Eagles 4-4 at NMU Tourney; Saints, Trojans, Bulldogs, Lakers Volleyball

Shauni Rutledge Engadine

The Engadine Eagles varsity volleyball team finished with a 4-4 record during the Northern Michigan University Invitational Saturday, October 13.

The Eagles defeated Marquette (25-20, 25-17) and Chassell (25- 15, 25-13) before falling to Houghton (18-25, 17-25) for a 4-2 pool play record in pool.

Engadine fell to Crystal Falls- Forest Park (CFFP) (10-25, 17-25) in the playoff division. CFFP defeated Houghton for the championship.

Eagles stats: Shauni Rutledge, 22 kills, six aces, one block kill; Elisa Hobbs, 20 kills, one block kill; Lauren MacArthur, eight kills, two aces, one block kill; Jamie Maison, seven kills, one ace; Kayla Miller, four kills, two aces; Tristina Browning, 44 assists, two kills, four aces, Shannon Browning, libero position, no statistics are available.

Eagles Split

Non-league Opponents

The Engadine Eagles lost to Harbor Light Christen (17-25, 25- 16, 13-15) and defeated Mackinaw City (25-13 25-13) during tri-match Tuesday, October 9.

The Eagles stand 14-6-4 overall on the season and will travel to Cedarville to face the Trojans in an Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference match Thursday, October 18.

Alyssa Rickley St. Ignace

Eagles combined stats: Jamie Maison, 20 of 21 serving for 95%, four kills; Tristina Browning 25 of 27 serving for 93%, six aces, 28 assists, three kills; Shauni Rutledge 20 kills, three aces; Elisa Hobbs, 12 kills, Lauren Mac- Arthur, three aces, three kills; Kayla Miller, five kills; Shannon Browning, one ace.

Saints Drop SAC Matches

St. Ignace dropped Straits Area Conference matches to Rudyard (19-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-22, 10- 16) Tuesday October 2, and to Sault Ste. Marie (7-25, 17-25, 12- 25) Tuesday, October 9.

The Saints will travel to Brimley and face the Bays Thursday, October 18, and Saturday, October 20, will host the Straits Area Conference Tournament.

Saints combined stats: Marcie Rickley, 23 points, seven aces, 53 sets, 17 attacks, three digs, one block; Alyssa Rickley, 16 points, 29 sets, two aces, one attack; Alyssa Pechta, 13 points, one ace, nine attacks, two blocks, one dig; Ashley Neelis, 12 points, four aces, 24 attacks, one dig, one set, one block; Stacee Schnicke, 12 points, one ace, 20 digs, 15 attacks, seven sets; Chelsea Bosley, 10 points, one ace, 12 attacks, four blocks, two sets; Jessica Massaway, seven points, one ace, 15 digs, three attacks; Caysey Brown, two points, 31 sets, one ace, one attack; Amanda Coveyou, 12 attacks, one set, one block; Molly Therrian, seven digs; Anna Krause, three digs.

Jessie Duncan Cedarville

Trojans Defeat Raiders in

EUPC

Cedarville defeated DeTour (25-15, 25-16, 25-22) in Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference play Thursday, October 11.

Cedarville will entertain Engadine in a key Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference match Thursday, October 18.

Trojans stats: Billie McLeod, 11 kills; Ashley Sweeney, six aces; Jessie Duncan, two aces, two kills, six assists; Hope Deeren, three kills, four block kills; Carissa Sudol, 11 assists, two aces.

Bulldogs Fall to Hurons

Rudyard fell to Rogers City (16-25, 25-22, 13-25, 23-25) during Straits Area Conference volleyball play Tuesday, October 9.

Emily Jeffreys Rudyard

Bulldogs stats: Emily Jeffreys, 11 kills, eight digs, 100% serving; Betsy Wileman, 10 kills, three aces; Katia Locke, 10 assists.

Lakers Sweep NLL Opponent

The Mackinac Island lakers swept Grand Marais in a Northern Lights League volleyball match Friday, October 5, and Saturday, October 6.

The Lakers lost the first two matches to the Polar Bears Friday (14-25, 21-25) before posting three consecutive wins (25-18, 25- 19, 17-15).

The Saturday scores were unavailable.

Lakers combined stats: Karlena Mosley, 64 sets, 18 points, nine aces, two kills; Danielle Wightman, 26 points, 17 aces, four kills; Morgan Brodeur- Bunker, 78 sets, 13 points, 12 aces; Marie Bunker, 10 points, three aces, three kills; Maggie Chambers, 10 points, 10 aces; Shay Mosley, nine points, seven aces, two kills; Michi Mullings, nine points, nine aces, 15 kills.

Bays Upend Panthers

Brimley upended Pickford (22- 25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-22) in Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference action Thursday, October 11.

Danielle Wightman Mackinac Island

Bays stats: Courtney Amble 16, points, six kills; Ashtyn Cameron, 16 points, five kills, three blocks; Ellie Routhier, 10 points, 25 assists; Amber Aikens, six kills, three blocks.