Baylee Kulesa looks for a kill in the Tigers' game in Faulkton last week.
The Ipswich varsity volleyball season came to an end with a disappointing 3-2 Region 6B bracket championship loss to Faulkton at Faulkton on Thursday, Nov. 3.
So Faulkton advanced to the SoDak 16 facing a familiar Lake Region Conference rival Northwestern and this match was to actually be played on a neutral court in Ipswich at 7 p.m. on November 8. The other Region 6B bracket championship was won by Herreid-Selby Area which would face Colman-Egan on Nov. 8 for their berth in the State B.
Meanwhile Faulkton indeed won the fifth-set tiebreaker 15-10 over the Tigers. The hosts had defeated Ipswich 25-10 in the opening set, but the Tiger girls would quickly regroup with a 25-20 win of their own in set two. Set three narrowly went in Faulkton's favor, though, 26-24, while Ipswich would then send the match into the fifth set with a much needed 25-20 win of the fourth set.
The hosts unofficially fueled their 6B win with a 156 to 126 advantage at the net including a 54-46 kills edge. But Ipswich was led by Baylee Kulesa at 52-60 with 19 kills and Gracie Lange at 50-56 with 16 kills. (Faulkton's leading hitter that evening would be Addison Melius at 50-53 with 21 kills.)
Those IHS net opportunities were launched by a perfect 106-106 setting effort that featured 29 assists. Quincy Olivier went 78-78 with 13 assists, followed by Kulesa at 13-13 with seven assists.
Ipswich finished 74-89 at the service line with eight aces. Vanesa Diaz led that with a 22-24 evening at the line that would include four aces. But Faulkton countered with 93 accurate serves that included five aces.
Defensively Ipswich would be led in digging by Madison Geditz with 27 digs and Kulesa added 17 digs.
The Tigers also utilized Kaylin Onken's two block assists and Olivier's one block.
The IHS senior netters this year were Baylee Kulesa, Kaitlyn Bierman, Vanesa Diaz, Gracie Lange, Madison Geditz, and last but certainly not least would indeed be Quincy Olivier.
The Tigers closed out their season at 16-14, while Faulkton would improve to 20-11.
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