Lady Jays Volleyball
Launch the media gallery 1 playerPierce Lady Jays Volleyball Team 2-1 in Scotus Tournament
by Kallie Edins
The Pierce Lady Jays varsity volleyball team scooted their way to two victories and only 1 loss in the Scotus tournament this Saturday, September 5.
To kick off the day the Lady Jays took a loss against rival school, Norfolk Catholic in two sets, with the first set being 25-19 and the second set 25-14.
Leading the Lady Jays with kills was Morgan Moeller with five kills and Jaya Waccholtz with four. Brielle Unseld also had two ace serves to assist the team with their overall score as well. Coach Zach Weber says, “Norfolk Catholic is a very good team, and we didn’t approach that game in the right way. We were back on our heels and allowed their offense to be in system way too often.”
The Lady Jays, however, bounced back in their next match against the Stanton Mustangs winning in two sets with the first set being 25-16 and the second 25-11. Pierce brought a balanced attack, with Morgan Moeller, Abby Meier, and Jaya Wachholtz each recording four kills. Assisting the team with ace serves was Kennedy Warneke with four and Maggie Painter with three. On the defensive side, Warneke and Kenzie Moeller each had 6 digs for the Lady Jays.
In the final match of the day, the Lady Jays, on a roll, won again in their next match against the Scotus Shamrocks JV.
Weber says, “I was happy with the way we bounced back in the next two matches.”
The Lady Jays volleyball team is on the road this week at the Wakefield tournament on Thursday and Saturday.
Lady Jays Take on the Knights
by Taylor Compton
The varsity volleyball girls played the Norfolk Catholic Knights on Thursday, September 3, on the Lady Jays home court. The Lady Jays pushed to five sets and fought hard but couldn’t catch up with the Knights.
The Lady Jays played a total of five sets. In the first set, the Pierce fell a little short with an ending score of 24-26. The Lady Jays dove over the Knights in the second set with a score of 19-25. The Lady Jays fell short again in the third set with a score of 23-25, but came back in the fourth set with a score of 25-19. In the final set, Pierce just fell short with an ending score of 10-15.
Junior Kennedy Warneke had 22 kills which was the most kills of the night, while sophomore Morgan Moeller had 17, senior Faith Lubischer had seven, freshman Jaya Wachholtz had six, senior Abigail Meier and senior Kenzie Moeller both had three, and sophomore Brielle Unseld had one.
As for serving, freshman Maggie Painter had seven ace serves which was the most for the team. K. Moeller had four, Lubischer and Brielle Unseld each had three, Warneke and M. Moeller each had two.
Meier recapped the game by saying, “I thought we played really well and had a really solid game as a team. It was a big step forward for us and we made a lot of improvement from our first game.”
The Lady Jays next game will be a tournament on Thursday, September 10, at Wakefield.
Lady Jays Take on the Eagles
by Taylor Compton
The Pierce junior varsity and C team played against the Lutheran High Northeast Eagles on Monday, September 1, on the home court with both the C team and junior varsity teams falling short.
To start off the night, the C team just barely fell short as their end score of the first set was 23-25. Going into the second set, the match ended 19-25 with the Eagles winning the game.
Junior hitter Samantha Fischer said, “The game went well. I thought we played pretty decent for how good of a team Lutheran High is.”
As for the junior varsity game, the first set ended 15-25. The Lady Jays fell short in the second set with an ending score of 21-25.
Sophomore Kallie Edins commented on the game by saying, “We got too comfortable, and we need to continue to keep working hard.”
The junior varsity’s next game will be away at Wisner on Saturday, September 12.
