The Victor Lady Pirate volleyball team has a new coach after just a few weeks into the season. Victor alumni Skye Mitcham, who has been the assistant coach at Stevensville and at Victor in the last few years, took over as the head coach. She said her team has made the adjustment quite well and is beginning to have some fun on the court.
The Lady Pirates played Lincoln on Friday. After losing the first game of the match, Victor rallied back to win the second game, 26-24, with some tenacious plays at the net even though the Lynx had one six foot tall player. Victor took the next two games to win their first match of the season.
Madison Allred served several aces. Rebecka Shaffer, a 5’5” junior, was tough at the net with several kills. She kept the ball in play so Allred and Sophie Pearson were able to make some kills.
Victor lost to Clark Fork in a tight game on Thursday.
Clark Fork def. Victor 25-11, 25-23, 26- 28, 25-17
Victor: Kills 22 (Rebecca Shaffer 11), Blocks 5(Madison Allred 3), Digs 68 (Allred 24), Assists 23 (Ashley Hooper 12), Aces 5 (Shaffer 3).
Corvallis continued winning with wins over Frenchtown and Columbia Falls over the weekend. Maureen Jessop smacked down a total of 16 kills in the two matches. Kaitlin Irwin had 10 digs.
Corvallis def. Frenchtown 25-8, 25-16, 25-10
Frenchtown: 11 kills, 5 blocks, 22 digs, 7 assists, 0 aces/
Corvallis: Kills 26 (Maureen Jessop 6, Charlotte Powell 6), Blocks 5 (Powell 2), Digs 34 (Kaitlin Irwin 10, Casey Fison 10), Assists 24 (Hannah Martin 20), Aces 16 (Powell 5).
Florence also continued to dominate their opponents with a three game sweep of Bigfork. Sarah Hopcroft collected nine kills, 22 digs and three aces the match.
Florence def. Bigfork, 3-0
Bigfork – Kills 11, Blocks 1, Digs 47, Assists 10, Aces 3.
Florence – Kills 35 (Shannon Byrne 10, Sarah Hopcroft 9), Blocks 5 (Emma Stensrud 3), Digs 86 (Hopcroft 22), Assists 32 (Halie Christophersen 32), Aces 6 (Hopcroft 3).
Behind the net play of Angel Richards, the Lady ‘Jackets of Stevensville rolled over Ronan in three games. Richards had 10 kills and two blocks.
Stevensville def. Ronan 26-14, 25-19, 26-14
Ronan – Kills 24, Blocks 4, Digs 45, Assists 14, Aces 6.
Stevensville- Kills 30 (Angel Richards10), Blocks 5 (Richards 2), Digs 48 (Cassie Kopsa 12), Assists 25 (MaddieWeber 9), Aces 10 (Cece Hoornbeek 4).