Constantine hosted White Pigeon, Marcellus, and Berrien Springs Thursday in a volleyball quad to close out the regular season. The Falcons won all three matches on their home court, beating the Chiefs 25-16, 25-11; the Wildcats 25-11, 25-13; and the Shamrocks 25-15, 25-12.
White Pigeon took second place on the day as they edged Marcellus 22-25, 25-17, 15-13; and beat Berrien Springs 21-25, 25-22, 18-16.
“Everything was a mental battle this evening,” said Chiefs coach Natalie Saunders. “Going three games with both Marcellus and Berrien Springs gassed us for Constantine. All evening we didn’t play to our potential. I felt like we were going through the motions.”
“We lost our senior captain setter this past Saturday, Jaylee McBride to a possible ACL tear (3rd time),” added Saunders. “Hard to make changes at the end of the season like that but I’m very proud of our freshman JV setter who we recently moved up, Kenlee Schrader. She is filling some “big shoes” and did a lot of good things for us tonight.
WP sits at 11-14-3 overall and Constantine at 25-14-4. The Falcons host the Chiefs in the first round of district play Monday.
“We know what (Constantine) are capable of, now we just need to do our part and show up and play to our potential this time around.,” said Saunders.
Constantine statistics
Jozee Buglione 16 kills, 4 aces, 5 blocks, 16 digs
Sienna Sailsbury 10 kills, 5 aces, 9 blocks, 9 digs
Meah Evans 9 kills, 10 aces, 1 block, 15 digs, 23 assists
Karlee Mullendore 8 kills, 6 digs
Jenny Clewell 7 kills, 3 aces, 2 blocks, 8 digs
Bella Cullifer 5 kills, 1 block, 3 digs
Jaedyn Herlein 3 kills, 1 ace, 1 block, 2 digs
Caterina Thelen 3 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks, 1 dig
Halee Schieber 2 aces, 16 digs
Sydney Bacheller 8 digs, 38 assists
White Pigeon statistics
Megan Kemp 8 digs, 2 kills, 3 aces
Dani Steel 2 digs, 8 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace
Kenlee Schrader 47 assists, 6 digs, 8 kills, 1 block, 3 aces
Taylor Wesolek 10 digs, 11 kills, 1 ace
Shelby McDaniel 1 dig, 11 kills, 1 block
Emily Byler 11 digs, 3 aces
Hannah Eckert 1 dig
Holli Sellers 4 kills, 1 block
Ellie McBride 8 digs, 18 kills, 3 blocks, 6 aces
Layla Abner 3 digs
Sadie McDaniel 2 blocks
Three Rivers wrapped their regular season with a four set win against former league rival Dowagiac; 18-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-13. The Wildcats play Vicksburg in the district first round Tuesday at Parchment.
Three Rivers statistics
Jenna Southland 22 kills, 5 blocks, 6 digs
Gabby Charvat 5 kills, 3 blocks, 7 digs.
Payge Ellifritz 2 kills, 2 aces, 1 block
Aliza Munro 15 digs, 1 kill
Allie McGlothlen 4 kills, 7 kills, 3 blocks, 8 digs
Miley Southland 35 assists, 2 blocks, 2 kills, 8 digs.
Lanie Glass 5 kills, 1 block.
Burr Oak also got a win Thursday, sweeping Waldron 25-15, 25-17, 25-15. Braylyn Hernandez picked up her 500th career assist in the victory. The Bobcats have the bye into the district semifinal Wednesday at Colon and will face the winner of Monday’s Mendon/Athens showdown.
Burr Oak statistics
Braylyn Hernandez 24 assists, 7 digs, 5 aces; 4 kills
Sarah Hirschy 18 kills, 3 digs
Makenah Reaper 11 digs, 4 kills, 3 aces
Brooklynn Root 4 kills, 1 block
Makaila Whittington 3 kills, 2 blocks
Saryia Cornejo 3 kills, 1 block
Cristal Hernandez 7 digs, 2 aces
Addison Eldridge 7 digs, 3 aces
Amy Ledyard 5 digs.
The regular season also concluded this week for the Glen Oaks Community College volleyball squad. In their home finale and sophomore night Tuesday, the Vikings defeated Kalamazoo Valley 3-1; 26-24, 25-22, 23-25, 25-21.
Yaricel Rodriguez led the offense with 19 kills. Riley Smith had 47 assists and Jadyn Cary posted 25 digs. Full match statistics can be found here.
Then Thursday at Marian University’s Ancilla, they went the distance but lost in a dramatic five-set match; 13-25, 25-19, 21-25, 27-25, 20-18. Rodriguez had 19 kills and Cary had 38 digs. Full match statistics here.
Glen Oaks closes the season with a 10-14 overall record and a 4-8 mark in the MCCAA Western Conference.