Marshfield Volleyball Earns Sweep in Path to Title at Sun Prairie “Cardinal Kick-off” Tournament

Marshfield Volleyball Earns Sweep in Path to Title at Sun Prairie “Cardinal Kick-off” Tournament

Scores from Day 2 of the Sun Prairie “Cardinal Kick-Off” Tournament:

Mfld vs Watertown (Win 2-0): 25-16, 25-21

Mfld vs DeForest (Win 2-1): 25-19, 17-25, 15-12

Semi-Finals:  Mfld vs DePere (Win 2-0): 25-16, 25-7

Finals: Mfld vs Manitowoc Lincoln (Win 2-1): 20-25, 25-20, 15-6

Leading stats for Marshfield:  Della Smith and Sophia Olson both led the offense today with 23 kills each while Alyssa Foemmel added 19, 11 of which came in the championship match versus Manitowoc Lincoln.  Lauren Homolka also added 15 kills and was named to the All-Tournament Team.  Kailyn Kurth had 76 assists and 6 aces.  Leading the defense was Zaida Kolbeck who had 53 digs and had 6 aces.  Sydney Quarne and Michelle Potts both added 20 digs each.

Comments:

It was a great weekend for us at the Cardinal Kick-Off, taking the championship for the first time since we added this tournament several years ago.  We had a much more balanced offensive attack today with 5 players having double digit attack kills.  Most schools are going to focus on Lauren Homolka and Della Smith, but Sophia Olson and Alyssa Foemmel really had a great day for us.  Our defense really stepped up as well.  We have been trying to get the girls to always get a touch on a ball, no matter what, and that really paid off today with us making the opponents have to work extra hard to get kills.  Overall, just a great team effort.

The Marshfield High School volleyball team played in the Day 1 Sun Prairie “Cardinal Kick Off” today.  Here were the game scores:

Marshfield vs Madison West (Win 2-0) scores 25-12, 25-10

Marshfield vs Waupun (Win 2-0) scores 25-21, 25-16

Marshfield vs Beaver Dam (Win 2-0) scores 25-19, 25-16

Marshfield vs De Pere (Win 2-0) scores 25-23, 25-20

Summary:

The Tiger Volleyball team had a great first day at the Cardinal Kick Off Tournament in Sun Prairie going undefeated in pool play.  Leading the offense for the Tigers was Della Smith with 26 kills while Lauren Homolka had 25 kills and 7 total blocks.  Kailyn Kurth provided 59 assists, 7 aces, and 16 digs.  Today, also marked a milestone in which Kailyn Kurth reached 1000 assists in her career!  The defense was led by Zaida Kolbeck with 29 digs and Michelle Potts added 18.  Day two of the tournament begins at 9 am tomorrow with Marshfield facing Watertown.  The Tigers are currently 7-1 on the season.

Scores from Day 2 of the Sun Prairie “Cardinal Kick-Off” Tournament:

Mfld vs Watertown (Win 2-0): 25-16, 25-21

Mfld vs DeForest (Win 2-1): 25-19, 17-25, 15-12

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