Corvallis finishes third at state

The Corvallis Blue Devils finished third behind Billings Central and Belgrade at the Class A volleyball tournament in Bozeman. After losing to Billings Central in their second match of the tournament, the Corvallis team had to work their way back up the loser’s bracket. They topped Hardin and Libby before running into Belgrade in the third place game. 

Corvallis pushed Belgrade in the match and even won the second game. Maureen Jessop had 18 kills in the match and Hannah Hutchison had five blocks and two aces. 

Belgrade def. Corvallis 25-17, 22-25, 25-18, 25-20

Belgrade – Kills 54 (Bailey Christensen19), Blocks 9 (Kenna Carlson 6), Digs 101 (Taylor Christensen 34), Assists 49 (Jaiden Blakeley 46), Aces 10 (Hazel Eaton 3).

Corvallis – Kills 43 (Maureen Jessop 18), Blocks 13 (Hannah Hutchison 5, Charlotte Powell 5), Digs 105 (Casey Fison 25), Assists 38 (Hannah Martin 33), Aces 6 (Hutchison 2, Kaitlin Irwin 2). 

Corvallis def. Hardin 24-26, 25-15, 31-29 loser out

Corvallis – Kills 55 )(Maureen Jessop 19), Blocks 6 (Jessop 2, Charlotte Powell 2), Digs 92 (Casey Fison 29), Assists 48 (Hannah Martin 46), Aces 7 (Kaitlin Irwin 3). 

Hardin – Kills 40 (Mariah Simmons 10), Blocks 3.5 (Simmons 2), Digs 80 (Natalie Edgar 21), Assists 33 (Edgar 21). Aces 5 (Simmons 2, Nicole Green 2). 

Corvallis defeated Libby, 25-22, 25-18, 25-21, on Saturday, which put Libby in fourth place. Jessop had11 kills and the Blue Devils had 10 aces. 

In their opening match, the Blue Devils dominated Glendive and won in three games. Jessop finished with 12 kills.

Corvallis def. Glendive 25-21, 25-14, 25-9

Corvallis – Kills 35 (Jessop 12), Blocks 7, (Charlotte Powell 7), Digs 48 (Hannah Martin 12, Casey Fison 10), Assists 35 (Martin 30), Aces 11 (Hannah Hutchison 3, Fison 3). 

Glendive – Kills 23 (Meadow Torres 9, Karsen Murphy 7), Blocks 3 (Murphy 2), Digs 62 (Torres 17, Bailey Pearcy 13), Assists 23 (Pearcy 23), Aces 1 (Kayla Brown 1).

Corvallis’ second game of the tournament was against Billings Central, the eventual Class A champion. Corvallis came out strong and won the first game, 23-25. However, the Lady Rams came back to win the next three games, 25-23, 25-23, 25-20, and the match. The two teams were evenly matched. Corvallis had 49 kills and Billings Central had 46, Corvallis had 105 digs and Billings Central had 109. Hannah Martin had five of Corvallis’ nine aces. 

Billings Central def. Corvallis 23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-20.

Billings Central – Kills 46 (Olivia Mottenschell 25), Blocks 14 (Lindy Grey 7), Digs 109 (Christy Cox 26), Assists 45 (Sierra Schuster 44), Aces 5 (Mottenschell 2, Cox 2).

Corvallis – Kills 49 (Jessop 16), Blocks 11 (Powell 4), Digs 105 (Fison 30), Assists 47 (Martin 44), Aces 9 (Martin 5).