Lady Jays Volleyball
Lady Jays Take Second at Scotus Tournament
By Abbie Cone
On Saturday, Sept. 2, the Pierce volleyball team traveled to Columbus and came home with the 2nd place trophy by defeating Columbus Scotus and Bishop Neuman, but fell to Platteview in the championship game of the Shamrock Invite volleyball tournament.
In the first game, Pierce was up against Columbus Scotus and fought hard to win 2-1, losing the first set 25-18, winning both the second and third sets 25-12.
Jaya Wachholtz led the team in kills with 14, followed by Nora Herian with 12, Claudia Riggert took five, Abigail Cone had four, and following her was Natalie Kosch with two.
For blocking, Kosch had three out of the team’s eight, and Riggert, Cone, and Wachholtz each had two.
Maggie Painter contributed 12 digs, and Herian had eight.
Painter also led the team in ace serves with three.
The Lady Jays played Bishop Neumann for their second game and swept them 2-0. Both sets were nail-biters, but Pierce battled and closed out both 25-23 and 25-21, respectively. Wachholtz had a team high of 15 kills, and Riggert added seven.
Defensively, Riggert led the team in blocks with three, and Skylar Scholting and Cone each had two. Herian totaled up seven digs, Painter racked up six, Wachholtz recorded five and Scholting picked up four.
In the championship match, Pierce put up a hard fight but fell 2-1 to Platteview. Pierce pulled out the win in the first set 25-21, but unfortunately lost the next two 25-19 and 25-11.
Wachholtz racked up 13 kills, Herian followed with six and Riggert put up four.
Riggert also led the team in blocks with three, and Scholting had two.
Scholting put up 24 assists, the majority of the team’s total assists.
Painter led the team with six digs and Scholting and Wachholtz added five.
Painter and Riggert also added one ace serve each.
“I’m very happy with where we’re at. We continue to show that we’re capable of being a very good team,” head coach Zach Weber comments. “We’ll keep moving forward and getting better.”
The next game for the Lady Jays is Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Wakefield tournament.
Lady Jays Soar to Victory: Dominant Performance Leads to Win Against North Bend in Thrilling Volleyball Matchup
By Nils Rostad
Tuesday, Aug. 29, the Lady Jays met North Bend at Pierce High School for a thrilling game of volleyball and won all of the sets, 3-0, against North Bend. The Lady Jays, who also won their first game of the season, are now on a two game win streak.
The first set's score was 25-17.
In the second set, the Lady Jays had more control and won the set 25-10.
However in the last set of the match they went back to their old form and won the third and final set 25-17 again.
Senior Maggie Painter had the most digs with a total of 14, followed by Jaya Wachholtz and Nora Herian picking up 11 each.
Wachholtz recorded the most kills for the Lady Jays with 12, followed by Herian with eight. Claudia Riggert got herself six kills, while Abigail Cone had four kills and Natalie Kosch managed to get one kill.
Skylar Scholting assisted 28 times during Tuesday's game vs North Bend.
Due to North Bend only having a limited number of players, only five sets were played between the JV and freshman. The freshmen won the first two sets, and the JV finished 2-1.
With a 100% win rate this season and an ongoing winning streak of two, the Lady Jays are looking forward and focusing on their next games, which will be at the Wakefield tournament on Thursday and Saturday.
Pierce takes the win against Lutheran High Northeast
Pierce Wins Against LHNE
By Jana Stone
The Pierce JV Lady Jays drove to Norfolk on Monday, Aug. 28, to play against the Lutheran High Northeast Eagles and left with a win. The JV team played a total of three sets.
Starting the first set, the Lady Jays were not on their game, but were able to get back and make the 25-18 first set the only loss.
Sophomore Naomi Sullivan, a middle hitter, says, “We made mistakes but were able to fix them and keep up with Lutheran High. We also had good hustle after balls.”
In the second set is where the Lady Jays found themselves and finished with the win, 25-11.
The last and final set was only to 15 points, Pierce won the last set 15-11.
The freshman also played and won the game against Lutheran High Northeast.
The freshmen will be back in action on Thursday, September 7, at a home triangular.
