END OF THE LINE: Carney Girls Fall In Semifinals

BATTLE CREEK---The Carney-Nadeau Wolves volleyball team put up a spirited effort in the Division Four state semifinals Friday, but made too many mistakes and lost to Auburn Hills Oakland Christian, 3-1. The scores were 23-25, 25-21, 16-25, 20-25.

The Wolves were plagued by servive errors, especially in the fourth set, and they tried to overcome a collapse that cost them the first set that they appeared to have well in hand.

The Lancers had a rough start to the match, with more errors than kills, and Carney led throughout the first set. It looked like the Wolves would get the upper hand, racing out to a seven-point lead at 23-17. But Carney was stunned when Oakland Christian scored eight straight points.

The Wolves did not give up, however. They fell behind several times in the second set, and at one point, trailed 14-10. Carney scored four straight points to tie the match, and it stayed closed down the stretch. The Wolves trailed 21-20 but scored five straight points on a Malorie Baumler service run to win the set. Taylor Kedsch had three kills during that five-point run.

The pivitol third set saw the Lancers score four of the first five points, and they gradually built a lead. Carney fell behind, 11-4, and never got closer than four points in that set.

That set up a must-win fourth set for Carney-Nadeau.

But the Wolves fell behind, 7-1. Abigail Franey had two service aces, the Wolves had a service error, and Kaylee Page had two kills during that run. The Wolves trailed just 19-18 when the Lancers made two straight errors after a Liana Blahnik kill. But Oakland Christian scored five straight points to make it 24-18 and pretty much ended the match.

Blahnik led the Wolves with 18 kills, and Kedsch finished with 14 kills. Haley Ernst had 25 digs and Mackenzie Welcher had 22 digs.

Page led Oakland Christian with 21 kills.

   Carney-Nadeau      ATTACK  SET  SERVE  SRV  DEF  BLOCK  GEN 
##  Player  GP  TA  PCT  SA  SE  RE  DIG  BS  BA  BE  BHE 
2   Haley Ernest   .111  34  25 
7   Samantha Kedsch   .000 
9   Liana Blahnik   18  46  .304  17 
10  Taylor Kedsch   14  60  .117  15 
15  Malorie Baumler   .111 
17  Heidi Kirschner   14  .143 
3   Mary Sivula   .000 
12  Mackenzie Walcher   -.167  22 
  Totals  40  16  147  .163  37  11  11  93 
  
  TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0
 

   Aub Hills Oak Christ     ATTACK  SET  SERVE  SRV  DEF  BLOCK  GEN 
##  Player  GP  TA  PCT  SA  SE  RE  DIG  BS  BA  BE  BHE 
1   Anna Frazee   33  .030 
4   Hailee Ide   16  -.125  21 
5   Kylie Morga   10  33  .121 
8   Katie Hopkins   22  .091  40  14 
11  Kaylee Page   21  58  .276  18 
13  Riley Sparre   18  -.167 
7   Olivia Colletti   .000  18 
9   Abigail Franey   .000  14 
  Totals  50  32  180  .100  48  11  89 
  
  TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 1.0
 

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