Libby beats C-Falls in 5 in Northwest A volleyball championship match

by The Daily Inter Lake
| October 28, 2017 10:36 PM

BROWNING — Libby survived some tense moments at the Northwest A volleyball district tournment on Saturday by defeating Columbia Falls 22-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-12 in the championship match.

Brooklyn Rainer had 18 of Libby’s 53 kills.

Alli Collins led the Loggers in assists with 46 and aces with three.

Trista Cowan had 16 of the 46 kills for Columbia Falls. Hannah Schweikert had a team-high 37 assists and three aces.

The top four teams advance to divisional tournament play in Butte, which begins Thursday.

Championship

Libby def. Columbia Falls, 22-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-12

Libby: Kills 53 (Rainer 18). Blocks 9 (Mossburg 6). Digs 89 (Winslow 28). Assists 49 (Collins 46). Aces 7 (Collins 3).

Columbia Falls: Kills 46 (Cowan 16). Blocks 14 (Kehr 5). Digs 113 (Street 35). Assists 38 (Schweikert 37). Aces 8 (Schweikert 3).

Consolation Final

Polson def. Browning, 25-14, 25-16, 24-26, 27-25

Polson: Kills 33 (Smith 14). Blocks 1 (Smith). Digs 68 (Lundeen 24). Assists 26 (Bitterman 19). Aces 18 (Bitterman 6).

Browning: Kills 23 (McEvers 8). Blocks 8 (Skunk Cap 4). Digs 70 (Cross Guns 22). Assists 20 (Hall 19). Aces 7 (Skunk Cap 3).

Loser Out

Whitefish def. Ronan, 25-13, 25-20, 25-9

Ronan: Kills 18 (McCrea 9). Blocks 3 (McCrea 2). Digs 40 (Ulutoa 9). Assists 4 (Ulutoa 4). Aces 3 (Ulutoa, Conko-Camel, Houle).

Whitefish: Kills 36 (Ross 9). Blocks 7 (Ross 4). Digs 46 (Hemmingson 19). Assists 31 (Schulz 16). Aces 9 (Catina 3, Ross 3).

Whitefish def. Polson, 25-17, 25-14, 25-17

Whitefish: Kills 30 (Ross 8). Blocks 6 (Ross 3, Bender 3). Digs 49 (Schulz 11, Brown 11). Assists 27 (Catina 17). Aces 10 (Catina 7).

Polson: Kills 20 (Smith 7). Blocks 2 (Perez, Ducharne). Digs 55 (Lundeen 14). Assists 18 (Bitterman 15). Aces 7 (Lundeen 3).

Friday’s Results

Polson def. Ronan, 25-10, 18-25, 25-13, 25-18

Ronan: Kills 24 (Regan Clairmont 6, Madison Clairmont). Blocks 3 (Tiana Ulutoa 1). Digs 42 (Ulutoa 10). Assists 14 (Ulutoa 12). Aces 6 (Regan Clairmont 2, Bailee DeLaurenti 2).

Polson: Kills 33 (Kaelyn Smith 5, Olivia Perez 5). Blocks 3 (Smith 2, Kaylanna DesJarlais 4). Digs 61 (Kyler Lundeen 26, DesJarlais 12). Assists 15 (Laurel Bitterman 5, DesJarlais 4). Aces 15 (Bitterman 5, DesJarlais 4).

Columbia Falls def. Browning, 25-16, 25-19, 25-19

Browning: Kills 45 (Taylor Jordan 12, Dulci Skunk Cap 11). Blocks 11 (Skunk Cap 6). Digs 45 (Payton Cross Guns). Assists 11 (Olivia Hall 5, Jordan 5). Aces 5 (Hall 3).

Columbia Falls: Kills 32 (Trista Cowan 15, Ryley Kehr 7). Blocks 10 (Kehr 5). Digs 41 (Cowan 10, Hannah Schweikart). Assists 27 (Schweikart 25). Aces 9 (Kehr 3, Tallia Sova 2).

Libby def. Polson, 25-11, 25-21, 25-12

Libby: Kills 34 (Emily Mossburg 8, Mehki Sykes 8). Blocks 8 (Mossburg 5, Sykes 3). Digs 53 (Emma Gruber 18, Jayden Winslow 13). Assists 30 (Alli Collins 29). Aces 6 (Winslow 7, Brooklyn Rainer 2).

Polson: Kills 18 (Olivia Perez 6, Kaelyn Smith 5). Blocks N/A. Digs 52 (Kyler Lundeen 17, Smith 12). Assists 16 (Laurel Bitterman 15). Aces 5 (Smith 2, Perez 2).

Columbia Falls def. Whitefish, 25-21, 21-25, 25-16, 25-21

Whitefish: Kills 42 (Cailyn Ross 17, Marlee Bender 11). Blocks 8 (Ross 4, Bender 3). Digs 59 (Serena Hemmingson 17). Assists 40 (Becca Catina 30). Aces 4 (Hemmingson 3).

Columbia Falls: Kills 42 (Stella Bistodeau 13, Trista Cowan 12). Blocks 13 (Ryley Kehr 6, Kiera 3). Digs 67 (N/A). Assists 34 (Hannah Schweikart 31). Aces 10 (Savvy Ellis 3, Bistodeau 3).