Above: Senior Allison Jindra props up a MCW serve.
Visiting Martin County West was an easy 3-0 win for the Clipper varsity girls on Thursday. Game scores were 25-12, 25-17, 25-18.
The scores might have been more lopsided, but the all the girls got playtime, and passes went around to the entire hitting committee.
“Taylin (setter Taylin Gosch) was trying to set all over, trying to spread it out,” said head coach Bree Meyer.
Cleveland lost the first point of game one on a hit that sailed over the boundary lines, but Jordyn Klingel tied the game with a kill, and the Clippers never looked back, scoring 15 of the next 18 points.
Game two started on an Ava Hahn ace serve and ended when the Mavericks sent a serve into the net.
MCW took advantage of Clipper hitting errors to take the first four points of game three but then served into the net for the Clippers’ first point. Savannah Meyer jettisoned a couple of service aces after that, and Emily Kern posted an ace block to knot the contest at four.
“It’s nice to have Ava and Savannah serving when Emily is in the front row to keep the momentum going,” Meyer said.
The Clippers errored on the next two points, but went on a nine-point campaign after that.
Down 19-7, MCW took advantage of Cleveland errors to pull within four, 23-18, but Meyer sent over a couple of ace serves from there for the Orange & Black triumph.
Kern had a dozen kills, five blocks and two digs. Grayce Kortuem had four kills and one dig. Gosch set up 25 points and had four kills of her own. Hahn had six kills and made all 23 of her serves with three of them aces. Maddy Steen had one kill and one dig. Harley Connor had two kills.
Emma Sweere had 18 digs. Klingel and Meyer each had seven digs. Zoe Porter had six digs. Meyer was 10 for 11 from behind the service line with four aces. Allison Jindra had two digs and one ace serve.
The Clipper varsity girls are now tied with Alden-Conger in the Valley Conference. Both have 3-0 records.
Earlier, the B squad won 25-8, 25-16, 15-12.
Laci Hollerich had three digs and one kill. Jersie Kelley had two digs and two kills. Sophie Perkins had six set assists, three digs, two kills and three ace serves. Greta Hahn had eight set assists, five digs and six kills. Lexi Waldron had three digs and five kills. Mariah McCabe had six digs, one kill and three ace serves. Serena Remiger had two digs and four kills. Chloe Anderson had four digs, one set assist and landed all 12 of her serves. Cassandra Connor had seven digs.
The C squad won 25-16, 25-14, 15-9.
Connor had four digs. Maddy Seely was five for five in serving with one ace. She had three digs, one set assist and one kill. Lacey McCabe had two digs and two kills. Caitlynn McCarthy landed all five of her serves and had two digs and three kills. Maya Lassiter was five for five serving with three aces and had six kills and one dig. Jocelyn Bartell had four kills, two digs and two blocks. Lilly Lamont was nine of 10 from the service line with one ace and had a dozen set assists, two digs and one kill. Ellie Dylla had two digs and one set assist. Brenna McCarthy had one kill. Olivia Shouler was four for four serving with one ace. Addi Holden was 15 for 15 serving with two aces. She had one dig and one kill. Mylie Krenik had two digs.
The Clipper varsity, B and C teams travel to Martin Luther High School in Northrop on Thursday.
Taylin Gosch kept sent her sets in a lot of different directions. Beside her is Zoe Porter.
Harley Connor on the hit.
Jordyn Klingel on the attack.
Savannah Meyer on the dig.
Lexi Waldron came off the bench to get some quality play time in game three.
On parents’ night, the seniors were greeted with their portraits as toddlers. They are, from L-R, Taylin Gosch, Allison Jindra, Maddy Steen, Jordyn Klingel, Grayce Kortuem, Zoe Porter and Emily Kern.
Complete with shovels, hard hats and neon vests, the student section was geared up to do some road construction. Here, Ashley Connor, Lacey McCabe, Jackson Meyer, Cade Kriha, Riley Knish and Fisher Knish hold up likenesses of some of the senior players.
It was the first gig for the pep band in the new gym. Rocking the hard hat is Jackson Meyer.
The pep band contributed to the exciting atmosphere.