It was a great atmosphere for exciting volleyball at the Heartland gym on Thursday night with the Bearcat student body ESPN booth ready with their brooms for the sweep!- HeartlandBeat photo
The Bearcat volleyball team took care of business, sweeping the McCool Junction Mustangs out of the Heartland gym in three sets on Thursday night. Solid serving and strong defense helped the Bearcats in all three sets. After winning the first set 25-16, the Mustangs came back for a much tighter second set, tying it at 12-12 and then taking the lead by one point.
The Bearcats responded offensively with some timely kills and aces to win the set 25-21. The Bearcats dominated the third set, going on an 11-point run and holding the Mustangs to only three points at 14-3. Sophie Minary was stellar, scoring five aces in the final set. The Bearcats had 14 aces in total.
The Bearcats improved to 6-7 and will host a tournament on Saturday in Hampton at 9 a.m.
TOP STATS:
KILLS: Sophie Minary 8, Keely Burgess 5, Ashlyn Frisen 3, Kali Barta 2, Maddie Janzen 1
ACES: Sophie Minary 6, Keely Burgess 3, Katy Farrall & Maylie Friesen 2 each, Kali Barta 1
DIGS: Kali Barta 19, Katy Farrall 17, Keely Burgess 10
ASSISTS: Julia Tessman 15
HeartlandBeat photos
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