Dowagiac volleyball team splits matches at St. Joseph
Published 10:12 am Thursday, August 28, 2008
By By SCOTT NOVAK / Dowagiac Daily News
The Dowagiac varsity volleyball team split a pair of matches at the St. Joseph Quad on Wednesday night.
The Chieftains, who are now 4-3, lost a pair of close games to the host Lady Bears before defeating South Haven in three games.
The Lady Rams defeated Dowagiac in two games on Monday at their tournament.
St. Joseph defeated the Chieftains 25-22 and 25-22. Dowagiac then earned some revenge against South Haven 25-14, 23-25 and 15-9.
"We have some young players in some key spots that are getting better every day," Dowagiac coach Ryan Frontczak said. "We knew we were going to have to improve every day and we are doing that. We are really moving players around a lot right now trying to find out what is going to be the best line up.
"It's not just the new parts of our team moving, it's everyone. We will hope to find a solid line up soon. I have to say our defense was pretty good tonight. Our offense needs to be worked on and that's our team goal," he added.
Emily Primley led the team with 20 kills, three blocks and tow aces. Jenna Mitchell added three blocks and Tasia Diaz three aces.
JV volleyball
Dowagiac's JV volleyball team lost to St. Joseph 23-25 and 16-25, along with South Haven 15-25, 22-25.
Top hitters against St. Joe were Kiele Belew and Katie Haneberg. Leading servers were Devon Ownby, Miranda East and Belew.
Against South Haven, top servers were Haneberg, Ownby and East. Leading hitters were Belew, Abbi Gnatz and Haneberg. The top passer was Marissa Tidey.