Seniors Shannon Browning (left) and Lauren MacArthur played their final home game of the season the night the Eagles won the EUPC league championship with a three-game sweep of Pickford Thursday, October 30. The Engadine Eagles volleyball team celebrated parents and senior night with a three-game sweep of the Pickford Panthers, clinching the Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference (EUPC) title at home Thursday, October 30.

The Eagles (6-2 EUPC, 27-10-1 overall) won their fourth consecutive conference crown in three games (25-22, 25-20, 25-19) over the Panthers.

Seniors Lauren MacArthur and Shannon Browning played their final home game. The parents of varsity players were honored before the match.

"Lauren and Shannon demonstrated good attitudes, were very coachable, and contributed to the success of the team," said Eagles Coach Kathy Miller. "Team chemistry and unselfish play has been the key to the girls' success. There was never a problem with this group of girls."

Eagles statistics: Kacie Rutledge, two aces, 100% serving, six digs, four assists, three kills; Kayla Miller, 19 assists, three kills, two digs, one block kill; Elisa Hobbs, 13 kills, six digs, four block kills, one ace; Shannon Browning, 19 assists, two aces, one kill; Lauren MacArthur, 100% serving, four digs, three kills; Leah Blanchard, eight kills, two block kills, three digs; Erica Bryers, three kills, Lynzee Bigelow, two kills.

The Saints' Marcie Rickley (14) goes high to return the volleyball. Panthers statistics: Justine Hatfield, seven kills, four aces, one block; Cheyenne Cline, eight kills, two aces, Callie Smith, six kills, one ace; Rachel Schmitigal, eight assists, Abby Andrzejak, five assists.

Saints Bounce Back With Wins

Over Newberry, Cedarville

The St. Ignace Saints bounced back after disappointing matches to down the Newberry Indians and Cedarville Trojans during a tri-meet Thursday, October 30.

The Saints, in the best-of-three matches, swept Newberry 25-8, 25- 20 and Cedarville 26-24, 17-25, 15- 11, to improve to 11-4 overall in dual regular season contests.

Amanda Coveyou (11) and Emily Sposito (10) combine for a St. Ignace point. Saints combined statistics vs. Newberry, Cedarville: Marcie Rickley, 28 good serves, six aces, 30 good passes, 11 attacks, 10 sets, six digs, five blocks; Kali Jo Marshall, 18 good serves, three aces, 46 sets, 15 good passes, six attacks; Dana Schieding, 15 good serves, three aces, 13 good passes, six attacks, two kills; Emily Sposito, 15 good serves, 19 good passes, five digs; Holly Smith, 10 good serves, 20 sets, eight good passes; Anna Krause, eight good serves, two aces, 20 good passes, five digs; Amanda Coveyou, six good serves, one ace, seven blocks, eight attacks, eight good passes, four kills; Christi Therrian, six attacks, six sets, three blocks, three kills, four good passes; Molly Therrian, 10 good passes, four digs; Brooke Allan, six good passes, four attacks, two set.

Trojans Down Indians

Cedarville defeated Newberry 19-25, 25-18, 15-11 in best-of-three matches in St. Ignace Thursday, October 30.

Trojans statistics: Jillian Collins, 25 assists; Ashley Sweeney, nine kills, two aces; Jenna Arnold, six kills, eight aces; Kacie Simpson, eight kills, seven aces, one block kill.

Rudyard Places Third in SAC

The Rudyard Bulldogs volleyball team finished third in the Straits Area Conference (SAC) after a 6-4 record during the league tournament at Sault Ste. Marie Saturday, November 1.

The Bulldogs defeated Rogers City 25-20, 25-16; Newberry 25-22, 25-21; and St. Ignace 25-21, 25-23, and fell to Sault Ste. Marie 24-26, 15-25, and Cheboygan 19-25, 5-25.

Rudyard finished with a 15-22- 12 overall record.

Sault Ste. Marie won the SAC championship, followed by Cheboygan, Rudyard, St. Ignace, Newberry, and Rogers City.

Bulldogs combined statistics: Emily Jeffreys, 28 kills, 18 digs, 93% serving; Amaris Dolly, 41 digs, six aces, seven kills; Betsy Weilman, 34 digs, nine kills, six block kills; Katie Locke, 21 assists, 10 kills; Erin Watson, 28 digs, 11 kills, 96% serving; Leah Wallis, 20 assists, 18 digs, eight aces. Lakers Split With Soaring Eagles,

Fall to Islanders in NLL Matches

The Mackinac Island Lakers split with the Hannahville Soaring Eagles and fell to the Beaver Island Islanders during Northern Lights League volleyball play Saturday, November 1.

The Lakers fell to the Soaring Eagles 25-19, 22-25, 23-25, 22-25, and downed Hannahville 25-13, 19- 25, 25-10, 23-25, 15-13. The Lakers were then defeated by the Islanders 25-18, 7-25, 25-19, 21-25, 12-15.

Lakers combined statistics: Marie Bunker, 41 good serves, six aces, 65 good passes, 41 sets, 10 kills; Morgan Bunker-Brodeur, 272 sets, 34 good serves, 33 good passes, five aces, four kills; Danielle Wightman, 40 good serves, six aces, 44 sets, 37 good passes, 14 kills; Michi Mullings, 30 good serves, 11 aces, 67 good passes, 34 sets, 26 kills, four blocks; Maggie Chambers, 27 good serves, two aces, 42 good passes, 26 sets, 24 kills, four blocks; Arial Leeper, 15 good serves, 48 good passes, 37 sets, one kills; Hailey Bean, 15 good serves, five aces.

District Tournaments

Results of the Class D District Volleyball Tournaments at Cedarville and Big Bay de Noc, as well as the Class C Districts at Newberry will be in the November 13 edition of The St. Ignace News.