The Kewanee High School volleyball team traveled to Knoxville Saturday and suffered a 3-set loss to the Blue Bullets (22-25, 25-22, 15-25). The Boiler Girls are now 5-7 overall and 1-2 in TRAC play. Knoxville moves to 8-3 and 1-0 in the LTC.
Macee Pickering led Kewanee with 18 assists, 11 digs, 5 service points (1 ace) and 2 kills. Jillian Bennison had 13 digs, 4 kills and 3 service points. Taylor VanWinkle recorded 11 digs, 9 service points (1 ace), 3 kills and 1 assist.
Aaliyah Duarte had 10 digs, 8 service points (3 aces), 6 kills and 3 blocks. Avery Yepsen tallied 8 assists, 6 kills, 6 digs and 5 service points (1 ace).
Tejhiana Amos had 7 kills and 5 digs. Marlee Bates added 5 digs, Jacie Hinton 1 kill, and Melissa Fragoso 1 dig.
The Boilers Girls JV squad defeated Knoxville’s JV team (23-25, 25-21, 15-6). Melissa Fragoso had 15 service points, 10 digs and 3 kills. Abbie DeSchepper added 10 service points (3 aces), 7 kills, 6 assists and 4 digs.
Jacie Hinton contributed 6 assists, 4 kills, 2 digs and 1 service point. Marlee Bates had 5 service points and 4 digs. Aleijah Willis added 4 kills, 4 service points (1 ace), 3 assists and 3 digs. Carmella Williams chipped in with 2 service points (1 ace) and 1 kill and Macee Pickering had 2 kills.
The Boiler Girls host St. Bede tomorrow at 6 p.m.
