Volleyball: Unbeaten Stillwater spills Whitefish

Stillwater Christian School stayed undefeated on the season through 11 matches with a 25-15, 28-30, 25-21, 25-20 nonconference volleyball victory over Whitefish at SCS on Saturday.

“This was by far our toughest match,” Stillwater coach Diane Smith said.

“The Stillwater girls came out strong in the first set. The Bulldogs came out in the second set ready to dominate. They never let down their intensity. I saw some strong mental toughness, which carried us through to the end for the win.”

Jordan Danz had 17 kills, 12 digs and two blocks for Stillwater.

Sarah Paolini finished with nine kills, two blocks, 15 digs and four aces.

Bailee Tveidt led Whitefish in kills with 10 and shared the team high in digs with Bekah Weaver, 12 each.

Weaver also had 27 assists.

Stillwater has a nonconference match on Tuesday at Eureka.

Whitefish is off until Saturday when it plays visiting Polson.

Kills — Whitefish 30 (Bailee Tveidt 10, Emily Sullivan 9), Stillwater 38 (Jordan Danz 17, Sarah Paolini 9); Blocks — Whitefish 7 (Sullivan 4), Stillwater 5 (Danz 2, Sarah Paolini 2); Assists — Whitefish 27 (Bekah Weaver 27), Stillwater 33 (Morgan Paolini 27); Digs — Whitefish 54 (Weaver 12, Tveidt 12), Stillwater 53 (Sarah Paolini 15, Danz 12); Aces — Whitefish 10 (Sheila Mumby 3, Weaver 3), Stillwater 13 (Morgan Paolini 5, Sarah Paolini 4).

Polson 3, Libby 0

POLSON — Despite trailing in all three sets, Polson swept Libby 25-17, 26-24, 25-22 in a Northwestern A volleyball match.

“It was a dogfight through the whole match,” Polson coach Janine Toth said. “Every game they got 5, 6 points up on us and my girls were able to close that gap and take it away each game.

“Libby was really scrappy. In order for us to score, we had to put the ball down because they played great defense.”

Chloie Huerta and Tina Marquardt each tallied seven kills to lead Polson’s offense, while Heidi Rausch returned from an injury to lead Polson with three blocks.

“She did a great job being a leader on the court and they had a tough time hitting around her,” Toth said of Rausch.

Polson had 13 aces in the match, and Toth said her team’s serving was a key to the win.

“They had a tough time passing our serves,” she said. “My servers were in battle mode tonight at the service line.”

Polson returns to the court Tuesday against Missoula Loyola.

Libby hosts Columbia Falls Saturday.

Kills — Libby not available, Polson 33 (Chloie Huerta 7, Tina Marquardt 7). Assists — Libby not available, Polson 26 (Shalaina Duford 24). Aces — Libby not available, Polson 13 (Mckenzie Banner 4). Blocks — Libby not available, Polson 3 (Heidi Rausch 3). Digs — Libby not available, Polson 67 (Banner 19, Jaiden Toth 13).

Eureka 3, Plains 0

PLAINS — Alex Holland had 16 digs along with five aces to guide Eureka to a 25-12, 25-21, 25-15 District 7B volleyball victory over Plains.

Alyssa White topped the Lions in kills with six and assists with 13.

Eureka has a nonconference home match on Tuesday with Stillwater Christian School.

Kills – Eureka 26 (Alyssa White 6), Plains 12 (Corle Morefield 3, Destiny Roberts 3). Blocks – Eureka 4 (unavailable), Plains 0. Digs – Eureka 55 (Alex Holland 16), Plains 23 (Kimberly Earhart 7). Assists – Eureka 22 (White 13), Plains 10 (Felicia Earhart 6). Aces – Eureka 13 (Holland 5), Plains 5 (Tia Thompson 2).