The Falcons hosted the Cougars of Catholic Central on Tuesday, September 25. The Falcons found themselves in an early deficit down 1-5. The girls stayed calm and composed and found their way back into the match with the help of serving from Shani Russell, Kendall Krueger and Ciera Rodney. The Falcons would take set one 25-18. In set two the Falcons used their aggressive first contact and defense to hold the Cougars only to 11 points in that set. In the third set, the Cougars found themselves in their first lead of the entire match with aggressive serving and offensively could not let the Falcons respond on defense. The Falcons found themselves down 17-21; Kendall Krueger found herself at the service line and would rally her teammates to be tied at 21-21. The two teams would grit and fight to tie the match up at 23-23, the Falcons maintained a sideout and found themselves at match point. With impeccable defense on both sides of the net, the Falcons were able to close out the match on a kill by Dana Wila. The Falcons improve to 4-3 in the OK Blue and will host the Falcons of Allendale on Thursday, September 27 at 6:00pm.

Stat Leaders v. Catholic Central

Aces: Dana Wila (3), Emily Mannion (2), Kendall Krueger (1)

Kills: Dana Wila (11), Maddie DeYoung, Ciera Rodney and Maya Mileski (7)

Blocks: Ciera Rodney (1)

Assists: Emily Mannion (20), Shani Russell (12)

Digs: Dana Wila (23), Nicole Sack and Emily Mannion (13), Kendall Krueger (12)