They won their two pool games with ease and then won their tournament opener in the Gold (championship) Division but then lost their final two games at the Louisville area event..
They beat Bourbon County 26-24, 25-21 in their Gold Division opener. Then came a 25-17, 21-25,17-25 loss to North Oldham. In the finale, Kentucky Country Day beat Logan 25-19, 25-19.
First in pool play, they got 5 kills and 13 attacks from senior Nadia Kowal and 6 kills and 12 attacks from sophomore Jamie Wilkins in a win over Bullitt East. Junior setter Becca Grayson had 13 assists and 4 aces. Sophomore Brittany Roark had 9 digs and Grayson 4. Kowal had 4 blocks.
Sophomore Jessica Cole had 6 kills and 7 attacks in a romp over host Jeffersontown while freshman Nikki Piper had 2 kills and 4 attacks. Sophomore Whitley Thompson had 3 assists while Grayson had 8 assists and 3 aces. Sophomore Lora Miller had 4 digs and senior Myranda Holder 3.
In the tournament opener against previously undefeated Bourbon County, Cain had 8 kills and 14 attacks in the win. Wilkins had 11 and senior Addie Wilson 8 attacks. Grayson had 9 assists, Wilkins 5 aces, Roark 4 digs and senior Shantel Jones 4 blocks.
Cain had 7 kills with Wilson and Wilkins getting 5 each in the match against North Oldham. Cain had 20 attacks and Wilson 17. Grayson had 19 assists and 3 aces with senior Whitney White adding 2 aces. Holder had 13 digs and White 9. Wilson totaled 4 blocks.
The KCD match found Cole and Wilkins with 4 assists each. Wilkins had 12 attacks and Cole 10. Grayson had 11 assists and an ace with Miller getting 2 aces. Grayson had 9 digs and Holder 5. Cain added 2 blocks.
(The Lady Cougars got a big district win Thursday by beating Franklin-Simpson 25-22, 27-25. Statistics are not yet available for that match.)
Pioneer Open Leaders
Kills: April Cain and Jamie Wilkins 18 each, Addie Wilson 12, Jessica Cole and Nadia Kowal 10 each, Shantel Jones 8, Brittany Roark 6, Nikki Piper and Becca Grayson 4 each
Total Attacks: Wilkins and Cain 50 each, Wilson 37, Kowal 35, Jones 34, Roark 22, Cole and Grayson 17 each
Assists: Becca Grayson 60, Wilson 6, Whitley Thompson 3, Whitney White and Wilkins 2 each
Aces: Grayson 11, Roark 4, White 3, Lora Miller and Jones 2 each, Cain and Thompson 1 each
Digs: Myranda Holder 26, Roark 23, Grayson 21, Miller 20, White 18, Wilson 11, Cain 5, Devin Brown and Jones 4 each
Blocks: Wilson and Jones 7 each, Cain 6, Grayson and Wilkins 3 each, Roark and Cole 1 each
Combined Varsity Through 8/23
Kills: Jamie Wilkins 42, April Cain 27, Addie Wilson and Nadia Kowal 19 each, Shantel Jones and Brittany Roark 16 each, Jessie Cole 10
Total Attacks: Wilkins 99, Cain and Kowal 63 each, Wilson 61, Roark 52
Assists: Becca Grayson 103, Wilson 13, Whitley Thompson 7, Whitney White and Wilkins 2 each, Cain and Roark 1 each
Aces: Grayson 25, White and Wilkins 14 each, Lora Miller 9, Jones 6, Roark 4
Serving Percentage: Devin Brown, Cole and Thompson 100% each, White 95.9, Grayson 95.3, Cain 91.7
Digs: Myranda Holder 40, Miller 35, Grayson and Roark 32 each, White 26, Wilson 19
Blocks: Kowal 15, Cain 10, Jones and Wilson 8 each
Combined Freshmen Through 8/23
Kills: Brooke Dowlen and Brooke Kelley 10 each
Total Attacks: Kelley and Dowlen 22 each, Lorraine Vaughan and Courtney Gibbs 10 each
Assists: Jenna Wilson 24, Mackenzie Dunlap 9
Aces: Vaughan 17, Kelley 9, Michelle Belt 5, Erica Meguiar and Dowlen 4 each
Serving Percentage: Mary Beth Eicher 93.8%, Adler, Gibbs and Meguiar 91.7 each
Digs: Vaughan and Kelley 8 each, Belt 7, Gibbs, Meguiar and Wilson 5 each, Lyndi Adler 4
Blocks: Kelley 2
n The Lady Cougar junior varsity's cumulative stats were only updated through Aug. 18 as of Sunday. There will be good stats to add, since the team won the Russellville JV Tournament Saturday.
Stats on those games will be printed in a later edition.
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