Lady Jays Volleyball
Lady Jays Beat Crofton in Volleyball Match
by Ella Gaes
The Pierce Lady Jays swept Crofton away in last week's volleyball match on Thursday; passing, setting, and hitting into a 3-1 win.
Pierce won the first set 25-18. Crofton came through and won the second set with Pierce right behind them with a score of 25-20. In the third set Pierce took charge and won 25-20. By the fourth set, Pierce had the Warriors all figured out and took the set 25-15, ending the game.
Head coach, Zach Weber commented, “Other than the second set, we played very well offensively. I’m very proud of the growth we’ve seen in our serve receive and in our attack. Defensively, we need to get a lot more touches at the net and read a lot better in the back row. We made a few good plays, but we have to be able to pick up balls and get quality touches more consistently.”
Defensively, Pierce had 54 digs led by Kenzie Moeller with 28; Morgan Moeller followed behind with 12. As a team, the Lady Jays only had total blocks with Abby Meier contributing 1 solo and 2 assisted blocks.
Attacking was led by both Jaya Wachholtz and Faith Lubisher with a total of 10 kills each. Following right behind them was Kennedy Warneke with 9 kills, M. Moeller with 3, and Meier with 2. As for serving, Warneke had 4 aces followed by Brielle Unseld with 2, and K. Moeller with 1.
Sophomore setter Unseld said, “I think we played very well as a team and had fun. We had some errors but worked them out quickly.”
The next game for the Lady Jays is against Lutheran High Northeast in Norfolk on Thursday, September 24.
Volleyball Takes a Close Loss
by Kaila Spieker
The Pierce Lady Jays traveled to Battle Creek on Tuesday, September 15, where they played Battle Creek in a close game and pushed the game to five sets, with the Lady Jays losing 3-2.
Brielle Unseld, the starting setter said, “We need to work on keeping our energy and excitement up throughout the whole game.”
In the first set, Pierce lost with a close score of 18-25, in the second set Pierce pulled through and beat Battle Creek with a score of 25-17, and also in the third, the Lady Jays beat the Bravettes 27-25. Pierce then fell short in the fourth set with a score of 16-25, and the fifth set ended 6-15 in favor of Battle Creek.
Different highlights from this game were junior Kennedy Warneke with 12 kills, senior Faith Lubischer hitting 11 kills, and freshman Jaya Wachholtz with 10 kills. Also, sophomore Morgan Moeller recorded six kills while senior Abigail Meier had five. The team finished with a total of 44 kills.
Pierce also had 6 solo blocks altogether, with Meier getting three, Warneke getting two blocks, and Moeller having one.
Head coach Zach Weber said, “I’m proud of the girl’s mindsets, and confidence that we are building and there is a big difference now and what confidence we had at the beginning of the season.”
The Pierce volleyball team will travel to Lutheran High Northeast on Thursday, September 24.
