By By TOM NYHUIS / Niles Daily Star
NILES – Anytime you can win a Lakeland Conference game, you have to be pleased.
It was Buchanan who was able to hang on through a five game match for a 3-2 varsity volleyball win Wednesday evening at Brandywine High School.
The Lady Bucks got past the Bobcats 25-19, 27-25, 11-25, 22-25, 15-8.
"This was very tough as we just saw Buchanan at the Buck Classic on Saturday where we lost four games to them and took one," Brandywine coach Sara Eaton said following the loss.
In the eyes of Buchanan coach Lisa Holok it wasn't so much what the Bobcats were doing but what her team wasn't. It was difficult for her to find a positive out of the match.
"It's always nice to win a conference match but I told the team after it was over that it was ugly and just glad it was over," Holok said.
"We've had a great couple of weeks. We won our tournament and did pretty well against Coloma last week. We're just going to move forward, work in practice and look forward to moving on," Holok added.
Buchanan stats
Courtney Miller 25 digs 4 blocks 20 kills
Jayme O'Bryant 22 digs 6 kills
Rachel Downs 22 digs
Emily Ross 27 digs 21 assists 4 blocks 6 aces 7 kills
Alexis Lenox 11 digs 4 blocks
Rachel Briggs 7 blocks 3 kills
Anna Callahan 4 blocks 8 kills
Taylor Henry 2 blocks
Brandywine stats
Kendra Zache 11 kills, 3 aces
Katie Smallwood 8 kills, 6 blocks
Jenna Harris 8 kills, 2 blocks
Ashley Light 3 kills
Lauren Leonard 3 kills
JV Scores: Brandywine won 2 games: 25-21, 25-23