Grant and Newaygo Recap CSAA Volleyball Conference Tourney

From Grant Head Coach Tricia Schuitema:

Grant Varsity Volleyball went 3-1 today at the CSAA tournament, defeating Lakeview 25-13, 25-18, Newaygo 25-22, 25-18, and White Cloud 25-16, 25-18 and losing to Kent City 17-25, 18-25.

Our girls did such a great job today on so many levels - serve receive, defense, setting, hitting, serving - we were really proud of the way we played together. As a result of great passing, Chloee was able to get a lot of hitters involved in the game.  We had good rhythm and played good volleyball!  We are so excited that we are peaking at this point in our season!  Our overall record is 16-11-1!  Our next matchups are this Tuesday at Potter's House Grand Rapids, then Thursday at Thornapple Kellogg and Saturday at the Central Montcalm tournament.

Leaders for the day were:
Madison Brooks with 21 kills, Reese Gragg with 17, and Hailey Guerra with 16 kills! 
Alexa Obenauf led us in blocks with 7 and added 10 kills!
Chloee Chase had 6 aces and 70 assists!
Payton Bouwkamp had 52 digs and 5 aces!
Bella Welch added 50 digs and 3 aces!
Danica Gee added 2 aces and 36 digs!
Jocee Pleune also added 2 aces and had 25 digs!

From Newaygo Head Coach Dana duChemin:

Our girls played really well this weekend and had a lot of games to persevere through. The team beat Tri-County and lost a close, hard-fought match against Morley. We played very well and just came up short at the end, sending us to the consolation bracket where we beat Central Montcalm, and lost to Grant after struggling to pull out the last bit of energy from the day. Ultimately, the girls played very well and I’m proud of how well our defense was for us to be able to get all hitters involved in the offense! We ran a quick offense and stayed aggressive while having great communication and drive on defense. We look forward to continuing to peak as a team for our last tournament at Central Montcalm next weekend and for Districts that following week! 
Our leaders were:
Ruby Hughes with 23 kills, 14 digs, and 4 aces;
Emma Rossetto with 19 kills and 8 digs;
Sophia Hathaway with 57 assists, 26 digs, 11 kills, and 5 aces;
Maria Riddering with 33 digs, 8 assists, and 3 aces; 
Elsha Jibson with 21 digs, 6 aces, and 2 kills;
Kija Westbrook with 10 kills, and 6 digs;
And Amaya Lathrop with 33 digs