The Lady Dragons headed into their third match of the season hoping to keep their perfect record intact. The visiting Hills Beaver-Creek Patriots proved to be too tough for the Dragons.
The Patriots jumped out early in the first set and never looked back winning the set 13-25. Serving and hitting errors on the Dragon side made it difficult to get a rythm going for the home team. The Dragons would threaten the Patriots in the second game falling by a score of 20-25. Improved defensive digs and hitting by the Dragons kept them closer in the second game. The Patriots proved to have the hot hands again in the third game taking the Dragons down 15-25.
Offensively Kasie Tweet led the Dragons with 26 set assists. Miah Kunkel led the Dragons in kills with 10, followed by Lexi Slater with 8 kills and Paige Bullerman with 6. Defensively a scrappy Miah Kunkel scooped up 12 digs followed by Kasie Tweet with 11 and Lexi Slater with 9 digs.
On Saturday, September 9th the Lady Dragons travelled to Westbrook-Walnut Grove for some tournament action. The Dragons went 3-2 on the day.
The Dragons started the tournament off against a tough New Ulm Cathedral team. These evenly matched teams made for exciting rallies and kept the fans on the edge of their seats. The Dragons lost the first set 19-25 but fought back in the second set to win 25-20 pushing the Greyhounds to a third set with both teams going back and forth only to have the Greyhounds pull ahead to win 16-14. Miah Kunkel led the Dragons with 10 kills and 11 digs while Paige Bullerman added 9 kills to the Dragon scoreboard. Kasie Tweet served a perfect 15-15 from the line and added 20 set assists.
In their second matchup of the day the Dragons dominated Springfield winning in two by a score of 25-17 and 25-14. Rylie Hokeness led the Dragons defensively with 6 digs while Avery Balster served a perfect 9-9 with 2 aces. Miah Kunkel led the Dragons offensively with 7 kills while Lexi Slater contributed 6 kills.
The third game pitted Adrian against rival Fulda. The Dragons stepped out to an early lead and never looked back. The Dragons scored points off their serves and kept the Raiders on their heels throughout the first match. The Dragons would come away with the win 25-7 and 25-21. Kasie Tweet had 15 set assists with Miah Kunkel adding 9 kills to her days stats and Rylie Hokeness putting 7 kills to the floor.
Adrian went up against the host team WWG in the fourth matchup of the day. WWG would come away with a hard fought win in two sets over the Dragons. Paige Bullerman’s serving helped keep the Dragons in the game with 12-13 serves with 3 aces. Lexi Slater led the Dragons with 5 kills.
In their final game of the afternoon the Dragons faced off against Dawson Boyd. The Dragons used aggressive serving and hitting to dominate the Blackjacks. Kasie Tweet served 16-17 with 7 aces and Paige Bullerman served 14-14 with 3 aces leading to a win in two by a score of 25-12 and 25-15.
The Dragons will host Red Rock Central at home on Friday, September 19th. Come out and cheer the Dragons on! See you on the bleachers.
