Girls volleyball/Fox Valley roundup
Alyssa Ehrhardt had 49 kills, 7 aces and 18 digs and Maris Smith added 25 kills and 32 digs as the Jacobs girls volleyball team finished in third place Saturday at the Vernon Hills Invitational.
The Golden Eagles (9-4) defeated Lake Park, St. Viator and Vernon Hills, but lost to Glenbrook North and to Vernon Hills in pool play.
Nikki Madoch had 32 kills for Jacobs and Taylor Lauder added 101 assists.
At DeKalb: Burlington Central went 4-1 and finished in third place at the DeKalb tournament. The Rockets lost to Belvidere, but defeated Elgin, McHenry, the DeKalb JV and Hampshire. Stephanie Sipinski (34 digs, 60-for-63 on serves), Sydney Sand (23 kills, 40 digs) and Allie O’Reilly (80 assists, 25 digs) were named all-tournament for the Rockets (8-7). Brenda Thasavong had 19 blocks and 9 kills and Hayley Brake added 15 kills and 14 blocks for BC.
Hampshire went 3-2 at DeKalb, beating Harvard, Zion-Benton and West Carroll and losing to DeKalb and Burlington Central. Jenny Dumoulin had 42 kills and made the all-tournament team for the Whip-Purs (3-10), while Kelly Meache had 96 digs. Her 36 digs against Zion-Benton broke the Hampshire school record. Dakota Walther added 40 assists on the day for Hampshire.
Elgin went 1-4 at DeKalb, losing to McHenry, Burlington Central, the DeKalb JV and Belvidere North and beating Harvard. Elyssa Helker (20 kills, 6 digs), Hope Demel (58 assists, 8 blocks), Monica Stockman (13 kills, 6 aces, 4 blocks) and Rachel Roth (5 kills, 3 aces, 45 digs) led the Maroons.
At Bartlett: Bartlett was 2-3 but finished in third place at its own tournament, which was won by West Chicago. The Hawks (7-9) defeated Dundee-Crown and Woodstock North but lost to Larkin, Kaneland and West Chicago. Lexie Mason had 30 kills and 22 digs on the day for Bartlett, while Tori Burke added 22 digs and 70 assists. Jenn Krick had 17 kills, Katie Hrbacek had 14 kills and 24 digs as well as 12 aces.
Dundee-Crown was also 2-3 for the day, losing to Bartlett, Kaneland and West Chicago and beating Larkin and Woodstock North. Rebeka Hischke had 16 kills and 4 aces for the Chargers (3-6), while Tess Barnes had 48 assists and 6 aces and Cassie Sommers 34 digs.
John Radtke contributed to this report