Volleyball

FRAZER

Frazer fell to Nashua in volleyball in three sets, 17-25, 11-25, 14-25, in Nashua Sept. 9.

Head coach Cody Larson expressed excitement over his volleyball squad. “We are competing again and that’s all a coach could ask for.”

Frazer travels to Froid Friday, Sept. 16, for a 5 p.m. match. Saturday, Sept. 17, they host Savage with games scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

LUSTRE CHRISTIAN

Lustre Christian played Brockton Sept. 6 on the volleyball court, securing a victory in four sets. The Lions defeated the Warriors 25-23, 25-6, 14-25, 25-19.

They traveled to Savage Sept. 9, where they fell in three sets, 9-25, 11-25, 18-25.

The Lions traveled to Scobey for their Invitational Tournament Sept. 10. Head coach Mary Zerbe said, “Their standings after pool play didn’t allow them to continue in the afternoon tournament, but the opportunity to play strong competition throughout the day helped grow the Lions in invaluable ways.”

The Lions hosted MonDak Sept. 13. Scores were unavailable at press time.

Lustre Christian is scheduled to play in Plentywood Saturday, Sept. 17, with a 4 p.m. start.

NASHUA

Nashua’s volleyball squad had a busy schedule this past week with games in Culbertson Sept. 8, against Frazer at home on Sept. 9 and a tournament in Scobey Sept. 10.

The Porcupines fell in Culbertson in three, 8-25, 10-25, 14-25. The team had two kills with Tia Dees and Kaitlyn Miller getting one each. Miller had the team’s lone assist. Nashua had 15 digs led by Dees with four and Alexis Murdock and Guinevere Abern with three each. Dees had four of the team’s seven aces.

Friday night, Nashua won their match against Frazer in three sets, 25-17, 25-11, 25-14. Dees again led the team in kills, snagging 10 of the Porcupines’ 18 kills. Miller led the team in assists with six followed by Dees with four and Kyleigh Garso with two. The team had 21 aces with Miller in front with 10 and Dees with six. Dees had three of Nashua’s 10 digs while Abern added two.

Nashua went 2-4 in Scobey. They lost to Scobey 10-25, 11-16 followed by a loss to Culbertson, 16-25, 6-22.

The Porcupines defeated Wolf Point JV 25-22, 12-4, before falling to Circle 16-25, 8-12. They rebounded with a 25-17, 15-7 win over Terry before closing out pool play with a loss to Jordan 10-25, 7-15.

This week Nashua hosts Bainville on Thursday, Sept 15, with a 4:30 p.m. start time. Friday, Sept. 16, they travel to Richey for a 3 p.m. game time.

NORTH COUNTRY

Charlene Wasson, Coach

For the Courier

Friday at Bainville

Scores NC 17 - B 25, NC 25 - B 15, NC 25 - B 20, NC 25 - B 14

Aces: Teagan Erickson and Kora LaBrie each with 3

Kills Teagan Erickson 10, Paige Wasson 9

Assists Paige Wasson 13

Digs Kora LaBrie 8

Blocks Teagan Erickson and Bailee McColly each with 1

In this match, we came out really flat serving. In the first set we were 10-17 for 58% from the service line. Starting a match this way is never easy. We dug ourselves a hole and had to get out of it in the next three sets. After we regrouped from the service line then our passing and hitting got going and we settled into the match. Bainville is very young with no seniors, three juniors, two sophomores, and six freshmen. They are scrappy and determined to touch every ball on the court. This made it a great competitive game for us which is only going to help us down the road. 

Saturday Savage and Fairview @ Hinsdale

vs Savage

Scores NC 22 - S 25, NC 18 - S 25, NC 25 - S 13, NC 27 - S 25, NC 15 - S 10

Aces: Paige Wasson 6, Teagan Erickson 5

Kills: Teagan Erickson 20, Paige Wasson 10

Assists: Paige Wasson 26

Digs: Teagan Erickson 9, Kora LaBrie 8

Block: Paige Wasson 1

This was also a slow start in the match for the Mavericks. We got down two sets and had to battle our way back to stay in the match and we did. Savage only lost one senior from last season so they are a very well-oiled machine this season, starting out with a lot of flow and not many miscues. When we got our hitting going it was just too much for them to dig up. 

vs Fairview

Scores: NC 25 - F 18, NC 26 - F 24, NC 23 - F 25, NC 25 - F 23

Aces: Paige Wasson 4

Kills: Teagan Erickson 11, Kendall Scheffelmear 9

Assists: Paige Wasson 14

Digs: Kora Labrie 12

Blocks: Paige Wasson and Teagan Erickson each with 1

I have to say by the time this match had started we were on our third match in 24 hours. It was a mental battle for us and physical fatigue. We struggled to serve in this match only getting 75% from the service line and had a few miscues on who was supposed to take what ball in certain rotations. This was a good indication to the team of what Districts, Divisionals, and State would feel like. 

Overall we had a great week. We are a little exhausted and slightly banged up dealing with an ankle injury and just some stiffness and soreness in some but as far as the mentality of this team they really work hard at not letting too much bother them. From the JV to the varsity this season this group of girls works very well together which makes this coach extremely proud.