for Hanover will be tonight (Tuesday) at the Linn triangular.

Hanover Invitational

Team Standings

1. Linn, 4-0; 2. (tie) Hanover and Glasco-Southern Cloud, 3-1; 4. Scandia-Pike Valley, 2-2; 5. (tie) Junction City-St. Xavier and Wakefield, 0-4.

Results

Southern Cloud def. Hanover, 25-14, 25-18

Hanover def. St. Xavier, 25-14, 25-15

Hanover def. Wakefield, 18-25, 25-17, 26-24

Hanover def. Pike Valley, 23-25, 25-8, 25-23

Southern Cloud def. Wakefield, 25-18, 25-13

Linn def. Southern Cloud, 25-17, 25-16

Linn def. Pike Valley, 25-12, 25-15

Linn def. Wakefield, 25-14, 25-4

Pike Valley def. St. Xavier, 25-15, 25-19

Pike Valley def. Wakefield, 25-23, 28-26

Southern Cloud def. St. Xavier, 25-10, 25-19

Linn def. St. Xavier, 25-10, 25-10

Neb City 25     29     20 25

Norris    14 27     25 21

FIRTH — Firth Norris Lady Titans suffered a setback at home last week at the hands of the Nebraska City Lady Pioneers.

Nebraska City downed Norris in four sets, 25-14, 29-27, 20-25, 25-21.

Juila Krueger led Norris’ attack with 14 kills, while Leah Burbach had 38 set assists.

Norris vs. Nebraska City

Ace serves: Norris (Leah Burbach one, Alyssa Helmink two, Megan Poe three). Kills: Norris (Abby Olsen nine, Julia Krueger 14, Burbach two, E.J. Hrouda five, Poe nine, Kristina Price three). Set assists: Norris (Burbach 38, Hrouda one). Ace blocks: Norris (Kreuger two, Burbach three, Hrouda one, Poe four, Price one). Digs: Norris (Olsen 16, Krueger 19, Burbach 17, Hrouda six, Ashely TeKloste 17, Helmink 29, Stevie Grossenbacher 24, Poe seven, Hayley Moormeier eight, Price two).

Centennial 20      27     25 25

Tri County 25       25     16 21

UTICA — DeWitt Tri County’s Lady Trojans dropped a four-set match at Utica-Centennial last week. The Lady Broncos claimed the victory, 20-25, 27-25, 25-16, 25-21.

Lauren Cammack led the Lady Trojan attack with 13 kills, while Jessica Zimmerman had a team-high 21 set assists.

Tri County vs. Centennial

Ace serves: Tri County (Jamie Erskine one, Shelby Zimmerman four, Lauren Cammack two, Katey Pflanz two, Kristin Bloomquist two). Kills: Tri County (Erskine two, Jessica Zimmerman five, Shelby Zimmerman eight, Cammack 13, Jamie Brandt two, Pflanz seven, Bloomquist seven). Set assists: Tri County (Erskine 16, Jessica Zimmerman 21, Shelby Zimmerman two, Pflanz one). Ace blocks: Tri County (Jessica Zimmerman two, Shelby Zimmerman five, Cammack one, Brandt two, Pflanz four, Bloomquist one). Digs: Tri County (Erskine seven, Jessica Zimmerman four, Sarah Genrich 11, Whitney Rahe seven, Shelby Zimmerman five, Cammack five, Brandt one, Pflanz 13, Bloomquist one).