New Haven seniors Megan Kage and Annalea Francis block Woodlan’s Paige Lichty’s tip. More pictures at westbendnews.net
The game on August 19 started with the Woodlan JV girls mustering the will to win 2 sets to 0, defeating their next door neighbors, New Haven, at the Warrior home court.
The varsity game started as a surprise. New Haven pulled out all the stops and crushed Woodlan 25-8 in the first set. The new head coach for the Bulldogs, Jenni Wallace, “The girls did an great job and it was a great way to start off the season!!”
Set two began with New Haven taking an early lead but the Warriors came back and took the lead at 8-7. The set was close for the rest of the match. Woodlan kept their lead and won 25-20 the set tying the game at 1-1.
New Haven pulled off the next 2 sets (26-24 in OT) and (25-20) winning the game 4-1.
New Haven Leaders:
Annalea Francis lead with kills (6) and had 10 aces.
Andrea Jordan followed with 5 kills as well as Hadley Decker with 4 kills
Ashely Luginbill and Olivia Casterline both lead the team in digs with 7 each and Ashely also contributed 6 aces
Audrea lead the team in assists with 12 and Ella Cordray was right behind with 7 assists
Megan Kage lead the team in blocks with 4
Woodlan Leaders:
Kills: Sammy Voors 7, Paige Lichty 5
Digs: Bekah Dignal 10, S. Voors 9
Serving: P. Lichty 4, Aces: S. Voors 3
