Lady Pirates lose 3 matches
The Prairie Lady Pirates had a tough week as they lost 3 league matches. On Tuesday, Sept. 8 they lost a 5-set match to Logos at Cottonwood. On Thursday, Sept. 10 they lost another 5-set match at Potlatch. Finally, on Monday, Sept. 14 they were swept by Troy at Cottonwood.
On Tuesday, Sept. 8 Prairie rallied from an 0-2 hole to force a fifth game against new league member Logos but didn’t have anything left for the fifth game as they were beaten 22-25, 17-25, 25-14, 25-21, 3-15.
Prairie got off to a bad start in the opening game as they fell behind 3-9 and 5-12.
They were able to rally back to tie it at 13-13 thanks to a 6-point service run by Sierra McWilliams. She had 4 aces while Tara Schlader and Ellea Uhlenkott each added a kill.
Prairie was able to take the lead three times at 18-17, 19-18 and 20-19 on an ace by Uhlenkott and a back row kill by McWilliams and a bricked Logos serve respectively, but couldn’t add to it. Logos scored 4 straight to take a 20-23 lead and eventually won by 3 points.
Prairie never held a lead in the second game and only tied it once, at 3-3, as Logos controlled the whole way and wound up winning by 8 points.
Facing being swept out of their own gym the Lady Pirates rallied in the third game as two kills by Madison Shears and a kill each by Hope Schwartz and McWilliams gave Prairie a 6-2 lead.
After a sideout, Shears scored a kill to send Uhlenkott to the service line where she put together a 5-point run for a 12-3 lead. Uhlenkott had an ace while Delanie Lockett, Shears, Schlader and Josie Remacle each added a kill.
After another pair of sideouts, a kill by Remacle and an ace by Schlader made it 15-4. Prairie maintained at lead an 8 point lead the rest of the game and wound up winning by 11.
Schwartz served Prairie to a 3-0 lead in the fourth game as Uhlenkott, Schwartz and Lockett each picked up a kill.
Logos came back to take a 3-4 lead but a kill by Schwartz and a 3-point run by Lockett put Prairie back on top again at 7-4. McWilliams and Uhlenkott each picked up a kill and Lockett added an ace.
The two teams battled back and forth with Prairie leading most of the way although Logos took the lead once at 16-17.
Schlader scored a kill to tie it and Prairie then scored 4 straight with Uhlenkott serving. Remacle, Shears and Schlader each scored a kill then Remacle made it 21-17 with a smashing spike.
Prairie eventually won 25-21 with McWilliams serving an ace for the game winner to tie the match at 2 games each.
Prairie apparently used up most of their energy to force the fifth game as Logos won to toss to serve first and scored the first 12 points of the deciding game. A kill be Schwartz averted the shutout and a kill by Trinity Martinez and an ace by Schwartz made it 3-12 before Logos scored the final 2 points to end it.
Shears had 11 kills, including a block, in the match with an assist. Schlader had 10 kills, 23 assists and 1 ace. Uhlenkott had 10 kills, 2 assists and 3 aces. Remacle had 10 kills, including 2 blocks. Schwartz had 8 kills, 15 assists and 1 ace. Locket had 7 kills, 5 assists and 5 aces. Jade Prigge had 7 kills. McWilliams had 3 kills, 4 assists and 6 aces. Martinez had 3 kills. Wemhoff had 1 assist.
The JV team won their match against Logos 25-13, 20-25, 15-9.
In the first game Prairie got 3 aces from Kristin Wemhoff to take a 4-0 lead and then Laney Forsmann had 2 aces with a kill by Julia Rehder that made it 10-4.
Isabella Walsh had a 6-point service run that made it 17-5. She had an ace while Julia Rehder had 2 kills and Mackenzie Key and Wemhoff each added 1.
The rest of the game was played close to even as Prairie won by 12 points.
In the second game Prairie took an early 3-1 lead but a 2-12 run by Logos put them ahead 6-14.
Twice Prairie got within 3 points at 13-16 and at 15-18 but couldn’t get any closer as Logos held on to even the match at 1 game each.
Logos scored first in the third game but a kill each by Wemhoff and Riley Enneking put Prairie ahead.
After Logs tied it, Wemhoff put Prairie ahead for good with a tip. Enneking followed with an ace and Forsmann added a kill for a 5-2 lead.
Logos pulled within 1 at 5-4 but a kill by Key was followed by a 5-point service run by Forsmann that made it 11-4. Key had 3 kills in that run with Forsmann scoring on an ace and Wemhoff on a tip.
Logos got within 4 at 13-9 but a dig by Wemhoff led to match point and Rehder scored a kill to end it.
For the second straight match Prairie lost in 5 sets. The scores at Potlatch were 20-25, 25-18, 25-23, 19-25, 11-15.
After losing the first set, Prairie rallied to take a 2 games to 1 lead and started the fourth game with a 4-0 lead but couldn’t put the Loggers away.
Potlatch had a 1-13 run to take control of the fourth game and went on to win it by 6 points.
Prairie again had the early lead in the deciding fifth game at 3-0 and held the lead until Potlatch took their first lead at 10-11. Prairie only scored 1 more point after that.
Schlader, Shears and Prigge each had 7 kills in the match while Schlader had 17 assists and Schwartz had 16 assists. McWilliams had 12 digs.
The Prairie JV lost their match 1 game to 2. No scores were available.
Although the Lady Pirates battled Troy, especially through the first two games, they couldn’t close the deal and wound up losing 23-25, 16-25, 8-25.
Troy led most of the opening game by as many as 6 points at 10-16 and 14-20.
Shears scored a sideout kill that made it 15-20 and McWilliams went to the service line. She served for 8 straight points to give Prairie a 22-20 lead with 1 ace plus 4 kills by Shears and 1 each by Uhlenkott and Schwartz.
At 22-20 it looked like Prairie had scored another point but there was a dispute as to whether Uhlenkott had reached over the net too far to hit the ball, inducing a carry by Troy. The officials wound up calling for a reserve and Troy won the point. That killed Prairie’s momentum and Troy scored 4 of the next 5 points to win the game.
Prairie bounced back from that disappointment to take a an early lead in the second game. A kill by Schlader and an ace by Schwartz made it 2-0. 2 aces by Lockett gave Prairie a 5-1 lead.
The lead stayed at about 3-4 points with a kill by Remacle making it 11-7. At that point Troy pretty much took over. The scored a sideout to cut the lead to 13-12 then Mckayla Sapp served 7 straight points with 4 aces to put Troy up 13-19 and gave them the momentum to take a 9-point win.
The third game was dominated by Troy’s Morgan Blazzard. She had some issues with consistency through the first two games but had it going in the third game with 8 kills in a 1-16 run by Troy that turned a 4-4 tie into a 5-20 runaway.
Troy wound up winning by 17 points.
For the match Shears had 12 kills plus an assist. Remacle had 5 kills and an assist. Schlader had 3 kills, 7 assists and an ace. Lockett had 3 kills, 3 assists and 3 aces. Martinez had 3 kills. Schwartz had 2 kills, 17 assists and 2 aces. McWilliams had 2 kills, 1 assist and 1 ace. Prigge had 2 kills. Uhlenkott had 1 kill.
Prairie is now 2-3 in league play and 3-3 overall.
The JV match started like Prairie was going to get swept out of the gym as well but they came back to take the win 11-25, 25-15, 15-10.
Troy jumped out to a 0-11 lead in the opening game and went on to blow out Prairie 11-25.
It didn’t take long for Prairie to take their first lead of the match in the second game as Wemhoff scored a kill on the opening serve and then added an ace for a 2-0 lead.
Troy quickly tied it but 2 aces by Enneking put Prairie back on top 5-2.
Troy got back within 1 at 6-5 and 9-8. At 9-8 Julia Rehder scored a kill and Taylor Riener then served 4 straight points for a 14-8 lead. She had 2 aces and added a back row kill while Enneking also had a kill. Troy never got closer than 4 the rest of the game.
Wemhoff had a 5-point service run to stretch the lead from 6 to 11. She had an ace while Enneking had 2 kills and Forsmann and Walsh each added 1.
Walsh scored the game ending kill that evened the match at 1-1.
Troy scored first in the third game but a kill by Forsmann and an ace by Enneking put Prairie ahead.
A 4-point service run by Forsmann put Prairie up 7-2. She had 2 aces and Walsh had 2 kills.
Troy got within 2 at 7-5 but a kill by Riener and then a kill each by Julia Rehder and Walsh put Prairie up 10-5.
The closest Troy would get would be 4 at 14-10 but Walsh then ended it with a kill.