Centre girls finish 1-1 at home triangular
By ROWENA PLETT
Staff writer
Centre volleyball girls got another win Sept. 11 at a triangular played at home. After losing to Solomon, they defeated Elyria.
In the match with Solomon, the first game proved to be a cliff-hanger. On good serving, 25-of-26, which garnered five points each on serves from Samantha Alvarez and Carlye Simons, and good spiking by Kylie Burhoop, Bridgette Burns, and Simons, the Cougars won 26-24.
They dropped the next two games, 21-25 and 19-25, to lose the match.
The junior varsity defeated Solomon in two games, 25-17 and 25-21. Tori Schill led scoring with 12 service points.
The varsity went on to defeat Elyria in two games, 25-6 and 25-11. It was the second time this season they faced Elyria and won.
Simons was leading scorer, serving for 11 points altogether. Leann Pankratz led at the net, completing 14-of-16 spike attempts, including 11 kills.
Statistics
Centre vs. Solomon
Scoring: Game one (26-24), Samantha Alvarez 5, Carlye Simons 5, Josie Peterson 2, Amy Hajek 2, Kylie Burhoop 1; Game two (21-25), Hajek 4, Simons 3, Bridgette Burns 1, Leann Pankratz 1, Alvarez 1, Burhoop 1; Game three (19-25), Hajek 4, Peterson 4.
Team serving: 25-of-26, 20-of-22, 17-of-20.
Rally points: 11, 10, 11.
Individual aces: Peterson 2, Simons 2, Alvarez 1, Hajek 1.
Setting: Alvarez 21-of-29, Hajek 31-40.
Spikes, kills, blocks: Pankratz 11-of-16, 1, 0; Burhoop 32-of-37, 7, 0; Burns 14-of-16, 4, 0; Simons 8-of-8, 0, 0.
Centre vs. Elyria
Scoring: Game one (25-6), Simons 9, Burns 5, Pankratz 4, Hajek 1, Alvarez 1; Game two (25-11), Burns 5, Peterson 4, Pankratz 4, Simons 2, Burhoop 1.
Rally points: 5,9.
Team serving: 23-of-25, 20-of-23.
Individual aces; Pankratz 5, Peterson 2, Burhoop 1, Simons 1.
Setting: Alvarez 12-of-16, 6-of-6.
Spikes, kills, blocks: Pankratz 14-of-16, 11, 0; Burhoop 5-of-8, 3, 0; Burns 7-of-9, 5, 0; Simons 0-of-1, 0, 0.
