Lady Tigers put up hard fight in recent games

The Osmond Lady Tigers have played in a number of games during the past two weeks. One  triangular at Osmond on Sept. 22 was canceled.

Osmond Triangular

On Tuesday, Sept. 15, the Lady Tigers hosted a triangular with Homer and Winside.  

The Lady Tigers’ first game was against Homer, in which they lost in two sets with scores of 22-25 and 21-25.  The Lady Tigers tallied up 10 ace serves as a team, but struggled at the net with hitting and were held to a minimum hitting percentage.  

The Lady Tigers team stats for this match were 79.5% serving percentage, 20 digs. 

“Going forward we need to work on decreasing our overall team errors as these would have substantially changed the outcome of this match,” said Coach Tiffany Rice. 

Individual stats for this game include: Grace Gansebom: 2 aces, 2 kill, 9 assists, 5 digs; Macy Aschoff: 2 kills, 1 dig; Elisa Herrera: 3 aces, 6 digs; Lillie Gansebom: 1 ace, 1 kills, 4 digs; Bailey Schmit: 3 ace, 2 kills, 3 digs; Kiera Moes: 1 ace, 2 kills; Cali Gutz: 2 kills, 1 dig.

During the final game of the triangular, the Lady Tigers went head-to-head with the Winside Wildcats. Osmond had a slow start, but put up a good fight. The Lady Tigers, however, came up short with a loss of two sets, with scores of 25-27 and 23-25.  

The Tigers struggled at the serving line and only finished the game with two ace serves, but dominated at the net, finishing with 24 kills.   

Game stats are as follows: Macy Aschoff: 1 ace, 7 kills, 4 digs; Elisa Herrera: 2 assists, 6 digs; Grace Gansebom: 1 kill, 18 assists, 7 digs; Bailey Schmit: 1 ace, 5 kills, 1 solo block, and 8 digs; Kiera Moes: 7 kills, 2 digs; Lillie Gansebom: 1 kill, 6 digs; Callie Gutz: 3 kills and 1 dig.

Osmond vs. Hartington

Osmond hosted the Hartington-Newcastle Lady Wildcats on Thursday, Sept. 24.    

The evening started off with a “C” team game, in which the Lady Tigers defeated the Wildcats in two sets with scores of 25-16 and 25-19.  

“This was the first true ‘C’ team game since Sept. 12, so it was very nice for these young ladies to hit the court,” said Coach Rice. “The girls played well coming off of a seven-day stretch of no practices because of COVID-19. In addition, these girls were asked to play in positions that some had never played before, and they adjusted and performed outstanding.”

The individual stats of this game are as follows: Anna Kahny – 4 digs, 1 kill; Annabelle Vinson – 11 digs, 1 assist; Callie Hoffman – 2 aces, 4 kills, 6 digs; Erica Heiman – 6 kills, 7 digs; Juliana Kumm – 3 kills, 7 digs; Mary Jane Herrera – 6 aces, 12 assists, 4 digs; Tessa Gardner – 1 ace, 5 kills, 2 digs.

The junior varsity game was a hard-fought game, but the Lady Tigers came up short and lost two sets to one with scores of 10-25, 25-22, 9-15.  The Lady Tigers struggled at the net with kills, and were held to a minimum of ace serves; however, the girls compensated and passed the ball very well.  

The individual stats of this game are as follows: Anna Kahny: 4 digs; Callie Hoffman: 2 kills, 4 digs; Caydence Krienert: 1 kill, 1 assist, 7 digs; Erica Heiman: 1 ace, 1 kill, 11 digs; Leia Buchanan: 2 aces, 2 kills, 6 assists, 12 digs; Mary Jane Herrera – 2 digs; Reese Johns: 2 kills, 3 digs; Taylor Thompson: 2 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig.

Finishing off the evening, the varsity Lady Tigers took on the Lady Wildcats but fell short, losing in three sets with scores of 17-25, 12-25, 8-25. 

“All teams experience nights where things do not fall into place and this was a night for the Lady Tigers,” Coach Rice said. “Some of the factors that contributed to this was a change in our roster, and coming off of just two practices after missing seven because of quarantine of our team. In addition, we were held to a minimum hitting percentage, only tallying two ace serves and 30 digs. We used this game as a learning experience in how to handle unexpected changes to our ‘norm.’ Moving forward, we will work on focusing on what we have versus what don’t have in hopes of being successful.”

Individual stats from this game are as follows: Macy Aschoff: 4 kills, 7 digs; Grace Gansebom: 2 kills, 11 assists, 8 digs; Kiera Moes: 7 kills, 1 assist; Cali Gutz: 1 ace, 2 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs; Lillie Gansebom: 1 ace, 4 digs; Taylor Thompson: 1 kill, 1 dig; Elisa Herrera: 3 assists, 7 digs.

Triangular at Elgin

On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Lady Tigers traveled to Elgin and competed in a triangular with Central Valley (Greely) and Elgin Public-Pope John.  

The Lady Tigers started off the evening competing against Central Valley. The Lady Tigers played a hard game but came up short, losing in two sets with scores of 21-25 and 20-25.  

The Lady Tigers had the dominant serving game in which they tallied seven aces and had a 93% serving percentage; however, Central Valley dominated with their hitting percentage and blocks.  

The individual stats for this game are as follows: Macy Aschoff: 1 ace, 6 kills, 6 digs; Grace Gansebom: 3 aces, 1 kill, 17 assists, 9 digs; Lillie Gansebom: 1 ace, 2 kills, 7 digs; Bailey Schmit: 5 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs; Kiera Moes: 1 ace, 3 kills, 1 dig; Elisa Herrera: 1 ace, 1 assist, 6 digs; Cali Gutz: 2 kills, 2 digs.

In the second game of the evening, the Lady Tigers went up against Elgin Public-Pope John and came up short, losing in two sets with scores of 16-25 and 15-25.  The Lady Tigers were held to zero ace serves with a hitting percentage of 81.3%.  

The Lady Tigers, however, passed very well and tallied 34 digs and 16 kills. In addition, the Lady Tigers adjusted well to the play set-ups that Coach Rice asked of them. 

Individual stats for this game are as follows: Bailey Schmit: 4 kills, 1 assist, 6 digs; Grace Gansebom: 2 kills, 13 assists, 7 digs; Kiera Moes: 2 kills, 1 solo block; Macy Aschoff: 5 kills, 12 digs; Elisa Herrera: 1 assist, 5 digs; Lillie Gansebom: 1 assist, 4 digs; Cali Gutz: 3 kills.

Osmond vs. Stuart

On Thursday, Oct. 1, the Lady Tigers traveled to Stuart for JV and varsity games.  

The evening started off with the JV game, in which the Lady Tigers lost in two sets with scores of 6-25 and 7-25. Osmond struggled to take control of the Lady Broncos servers to get something set up. The Lady Tigers were able to tally four ace serves, and moved well to dig the ball on rallies.  The individual stats are as follows:  Annabelle Vinson: 1 dig; Callie Hoffman: 2 aces, 1 kill, 1 dig; Caydence Krienert: 1 ace, 1 dig; Erica Heiman: 1 kill, 8 digs; Leia Buchanan: 1 assist, 3 digs; Taylor Thompson: 1 kill, 5 digs; Tessa Gardner: 1 ace.

Finishing up the evening, the varsity team battled the Lady Broncos in a hard-fought five sets.  The Broncos took control of the game, winning the first two sets 25-22, 25-22.  The Lady Tigers dominated the third set 25-17 and fought hard for the fourth set, winning 25-23.  The fifth set went to the Broncos with a score of 18-16.  

“As a coach, I could not be more proud of the fight and determination that this group of girls gave during this entire game,” Rice said. “Going into the third set, it would have been easier to give up and take the loss; however, the Lady Tigers knew that they had what it took to defeat this team. The Lady Tigers never once let up and fought for every point that they earned.  Despite the loss, the Lady Tigers won in my book. The Lady Tigers tallied up some impressive stats, including 59 set assists and 110 digs.  In addition, the Lady Tigers had individuals who were ‘on their game’ and we were fortunate to keep feeding them the ball.”

Individual stats for this game are as follows: Grace Gansebom: 3 aces, 6 kills, 48 assists, 13 digs; Bailey Schmit: 1 ace, 12 kills, 3 assists, 31 digs; Elisa Herrera: 1 ace, 3 assists, 26 digs; Macy Aschoff: 2 aces, 26 kills, 20 digs; Lillie Gansebom: 3 aces, 1 kill, 1 assist, 13 digs; Kiera Moes: 1 ace, 9 kills, 1 assist, 7 digs; Cali Gutz: 6 kills, 2 assists.

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