Lady Cougars lose two in pool play at league tourney
Centre girls' volleyball team traveled to Tescott Saturday to participate in the Eisenhower League Tournament.
The Lady Cougars were defeated by Hope and Solomon in the first two matches. They defeated Wakefield in a third match but did not advance out of pool play.
The girls won the first game with Hope, 25-18, but lost the next two, 8-25 and 5-15.
Laura Klenda led scoring in game one with seven points. Brianne Stahlecker added five. Megan Gutsch scored two points in game two, and Jill Fenske scored two in game three.
Gutsch was leading spiker for the match with 19 out of 21 attempts and four kills.
The girls had trouble scoring against Solomon and lost in two games 11-25 and 12-14. Most of their points were rally points, nine in each game. Gutsch was successful in 12 of 15 spike attempts and had two kills and two blocks. L. Klenda contributed 11 spikes, six kills, and two blocks.
Ending the final match on a winning note, the Lady Cougars defeated Wakefield in two games, 25-14, and 25-12.
Fenske was leading scorer in the first game with eight points. Stahlecker led in game two, also with eight points.
Gutsch had 13 spikes and four kills, followed by L. Klenda with 12 spikes and seven kills.
STATISTICS
Centre vs. Hope
Scoring: Game 1 (25-18), Laura Klenda 7, Brianne Stahlecker 5, Jackie Klenda 2. Game 2 (8-25), Megan Gutsch 2, Jill Fenske 1. Game 3 (5-15), Fenske 2.
Rally points: 8, 5, 3. Team serving: 23/25, 8/8, 5/5. Setting: Stahlecker 12/14, 30/31. Individual aces: L. Klenda 2, Stahlecker 1.
Spikes: Gutsch 19/21, L. Klenda 11/11, J. Klenda 10/14, Fenske 10/10, Raschelle Jirak 2/6, Alyssa Luna 0/2. Kills/block: L. Klenda 7/4, J. Klenda 0/2, Jirak 1/2, Fenske 3/0, Gutsch 4/0, Luna 0/3.
Centre vs. Solomon
Scoring: Game 1 (11-25), Fenske 1, Jirak 1. Game 2 (12-14), J. Klenda 2, L. Klenda 2.
Rally points: 9, 9.
Team serving: 10/12, 12/14.
Setting: Jirak 11/11, Stahlecker 11, 11.
Individual aces: L. Klenda 1.
Spikes: L. Klenda 11/12, Gutsch 12/15, Jirak 1/2, Fenske 2/3, J. Klenda 4/5.
Kills/blocks: L. Klenda 6/2, Gutsch 2/2, J. Klenda 5/0.
Centre vs. Wakefield
Scoring: Game 1 (25-14), Fenske 8, L. Klenda 6. Game 2 (25-12), Stahlecker 8, Fenske 4, Jirak 2, Luna 2.
Rally points: 11, 9.
Team serving: 23/25, 22/24.
Setting: Stahlecker 22/22, Jirak 17/17.
Individual aces, J. Klenda 2, Jirak 1, Stahlecker 1, Kleiber 1.
Spikes: L. Klenda 12/14, J. Klenda 4/5, Fenske 5/6, Gutsch 13/14.
Kills/blocks: L. Klenda 7/0, J. Klenda 2/0, Fenske 2/0, Gutsch 4/0.
The 1A regional volleyball tournament is Saturday at Hartford beginning at 2 p.m. Centre enters the tournament as eighth seed with a record of 8 wins and 13 losses.
The girls will play third-seeded Williamsburg (13-7) at approximately 4 p.m. The top two teams will advance to sub-state.
