The Wethersfield Lady Geese defeated Putnam County Thursday night in the championship match of the Class 1A Putnam County Regional, 25-16, 25-21.
With the win, the Lady Geese move on to Monday’s Princeville Sectional semifinals where they’ll face Illini Bluffs at 6 pm.
The top four seeds held on both sides of the Princeville Sectional Complex bracket. In the top half of the bracket, the No. 1 seed Illini Bluffs will play the No. 2 seed, Wethersfield. In the bottom half of the bracket, No. 1 seed Annawan, will play the No. 2 seed, Monmouth (United).
“It was a great win on Putnam County’s home court, in front of a pretty rowdy crowd,” said Wethersfield Coach Tonya Vincent. “We played very solid the whole match and we didn’t get rattled when we were behind mid-way through the second set.”
“We found a way to find some holes on their side of the court in the second game. We played some really scrappy volleyball tonight.”
The Lady Geese (26-6-1) and Illini Bluffs (25-4-1) each have one tied match on the season. That tie is due to the fact that the two teams played each other Sept. 23 at the Knoxville Tournament (each team had a win of 25-15).
The winners of the two Princeville Sectional semifinal matches will play each other Wednesday at 6 pm in the sectional championship match.
Stats for the Lady Geese vs Putnam County:
Leading the team in kills were juniors Kendall Vincent and Lajaya Angel who had 10 and seven on the night. Senior Sophie Nimrick had four kills. Junior Emersyn Nelson and senior Kennady Anderson each had three. Seniors Cora Hodge and Raqi Young had one a piece.
Young dished out 24 assists to her team’s hitters. She also had seven digs and one ace. Anderson added one assist. Libero Cora Hodge led the team in digs with 20 on the night. She also served up an ace.
Anderson and Vincent added 15 and 11 digs for the Lady Geese, while Nimrick and senior Marlie Lindstrom each had three digs. Lindstrom also had an ace.
Angel had two blocks and Anderson had one.
