Bombers Fall To Tigers

Photos by: Dan Lingle

The Barnum Bombers began their volleyball season hosting the Tigers of Rush City, August 27th.  The Bombers,led by new head coach Brooke Anderson, would force the Tigers to play 5 games.

In the first game, Bomber’s Megan Nelson would jump the Bombers out to an early lead with several unanswered serves. The Tigers would regroup and begin to close the gap, but with MJ Anderson, Peyton Bushey, Olivia Angell, and Daron Mainville all taking there turns to defend the net, the Tigers would find it hard to push the ball through. The Bombers would take the first game 25-17.

The second game would be a closer match up. The Tigers would start out with the lead, and this time the Bombers would be forced to play catch up. The Bombers would eventually even the score at 24-24 but the Tigers would end up taking the victory 26-24.

The third game the Bombers would take control and lead the way. Once again the Tigers would claw their way back to drop behind the Bombers 25-21. The fourth game would belong to the Tigers. The Tigers would jump out to nearly a 10 point lead forcing the Bombers to play catch up, but the Bombers would fall short dropping 25-18.

This would force the fifth and final game. With the Bombers serving first, the game would start out with a back and forth point for point match up with the first team making a mistake having to fight from behind. The Bombers would be that team and would ultimately drop the game to the Tigers 15-8.

Lauren Hultgren would come away from the night with 10 assists,1 kill, 3 ace serves, 2 blocks, and 1 dig. Alexis Kettelhut would add 10 assists, and 1 ace serve. Megan Nelson would put up 3 kills, 7 ace serves and 2 digs. MJ anderson would have 6 kills, 1 ace serve, 5 blocks, and 2 digs. Emma Koski would come away with 1 block. Olivia Angell would have 3 kills, 3 ace serves, 2 blocks, and 2 digs. Peyton Bushey would have 4 blocks. Sage Miletich would lead the team with digs putting up 10. Daron Mainville would lead the team with both kills and blocks, putting up 10 kills and 7 blocks.

Dan Lingle can be reached at dan@northlandsportsonline.com