Tigers fourth in Subway Tourney

Ipswich placed fourth in its own Subway volleyball invite last Saturday in the Tiger Den.

The Tiger girls finished 2-2 in the event, first winning a pair of matches, over Langford (25-10 and 25-11) and Lemmon (25-14, 23-25, 25-19), respectively.

But the Tigers then dropped a straight-sets match to Kimball-White Lake, the eventual champion, 25-22 and 25-16, sending them into the third-place match. They lost to Herreid/Selby Area 25-18 and 26-24 to get fourth place.

Versus Langford Ipswich was led by Baylee Kulesa in attacking the net, going 12 of 13 with eight kills. Gracie Lange finished 11-13 with eight kills as well and Quincy Olivier was 4-4, 2. Ipswich totaled 30 hits including 20 kills. The Tigers were 33-33 in setting with 17 assists. Olivier was 25-25 with 16 assists and Madison Geditz, 4-4 with one assist. They were 42 of 48 in serving and dropped in 16 aces, led by Madison Geditz 12-13 with six aces and Olivier went 9-11 with four aces.

Ipswich had 21 digs led by Madison Geditz with eight and Vanesa Diaz with five. They added one block assist from Kulesa and also one assisted block by Marley Guthmiller.

Then vs. Lemmon the Tigers were 80-96 at the net including 26 kills. They were led by Lange 34-39 with 13 kills and Kulesa was next at 21-25, 6 followed by Olivier 10-11 with four kills. Their setting duties were led by Olivier's perfect 71 with 18 assists and Reaghan Bowers was next at 5-5, 2. (The team was perfect in setting going 83-83 with 22 assists.) At the service line they were 64 of 72 with 21 aces, led by Olivier 24-24 with nine aces and Lange 12-13, 4.

They totaled 40 digs, led by Diaz with 11 and Madison Geditz with eight and added six assisted blocks, led by Lange and Kaylin Onken with two assists apiece.

Facing K-WL the Tigers were 60 of 73 at the net and featured 16 kills. Lange was 19-24 with six kills, Kulesa 16-18 with four kills and Olivier 10-14 with three kills. They were 67of 67 in setting, led by Olivier 55-55 with 12 assists and Madison Geditz 4-4, 2. At the service line they were 32-38 with five aces paced by Madison Geditz, 5-7 with two aces and Kulesa 10-10, 1.

Ipswich came up with 41 digs and were led by Madison Geditz with 14 and Diaz with 11. They added one block assist each from Kulesa and Onken.

Their placement match vs. H/SA was a close one, as the Tigers were able to achieve a 95 of 116 hitting attack that included 19 kills. They were led by Lange's 41-45 effort that included eight kills. Kulesa was 22-23 with seven kills and Guthmiller 13-13, 2. They got that going with a 91-91 setting performance that featured 17 assists. They were led in that department by Olivier 73-73 with 15 assists and Bowers, 9-9, 2. The girls included three aces in their overall 33-43 effort at the service line and were led by Diaz 7-9 with two aces and Lange 5-7, 1.

Ipswich had 58 digs led by Madison Geditz with 17 while Kulesa added 15 digs and two block assists.

"Congratulations to Quincy Olivier for tying a match record over the weekend," said coach Trent Osborne. During the Ipswich Subway Invite, during the match vs. the Lemmon Cowgirls, "Q" recorded nine aces matching a record previously set by Angela Heinz in 2014. During that match she reeled off 16 straight points taking the Tigers from a 9-14 deficit to a 25-14 victory in game #1. That string included a streak of seven aces out of nine serves.