Glacier 2nd for 3rd straight year at Missoula volleyball

by The Daily Inter Lake
| October 15, 2011 9:46 PM

MISSOULA - Make that three straight.

The Glacier Wolfpack volleyball team finished second at the Missoula County Invitational on Saturday - for the third straight year.

Helena High defeated the Wolfpack in the championship 25-19, 25-12.

"It was really frustrating," said Glacier coach Christy Harkins.

The Wolfpack defeated Butte, 25-20, 25-14 in the first round Saturday, then downed Great Falls 18-25, 27-25, 25-20 in the semifinal.

"Helena played very well and we just didn't step up to the challenge to compete at a high enough level," she said.

"(The Bengals) were firing on all cylinders today. We just didn't have what it took to make it through the last match."

"But it was a good weekend. We put a day and a half together. We just need to put two (days) together," she said.

The Wolfpack travels to Helena on Thursday. It will take on Helena Capital that day, then has a rematch Friday with the Bengals.

Missoula Invitational

Championship bracket

At Sentinel High School

First round

Glacier def. Butte, 25-20, 25-14

Glacier stats only

Kills - Glacier 24 (Dayna Niebaum 7); Assists 23 (Hannah Liss 21), Digs 35 (Emily Gilbertson 9), Blocks 3 (Lexy Boschee 2) Aces 7 (Liss 3).

Great Falls High def. Polson, 25-10, 25-13; Missoula Sentinel def. Missoula Hellgate, 25-14, 25-19; Helena High def. Helena Capital, 25-11, 25-7.

Semifinals

Glacier def. Great Falls

18-25, 27-25, 25-20

Glacier stats only

Kills - 30 (Boschee 10), Assists 26 (Liss 26) Digs 41 (Gilbertson 11), Blocks 5 (Cassidy Hashley 4) Aces 8 (Liss 3).

Helena def. Sentinel, 25-21, 22-25, 25-21.

Losers-out

Butte def. Polson, 25-15, 25-23; Hellgate def. Capital, 25-14, 20-25, 25-22.

Loser-out semis

Great Falls def. Hellgate, 25-19, 25-20; Sentinel def. Butte, 24-26, 25-21, 25-8.

Third-place match

Great Falls def. Sentinel, 25-21, 25-16.

Championship

Helena def. Glacier, 25-19, 25-12.

Kills - Glacier 17 (four players tied with 4), Helena 25 (Kaitlyn Oliver 10). Blocks - Glacier 2 (Cassi Hashley 1, Lexy Boschee 1), Helena 7 (Mackenzie Donnelly 4). Digs - Glacier 34 (Emily Gilbertson 10), Helena 38 (Sydne Simanton 11). Assists - Glacier 16 (Hannah Liss 15), Helena 24 (Kyndal Williams 24). Aces - Glacier 3 (Gilbertson 2), Helena 3 (Williams 1, Simanton 1, Tatum Teegarden 1).

Consolation bracket

At Hellgate High School

First round

Great Falls CMR def. Frenchtown, 25-18, 25-14; Anaconda def. Columbia Falls, 25-22, 26-24; Missoula Big Sky def. Libby, 25-10, 15-25, 25-18; Whitefish bye.

Semifinals

CMR def. Anaconda, 25-21, 25-20; Big Sky def. Whitefish, 23-25, 25-23, 25-12.

Third-place match

Anaconda def. Whitefish, 25-21, 11-25, 25-15.

Championship

Big Sky def. CMR, 21-25, 25-22, 25-20.

Eureka 3, Plains 0

PLAINS - The Eureka Lions made quick work of the Plains Trotters, sweeping a District 7B volleyball contest 25-14, 25-14, 25-7.

Selene Elster led the Lions with eight kills and seven digs.

Alyssa White had 16 assists for Eureka.

Kills - Eureka 31 (Selene Elster 8), Plains 13 (Destiny Roberts 3). Blocks - Eureka 1 (Carli Allen), Plains 2 (Franky Winebrenner, Ashley Thompson). Digs - Eureka 24 (Cassidy Morgan 7, Elster 7), Plains 22 (Thompson 7). Assists - Eureka 27 (Alyssa White 16), Plains 13 (Felicia Earhart 10). Aces - Eureka 13 (Morgan 7), Plains 4 (Thompson 2).

Thompson Falls 3, Bigfork 1

BIGFORK - Bigfork won the first set then lost the next three as Thompson Falls prevailed in a District 7B match.

The scores: 20-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-23.

Hope Reid paced Thompson Falls with 19 kills, four blocks and 23 digs.

Melissa VanDerveer had eight kills, 13 digs and three aces for Bigfork. Kianna Wicklund had 17 digs.

Bigfork (8-5, 3-3) hosts Troy Wednesday.

Kills - Thompson Falls 45 (Hope Reid 19), Bigfork 26 (Tessa Robertson 10, Melissa VanDerveer 8). Blocks - Thompson Falls 9 (Reid 4), Bigfork 5 (Amber McDaniel 3). Assists - Thompson Falls 39 (Allison Vaught 35), Bigfork 12 (Taylor Peck). Digs - Thompson Falls 87 (Reid 23), Bigfork 73 (Kianna Wicklund 17, VanDerveer 13). Aces - Thompson Falls 6 (Erica Sorlie 4), Bigfork 10 (McDaniel 3, VanDerveer 3).