On Saturday, Three Rivers and Sturgis both competed in the Portage Northern volleyball tournament and ended up meeting in bracket play.
In pool play, the Wildcats split with Bronson (25-20, 19-25) and Edwardsburg (18-25, 25-22) and lost to Okemos (16-25, 14-25). The Trojans split with Otsego (20-25, 25-13) and Northview (17-25, 25-10) while falling to Lakeview (23-25, 18-25).
This sent both teams to the silver bracket where they met in the quarterfinal. TR won the match in three, 25-20, 18-25, 15-11; ending Sturgis’ day. The Wildcats beat another Wolverine Conference rival in the semi, topping Vicksburg 25-21, 25-15. In the finale, Three Rivers fell against the hosting Huskies 25-16, 25-19.
Three Rivers statistics
Jenna Southland 56 kills, 23 digs, 14 blocks, 5 aces
Miley Southland 105 assists, 27 digs, 10 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace
Gabby Charvat 31 kills, 29 digs, 5 blocks, 1 ace
Allie McGlothlen-10 kills, 35 digs, 10 blocks, 4 aces
Aliza Munro 33 digs, 5 aces, 1 assist
Arabella Mangold-8 kills, 6 digs, 2 blocks
Lanie Glass 8 kills, 5 digs, 4 aces, 1 block
Maddie O’Hara 6 kills, 1 digs
Sturgis statistics
Adison Nettleman 31 kills, 4 aces, 4 blocks, 27 digs
Megan Hecht 31 kills, 1 ace, 6 blocks 7 digs
Harlie 5 kills, 1 ace, 71 assists, 28 digs
Angela Cary 11 kills, 10 blocks
Mendon competed Saturday at the Calvin Christian tournament and finished 3-1-1 for the day. The Hornets in pool play defeated Covenant Christian (25-16, 25-16), and Wyoming (25-13, 25-18) while splitting with Potter’s House (24-26, 25-19).
In bracket play, Mendon topped Holland 25-10, 25-19; but then dropped the semifinal in a rematch with Covenant 25-23, 16-25, 15-11.
“We started out slow on the day and then really found our groove through pool play and into bracket play,” said Hornets coach Kenneth Herbert. “I tell the team we use every opportunity as a stepping stone. We will use what we did today to continue to grow and improve.”
Mendon statistics
Makennah Mullins 16 Kills, 11 Digs, 12 Blks,
Alexis Ames 29 Kills, 28 Digs, 9 Aces
Alicyn Arevalo 17 Kills, 3Blks
Kayla Wenzel 70 Assists, 29 Digs, 10 Aces
Caylena Briggs 44 Digs, 9 Aces
Glen Oaks over the weekend competed in Illinois at the Joilet tournament. Both of their matches Friday with intense five set defeats. Against Morton, GOCC fell 25-18, 25-23, 24-26, 21-25, 15-10. Versus Highland, the result was 25-27, 25-19, 25-19, 17-25, 16-14.
On Saturday, the Vikings won a four set match against Bryant and Stratton 25-20, 25-21, 22-25, 25-16. Glen Oaks then closed the weekend with a sweep of Frontier 25-18, 25-12, 25-18.
Now at 6-8 overall, the Vikings have their third league match coming up at Kellogg, which was rescheduled to Sunday, September 25 at 2 PM.