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Bulldog netters win first two league tilts

Colfax volleyball players defeated Northwest Christian and Kettle Falls Saturday in the Bi-County league’s first double round stop. The three league teams mixed it up on the NWC court at Colbert.

Colfax defeated NWC, their opponent in the state title match last year, in four games, and they stopped Kettle, the league newcomer, in three straight.

Scores for the win over the Crusaders were 25-20 20-24 24-14 and 24-12.

Coach Sue Doering said Colfax defense keyed the win over the hosts. The Bulldogs booked a total of 83 digs over the four games. with libero Christa Nyholm digging up 24 and junior Lauren Moore, who had a solid overall game, digging up 17.

The Crusaders took the second game 25-20 after taking off from an 18-18 tie.

“They really like to play when they are ahead,” Coach Sue Doering noted.

After the Crusader game win put it at 1-1, the Bulldogs became to dominate and the hosts couldn’t crack a lead.

Moore and Nicole Sheer each hit 11 kills and Shaina Simonon had 10 kills against the green club.

Against Kettle in the second round, the Bulldogs launched a strong serving game that kept the K club in a hole for most of the match.

Line scores was 25-13 25-9 and 25-9.

Bruya hit 23-25 off the serve line with eight aces. Simonson and Sheer each had seven kills against Kettle.

Next league round for Colfax will be Saturday at Liberty with the first match at 4 p.m. The Colfax net crew won’t be back on the home court until Oct. 16 when they host the Broncos.

Stats vs NWC: Amelie Bruya-31 assists, 16 for 17 serving with 2 acres, 4 kills, 13 digs; Lauren Moore- 11 kills, 17 digs, 20-21 serving with 2 aces; Nicole Sheer-11 kills, 2 blocks, six digs, 2-3 serving; Misty Skelton-12 digs; Brooke Webber-10 for 10 serving, 6 digs; Hannah Harazin 6 kills, 3 blocks, 6 digs, 10-10 serving; Maggee Cochran-12 for 13 serving; Shaina Simonson-10 kills, 7-9 serving; Taylor Larson-4 kills, 3 blocks;

Stats vs Kettle Falls: Bruya-16 assists, 23-24 serving with 8 acres, 2 digs; Simonson-7 kills, 2 blocks, 9-0 w/2 aces; Moore-4 digs, 2-2 w/3; Webber-5-6 w/1, 1 dig; Harazin-4 kills, 3-4; Skelton-4 digs, 2-3w/1; Cochran-2 digs, 8-9 w/2; Lange-2 kills, 5-5; Rachel Robinson- 7-7; Sheer-7 kills, 1-2; Larson 1 kill, 1 block; Becca Hardie-1 kill.

 

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