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Eagles Play Three In Mid-States Conference Tourney


The Eagles took on Guardian Angels CC the first round of the Mid States Conference Tournament.  O'Neill suffered a three set loss to GACC with scores of 25-16, 25-22, and 25-18.

"We never really got into a rhythm this game.  The first set we struggled with passing and then we did come back the second set to make it competitive," said Coach Kaye Appleby. 

Alex Hedlund was the only player in double figures for kills with 12.  Molly Shane had eight kills, Katie Danielson had five kills, and Alyssa Sobotka and Lindsey Appleby had three and two respectively.

Defensively Molly Shane led with 12 digs.  Kelsey Appleby had nine digs followed by Alex Hedlund with eight, Alyssa Sobotka with seven digs, Lindsey Appleby with five digs, and Katie Danielson had four.

Kelsey Appleby had 28 set assists and Lindsey Appleby had two assists.

The Eagles played the Boone Central Cardinals in the second round of the tourney downing them in four sets:  22-25, 25-21, 25-17, and 25-17.

Katie Danielson and Molly Shane led the Eagles in digs with nine.  Kelsey Appleby followed close behind with eight digs while Alex Hedlund picked up seven digs.

At the net Alex Hedlund put down 15 kills to top the hitting charts.  Katie Danielson had nine kills and Molly Shane had seven kills.  Sobotka and L. Appleby had three and two kills respectively.

Setting for the hitters was Kelsey Appleby with 36 set assists and she put down four kills on second contact hits.

The Eagles had quite a few ace serves with Katie Danielson leading with four aces.  Alyssa Sobotka had three aces, Kelsey Appleby with two aces, and Hedlund and Shane each had one ace apiece.

O'Neill faced Pierce in the fifth place game.  It was a battle between the two teams with Pierce coming out on top after five sets:  17-25, 25-22, 25-21, 20-25, and 11-15.

The first set it was tied at 10-10 and then the Blue Jays got a lead and kept it the rest of the set.  In the second set Pierce was up 14-9 after one rotation, and then the Eagles got on a roll with good serving by Molly Shane and a few errors by the Blue Jays to take the lead 16-15.  Alex Hedlund also had three aces in a row and Lindsey Appleby finished the set with two aces to get the win 25-22.

Set three was quite close.  The Eagles led by a couple of points late, but the Blue Jays tied it up at 21-21 and then had a service error to give the Eagles a chance to finish it off.  Kelsey Appleby served the next three points that included a kill by Hedlund and two errors by Pierce for the win.   Set four was tied at 15-15 before the Blue Jays pulled ahead to send it to game five.  In game five Pierce put up some strong blocks and the Eagles couldn't get the kills they needed.

The Eagles had several players in double figures for digs.  Katie Danielson led with 17 digs followed by Alyssa Sobotka with 16 digs.  Molly Shane and Lindsey Appleby were close behind with 14 and 13 digs respectively.  Lindsey Appleby was serve receive leader with 22 while Alyssa Sobotka had 15 good serve receives.

Three Eagle hitters had double figures in kills:  Alex Hedlund led with 19 kills while Molly Shane and Lindsey Appleby had 12 kills each.

Kelsey Appleby had a season high with 47 set assists on the night.

"It was a good match by both team.   It came down to game five with a strong effort by all--we just couldn't get much going against their tall blockers at the net that final set," said Coach Appleby.  

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