Girls volleyball/Fox Valley roundup
After dropping two matches Thursday night at the Wheaton North tournament, Larkin’s girls volleyball team came back Saturday to go 3-0 in the blue bracket.
The Royals (5-2) defeated Oak Forest 25-10, 25-14, then dropped Romeoville 25-14, 25-23, and then disposed of Buffalo Grove 28-26, 25-21.
All-tournament selection Olivia Kofie led the Royals with 9 aces, 17 kills, 5 assists, 8 blocks and 5 digs in the three games. Brianna Stewart added 3 aces, 22 kills, 4 blocks and a dig, Alyssa McGhee had 2 aces, 3 kills, 33 assists and 11 digs and Alexis Price added 7 aces, 12 kills and 6 digs. Also contributing for Larkin were Mia Gill with 3 aces and 12 digs and Natalie Kofie with 16 assists, 2 digs and 2 kills.
At Plainfield East: Crystal Lake South went 4-1 and finished in fifth place at the Plainfield East tournament. The Gators defeated Joliet West, Oswego East, Marian Catholic and Huntley and lost to Naperville North. Carly Nolan had 39 kills, 15 digs and 6 blocks and Cassy Sivsind added 99 assists to lead CLS (5-1). Nicole Slimko added 24 kills and 11 blocks and Avalon Nero had 38 kills and 10 aces.
Huntley went 3-2 at the tournament, beating Proviso East, Hinsdale South and Providence and losing to St. Charles North and Crystal Lake South. Rachel Kisten had 28 kills on the day to lead the Red Raiders.
At Chicago Christian: St. Edward went 2-3 for the weekend and finished in sixth place at the Chicago Christian tournament. The Green Wave beat the Marist JV and Aurora Central Catholic and lost to De La Salle, Chicago Christian and Chicago Payton. Katie Swanson (24 kills, 4 blocks, 41 digs) made the all-tournament team for St. Edward (3-3). Also contributing for the Wave were Megan Barth (15 kills, 6 blocks, 3 aces), Cory Kelly (13 kills, 2 blocks), Shannon Igielski (25 kills, 5 blocks), Mallory Gross (3 aces, 55 digs, 66 assists), Clara McDowell (42 digs, 4 aces), Allison Kruk (97 digs) and Alyssa Saunders (45 digs).
At Rockford East: Elgin finished 2-3 at the Rockford East tournament, beating Rockford Christian and River Ridge and losing to Rochelle, Fremd and Fenton. Melanie Berg (11 aces, 19 kills) and Tanya Welch (12 aces, 60 assists) led the Maroons.
“We played really well today,” said Elgin coach Scott Stewart. “We only had two wins all of last year so I’ll take the two wins today.”
Hampshire went 1-3-1 in the tournament, beating Harvard, splitting with Fenton and losing to Jefferson, Oregon and Rockford Christian. Erin Foss had 29 kills, 10 aces and 33 digs to lead the Whip-Purs (1-5), while Kayla Kienzler (17 kills, 3 blocks), Kyla Conway (17 kills), Dallas Krueger (5 blocks), Sophia Robson (5 blocks), Julianna Gass (61 digs) and Brittany Laffin (26 assists) also contributed.