Volleyball roundup: Eureka shares 7B title with Thompson Falls
EUREKA — The Eureka girls refused to lose on senior night, beating Thompson Falls in five sets on Saturday, 14-25, 15-25, 25-18, 25-19, 15-13, to claim a share of the regular season District 7B volleyball title with the Blue Hawks.
Both finished 7-1 in league play.
Eureka recovered from a lackluster opening two sets to sweep the final three, Cassidy Morgan picking up 15 kills and Alex Holland with 36 of Eureka’s 112 digs.
“It was definitely a very emotional game for a lot of the girls,” Eureka coach Shauna Baker said. “The crowd was very exciting. There was a few girls that were not going to lose this game and you could tell.”
The Lions will have one of the top two seeds at the District 7B tournament on Saturday in Bigfork.
Aces — E 8 (Mikayla Grove 4), TF 11 (Erica Sorlie 3, Hope Reed 3). Kills — E 25 (Cassidy Morgan 15), TF 31 (Hope Reed 18). Blocks — E 7 (Carli Allen 3), TF (Kelsey Fitchett 6). Assists — E 40 (Alyssa White 25), TF 28 (Allison Vaught 23). Digs — E 112 (Alex Holland 36), TF 89 (Logan Beckman 20).
Troy 3, Bigfork 0
BIGFORK — Troy beat Bigfork in three sets, 25-18, 25-14, 25-16.
Marissa Hiza led the Valkyries with six digs and two aces, also picking up five kills. Tessa Robertson had seven kills and three blocks for Bigfork.
The Vals host the District 7B tournament on Saturday. They’ll start with a play-in match against Plains.
Assists — T 27 (Holli Higgins 23), BF 15 (Josie Spoklie 10). Digs — T 33 (Katie Lundin 6), BF 14 (Marissa Hiza 6). Kills — T 32 (Kellie Lundin 9), BF 16 (Tessa Robertson 7, Hiza 5). Blocks — T 3 (Michaela Curry 2), BF 5 (Robertson 3). Aces — T 11 (Curry 4), BF 3 (Hiza 2).
Dillon 3, Polson 2
POLSON — Polson got a slow start, losing to Dillon in five sets, 25-23, 25-18, 21-25, 19-25, 15-11.
The Pirates, playing without two regular starters, were out of sync in the first two sets, but recovered enough to force a fifth.
“It took us a couple games to get moving,” Polson coach Jan Toth said. “We were just so inconsistent in our play. We missed 13 serves ... We missed three in last game. You can’t do that after you work so hard to gain momentum.”
Heidi Rausch had a match-high 18 kills and was one of three Pirates with two blocks. Shalaina Duford led Polson with 23 digs and 40 assists.
“Dillon’s a tough team,” Toth said. “They’re a big team and have the best libero I’ve seen.”
Polson hosts Frenchtown on Thursday.
Aces — P 8 (Jaiden Toth 3, Shalaina Duford 2, Chelsea Chowning 2), D 9 (Kansas Suenram 4). Kills — P 45 (Heidi Rausch 18, Chloie Huerta 14), D 50 (Whitney Southam 13). Assists — P 40 (Duford 40), D 41 (Jacki Richardson 40). Blocks — P 8 (Huerta, Rausch, Duford 2), D 5 (Southam 3). Digs — P 88 (Duford 23, Mackenzie Banner 17, Toth 16), D 63 (Taryn Judge 27, Linder 11).