On Aug. 23 the Tigers competed in the GoSarpy.com Bellevue Classic, where they played a five-set game against Goshen College and gained their first win of the season with scores of 25-23, 23-25, 12-25, 25-16 and 15-11.
Leading the Tigers with 15 kills was senior Kayden Schumacher; adding eight kills was freshman Kate Roseland. Also adding another seven and six kills were junior Jenna Sweeny and junior Mariah Silva.
Dishing out assists for the Tigers was sophomore Chloe Rose, who had 28 assists, and sophomore Camdyn Carpenter, who had 16 assists. Rose also gave the team three ace serves throughout the game.
On the defensive side, senior Grace Zeier and Rose both led the team with Zeier having 17 digs and Rose with 11.
On the morning of Aug. 24, the Tigers competed against the Avila Eagles, where the Tigers had a straight-set victory with scores of 25-23, 25-23 and 27-25.
Throughout the game, Schumacher led the Tigers with 11 kills, seven ace serves and six digs. Adding to the kills was freshman Hilary Hupp. Rose and Carpenter were also dishing up assists with Rose having 18 and Carpenter having 12. Adding three more ace serves and 11 digs was Zeier.
Soon after this match, the Tigers went up against the McPherson Bulldogs, where the Bulldogs gained a straight-set win with scores of 11-25, 18-25 and 21-25.
Having 10 kills in the match was senior Frankie Curren-Graff, and adding five kills was Roseland. Throughout the game, Rose was able to dish out 14 assists with 11 digs while Carpenter dished out 10 assists.
On Aug. 30 the Tigers will be traveling to Florida to take on Milligan University with their match starting at 1 p.m. EST.
