Still undefeated
Katie Harrel jumps up to spike the ball during Tuesday evening's match against Whitefish. The Cougars won the match in three straight sets, extending their undefeated season to 24 wins.
WHITEFISH - Jordan Danz had 14 kills and Julia Smith added 10 digs and served five aces as the visiting Stillwater Cougars swept the Whitefish Bulldogs 25-21, 25-9, 25-17 in a nonconference volleyball match on Tuesday.
The Cougars extended their undefeated season to 24-0.
Madison Tveidt led Whitefish with nine kills and three aces.
"Give all the credit to Stillwater. They are a great ballclub," said Whitefish coach Jackie Fuller.
"We did not play in sync tonight," she said.
"Stillwater is a good ballclub and they play well. Dave (Shawback) does a great job there," she added.
"I think Whitefish played really, really hard. They did a good job. It was senior night (for the Bulldogs)," said Stillwater coach Dave Shawback.
"But my girls are just playing so much as a team.
"They were able to defensively take away a few things that Whitefish wanted to do," he said.
"I just didn't think mentally we were there. We made a lot of mental mistakes and we just couldn't get into a flow tonight," Fuller said.
The Cougars played their best volleyball in the second set. They committed only four errors in that set, Shawback said.
"(Setter) Morgan Paolini did a great job of leading our offense tonight," he added.
"As a team, we served 97 percent tonight. It seems like the better we serve, the better we play."
The Cougars are off now until 1 p.m. Saturday when they play host to District 7B Bigfork.
Whitefish travels to Missoula for the weekend for the annual Missoula Tournament.
The Bulldogs will be in the Sentinel pool.
Stillwater def. Whitefish 25-21, 25-9, 25-17
Kills - Stillwater 37 (Jordan Danz 14), Whitefish 21 (Madison Tveidt 9), Assists - Stillwater 30 (Morgan Paolini 29), Whitefish 19 (Olivia Nagler 19), Blocks - Stillwater 8 (Kathrynn Gerard 2) Whitefish 5 (Heather Bailey 2), Digs - Stillwater 38 (Julia Smith 10), Whitefish 48 (Olivia Nagler 9), Aces - Stillwater 10 (Julia Smith 5), Whitefish 8 (Madison Tveidt 3).