Lady Bears see tough action at Wakefield
LAUREL — The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge volleyball team saw some tough action against some of the top teams in the state during the Wakefield Invitational.
LCC lost five of six games, with two of those coming in three-set matches. They salvaged a win against the host Trojans in a three-set match, 20-25, 25-12, 25-19.
In Thursday action, LCC fell to Ponca (28-26, 25-22), Lutheran High Northeast (25-8, 25-17) and Hartington Cedar Catholic (25-15, 25-14).
In the LHNE match, Mollie Schutte, Erica Wolfgram and Berniece McCorkindale each had three kills and Kinsey Hall had two to go with five assists. Haley Christensen led the assists department with six.
Hall had seven digs and Christensen had five, while Wolfgram added three and McCorkindale had two.
Against Cedar Catholic, Wolfgram had five kills and McCorkindale added two. Hall had eight assists.
Defensively, Megan Forsberg had two ace serves. Christensen led in digs with seven, McCorkindale had five, Forsberg had four and Wolfgram had three.
On Saturday, the Lady Bears sandwiched a three-set win over Wakefield (20-25, 25-12, 25-19) in between three-set losses to B-R/L-D (25-16, 26-28, 25-21) and Pierce (25-27, 25-18, 25- 22). Stats were not available for these three games at press time.
In other action, LCC took care of Homer in a three-set match at LCC High School, winning 25-17, 25-21, 26-24.
Wolfgram had eight kills, McCorkindale added six and Hall had three in the win over the Lady Knights. Hall had 13 assists and Christensen had nine.
Wolfgram had nine ace serves, Forsberg had three and Ella Hartung and McCorkindale both had two. Wolfgram had nine digs, Hall had eight, Forsberg had six and Kaylee Donner had four.
The Lady Bears played Tri County Northeast earlier this week and will take on host Planview at 7 p.m. Thursday.
“Plainview is a good team and with our long weekend of volleyball and continued road games our girls need to be ready to compete in order to beat the pirates,” LCC head coach Julie Kvols said.
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