Niles freshmen 2-1 at SMAC Mini
Published 11:38 am Thursday, September 18, 2014
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