Elisa Hobbs Engadine The Engadine Eagles finished second, behind the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils during the 2008 St. Ignace Mackinac Sales Volleyball Invitational Saturday, September 27.

Sault Ste. Marie and the Cheboygan Chiefs, both 8-0 in regular tournament play, the Eagles, who went 6-2, and the Cedarville Trojans, who evened out at 4-4, advanced to the final four, with Engadine defeating the Chiefs and the Blue Devils upending the Trojans in the semifinals.

Engadine swept Inland Lakes (25-23, 25-17), Escanaba (25-19, 25-14), and Newberry (25-21, 25- 14), but fell to the Blue Devils in two games (19-25, 19-25).

In the semifinals, the Eagles downed the Chiefs in two games (26-24, 25-23) before running out of gas in the championship match to

Sault Ste. Marie, losing 13-25 and 12-25.

"We were excited to win the semifinal match against Cheboygan,

but didn't

have anything left for the finals," said Eagles Coach Kathy Miller. "Playing the larger schools, Cheboygan and Sault Ste. Marie, both Class B, will prepare us for the post season tourney."

Shannon Browning Engadine The Eagles' Elisa Hobbs was selected to the all-tournament team by the coaches.

The Trojans swept Manistique in two games (25-14, 25-15), split with St. Ignace (25-17, 21-25), and Rudyard (19-25, 25-18), and were defeated by Cheboygan in two games (16-25, 20-25).

Cedarville's Billie McLeod was named to the all-tournament team.

The St. Ignace Saints completed tourney play with a 4-4 record, defeating Manistique in two games (25-19, 25-14), splitting with Cedarville (17-25, 25-21) and Rudyard (20-25, 25-15), and losing to Cheboygan in two games (23-25, 18-25).

St. Ignace's Amanda Coveyou was named to the all-tournament team.

The Rudyard Bulldogs also finished 4-4, defeating Manistique in two games (25-20, 25-21), splitting with Cedarville (25-19, 18-25) and St. Ignace (20-25, 25-15), and losing to Cheboygan in two games (18-25, 18-25).

The Bulldogs' Betsy Wileman was named to the all-tournament team.

Eagles statistics: Kayla Miller, 44 of 45 serving, seven aces, 30 assists, 13 digs, seven kills, one block kill; Shannon Browning, 42 of 46 serving, 10 aces, 34 digs; Kacie Rutledge, 12 aces, 23 assists, 20 digs, six kills; Elisa Hobbs, 35 kills, 18 digs, nine aces, seven block kills; Lauren MacArthur, 22 digs, 10 kills, three aces; Leah Blanchard, 17 kills, three digs, one ace, one block kill; Lynzee Bigelow, six kills, one dig; Oyuna Gabbard, nine digs.

Cedarville's Billie McLeod (7) and Ashley Sweeney (3). Cedarville statistics: Billie McLeod, 27 kills, two block kills, one ace; Jillian Collins, 44 assists, six kills, three aces; Jenna Arnold, 13 aces, nine kills; Jessie Duncan, seven aces, seven kills; Ashley Sweeney, four aces, four kills; Kacie Simpson, four kills, two aces. Pool Results Pool A 1. Cheboygan 8-0 2. Cedarville 4-4 3. St. Ignace 4-4 4. Rudyard 4-4 Pool B 1. Sault Ste. Marie 8-0 2. Engadine 6-2 3. Inland Lakes 3-5 4. Escanaba 3-5 5. Newberry 0-8.

St. Ignace statistics: Amanda Coveyou, 11 good serves, one ace, 20 attacks, 15 good passes, 14 digs, 13 kills, one two blocks, four sets; Kali Jo Marshall, 30 good serves, two aces, 57 sets, 18 kill assists, 17 attacks, 11 good passes, nine digs; Brooke Allan, 15 good serves, eight aces, five attacks, five good passes, two digs, two sets; Marcie Rickley, 20 good serves, eight aces, 66 digs, 30 attacks, 20 good passes, 11 kills, four blocks; Holly Smith, 18 good passes, five aces, 38 sets, three good passes, two kill assists; Anna Krause, 18 good serves, one ace, 15 digs, eight good passes; Emily Sposito, 15 good serves, one ace, 10 attacks, eight digs, seven good passes; Dana Schieding, 15 good serves, three aces, 19 digs, 15 good passes, eight sets, five attacks; Christi Therrian, 17 attacks, seven kills, two blocks, two digs; Molly Therrian, 18 good passes, 10 digs, two attacks.

Brooke Allan St. Ignace Rudyard statistics: Betsy Wileman, 11 kills, four blocks; Emily Jeffreys, 16 kills, 11 digs, four blocks, six digs; Amaris Dolly, 33 digs, 97% serving; Erin Watson, eight kills, 100% serving; Leah Wallis, 30 assists.

Saints Defeat Panthers,

Fall to Chiefs

The Saints defeated Pickford in four games (25-12, 22-25, 25-13, 25-19) Thursday, October 2, but fell to Cheboygan in three games (20-25, 12-25, 20-25) Tuesday, September 30.

Dana Schieding St. Ignace Saints combined statistics: Kali Jo Marshall, 34 good serves, two aces, 45 sets, 12 kill assists, 13 digs; Emily Sposito, 23 good serves, three aces, 12 digs, five attacks, six sets; Marcie Rickley, 17 good serves, two aces, 45 digs, 31 attacks, 14 kills, 10 sets; Dana Schieding, 11 good serves, one ace, 19 digs, 12 attacks, four sets; Amanda Coveyou, 12 good serves, 34 attacks, 11 digs, seven blocks, nine kills; Brooke Allan, 10 good serves, two aces, two digs and attacks; Holly Smith, 10 good serves, 35 sets, two kill assists, 10 digs, two attacks; Anna Krause, 10 good serves, one ace, 17 digs; Christi Therrian, 19

attacks, two good

serves, sets, and digs, five kills; Molly Therrian, 10 good passes.

Statistics for Pickford were unavailable.

Eagles Defeat Raiders in EUPC

Engadine improved its record to 17-9-1 overall and 3-1 in the Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference after sweeping DeTour in three games (25-17, 25-14, 25-12) Thursday, October 2.

Molly Therrian (front) and Anna Krause of the St. Ignace Saints. Eagles statistics: Elisa Hobbs, four aces, 100% serving, 12 kills, two block kills; Kayla Miller, 17 assists, six aces, one kill; Lauren MacArthur, six kills, three aces; Kacie Rutledge, three aces, three kills; Leah Blanchard, three kills; Lynzee Blanchard, four kills; Oyuna Gabbard, one ace.

Statistics for DeTour were unavailable.

Rudyard Downs Newberry,

Inland Lakes Rudyard Bulldogs defeated Newberry in three of five matches (19-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-22, 16-14) Tuesday, September 30, and upended Inland Lakes in three games (25- 17, 25-20, 25-21) Thursday, October 2.

Bulldogs combined statistics: Amaris Dolly, 11 service points, 34 kills; Leah Wallis, 23 assists; Emily Jeffreys, 16 kills.

Statistics for Newberry were unavailable.