Winner Lady Warriors Fall Short in Sweet 16

The Winner volleyball team lost in five sets in the Sweet 16 tournament in Wall on Nov. 7.  The Lady Warriors took on Belle Fourche for the right to play in the state tournament.  The set scores were 22-25, 25-16, 17-25, 25-18 and 11-15.

Alexis Richey and Gracie Littau were 100 percent in serving.  Abby Marts and Morgan Hammerbeck had 2 ace serves. Hammerbeck had 23 kills and Abby Marts, 10 kills.  Littau had 29 set assists and Mackenzie Levi, 15.  Richey was 78 percent in serve receive and Hammerbeck and Abby Marts were both 68 percent.  Richey had 33 digs and Abby Marts 25. Marts had 2 solo blocks.

As a team, Winner was 99 percent in serving with 5 aces, 53 kills, 50 set assists, 71 percent in serve receive with 113 digs.

“We came out focused and ready to play,” said coach Jaime Keiser. “We were two very similar teams and it was back and forth the first four sets. I thought we had the momentum going into game 5. It all came down to attacking and who could make less mistakes and we came up a little short,” said Keiser.

“The last few points Belle Fourche got it to their bigger hitter which got us out of system and we had a hard time attacking the ball. We played with a lot of heart and left it all on the court. It was a tough loss,” said the coach.

 

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