The Niles freshmen volleyball team went 2-1 at the SMAC mini Wednesday night.

“We weren’t ready to play our first game,” Niles coach Samantha Zimmerman said. “We started extremely slow and played way below our potential. Gull Lake was a great serving team, and we just couldn’t figure it out. On the balls that we figured out our passing though, our hitters couldn’t put the ball away. Luckily, we got a game break and came back ready to play.

“We took on Battle Creek Lakeview and finally played as a team. I’ve never seen our team play so well as a team before, and it was very promising. They even carried it over to the next game against Battle Creek Central. I got to play girls in various positions and still saw great things. I was very happy with the way my team came together tonight.”

Niles (14-7-1) will travel to Mishawaka on Tuesday.

 

SMAC Mini

Match results

Gull Lake d. Niles 14-25, 18-25

Niles d. B.C. Lakeview 25-14, 25-12

Niles d. B.C. Central 25-11, 25-9

 

Niles statistics

Leading scorers

Tristyn Brooks 31 points, 16 ace

Jora Barnes 10 points, 5 ace

 

Kills

Tristyn Brooks 9

Mckenzie Pulliam 7

 

Blocks

Addison Davies 2

Barnes 1

 

Assists

Bereniz Sotelo 9

Pulliam 8

Addison Davies 6

 

Digs 

Sadie Fountain 12

Pulliam 8

Brooks 8