Notables
-Saints had .208 attack pct. vs. Union, their best of the tournament
-Swanson had a career-high 15 kills vs. Union
-Bounds records 400th career kill
CLAREMONT, Calif. (
csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica volleyball team won its final match of the Pacific Coast Classic to gain a split on Saturday.
Cal Lutheran 3, CSS 0
The Saints recorded 30 kills, but it wasn't enough as the Regals (3-0) defeated CSS in three sets.
Cal Lutheran did not trail in the first two sets, but the Saints were right there in set two tied at 21-21, but the Regals recorded three straight points and held on to win 25-23. The Saints led early in set three, before Cal Lutheran went on a 9-1 run to pull away.
Junior
Brooke Schermann (Brooklyn Park, Minn./Totino-Grace HS) led the Saints for the third straight match with nine kills.
Emily Bounds (Hill City, Minn./Hill City HS) added eight kills.
Espi Austvold (Spicer, Minn./New London-Spicer HS) had 15 assists and
Taylor Thompson (Buffalo, Minn./Buffalo HS) added 10 digs.
Paris Dosch had nine kills to lead the Regals.
CSS 3, Union 2
In their final match in California, the Saints outlasted the Dutchwomen (1-3) in five sets to earn the first victory of 2018.
The Saints led for much of the opening set, but it was an 8-1 run late that sealed it. Freshman
Haley Rohwer's (Arlington, Minn./Mayer Lutheran HS) kill gave the Saints a 25-19 first set win.
CSS fell behind 11-3 in the second set and attempted to battle back, but came up just short, falling 25-23. In the pivotal third set, the Saints took a 6-3 lead thanks to back-to-back service aces by Thompson. With the set tied at 17-17, CSS scored four consecutive points to take a 21-17 lead. A Schermann kill then gave the Saints a 25-23 set win to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
However, Union would not lay down as it responded by taking the fourth set 25-22. In the fifth-and-deciding set, St. Scholastica scored the first three points with a pair of kills by Bounds and another by
Tatum Swanson (Carlton, Minn./Wrenshall HS). They would extend the lead to 10-3 and a Schermann kill ended the match at 15-9 to give CSS the victory.
Sophomore
Madissen Burns (Watertown, Minn./Watertown-Mayer HS) and Swanson each recorded 15 kills to lead the Saints. Schermann finished with 14 kills. Austvold had 32 assists, while freshman
Ellie Greenwaldt (Raymond, Minn./Central Minnesota Christian School) added 26 assists. Thompson had 14 digs and Swanson also led the team with six blocks.
Up Next
The Saints return to the Midwest next weekend to take part in the Saint Benedict Invitational on Saturday. The Saints will face Simpson College (Iowa) at 3 p.m. and the College of Saint Benedict at 5:30 p.m.
