Prairie Volleyball

Prairie roars back to rout J-Hawks

Prairie bounced back from a first set loss to win the next three and beat Jefferson Tuesday night in a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match at Prairie.

Prairie won by scores of 21-25, 25-15, 25-17 and 25-16.

"We started off slow in game one," Prairie Coach Kevin Geary said. "We did not have very good defense at the net or floor defense."

Geary said the Hawks turned it around the next three games.

"Our ball control improved in games 2-4 and we really got into a rhythm offensively," he said."Defensively, we started to get some good touches and blocks and that helped us with our floor defense and transition back into offense."

Prairie improved to 6-6 overall and 2-2 in the MVC. Jefferson fell to 3-10, 1-3.

Prairie Statistics
Kills: Becca Bell15, Kate Busswitz 12, Megan Sprengeler 12
Blocks: Kate Busswitz 3, Meghan Busswitz 3
Assists: Halle Lueck 46
Digs: Brittney Lash 28, Halle Lueck 15, Amanda Stecklein 10
Serving: Brittney Lash 25-25 with 3 aces, Halle Lueck 18-19 with 2 aces, Amanda Stecklein 11-12

Jefferson Statistics
Kills (25): Amanda Ollinger 12
Assists (22): Kieley Brathwaite, Kaylie Zitek 10
Digs (35): Kayla Jaschen 13
Blocks (8): Amanda Ollinger 4
Serving (88%): Kaylie Zitek 2 aces

Hawk spikers stumble at Wahlert

DUBUQUE - Prairie was beaten in straight sets by Class 4A No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert on Tuesday night in Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball.

Wahlert won by scores of, 25-19, 29-27, 27-25.

Prairie (5-6, 1-2 MVC) was hoping to build off a 4-1 showing last Saturday at the Linn-Mar Invitational.

"We seemed to play tight all night and just could not get into any rhythm," Coach Kevin Geary said. "We were really hoping to build off what we did this past weekend, however, we just seemed too timid."

Prairie stat leaders
Kills: Becca Bell 8, Malia Gudenkauf 7, Kate Busswitz 6
Digs: Brittney Lash 12 and Halle Lueck 11
Serving: Brittney Lash 12-12
Assists: Halle Lueck 30

Prairie spikers shine at Linn-Mar tourney

Prairie won four of five matches, but was ousted in the semifinals Saturday at the Linn-Mar Invitational volleyball tournament.

Marion finished 2-2 and Linn-Mar 1-3.

Prairie went 3-0 in winning its pool, including a 25-23, 21-11 win over Solon. The Hawks ousted Marion in the quarterfinals, 17-25, 25-17, 15-9.

Pleasant Valley knocked Prairie out in the semifinals, 22-25, 25-15, 15-13.

Pleasant Valley beat Solon, 16-25, 25-14, 18-16, for the championship.

Marion was 2-1 in pool play, beating Linn-Mar and Center Point-Urbana in three sets each, and losing to Pleasant Valley, 21-18, 27-25.

Linn-Mar was 1-2 in pool play with a win over Center Point-Urbana and a loss to Pleasant Valley. Dubuque Hempstead beat the Lions 28-26, 25-22 in the quarterfinals to end their day.

LINN-MAR INVITATIONAL

Pool A - 1. Prairie 3-0, 2. Solon 2-1, 3. Iowa City Regina 1-2, 4. Springville 0-3

Solon def Springville 21-15, 21-10
CR Prairie def IC Regina 21-12, 14-21, 15-9
Solon def IC Regina 21-10, 21-14
CR Prairie def Springville 21-10, 21-18
CR Prairie def Solon 25-23, 21-11
IC Regina def Springville 21-19, 21-11

Pool B - 1. Pleasant Valley 3-0, 2. Marion 2-1, 3. Linn-Mar 1-2, 4. Center Point-Urbana 0-3

Pleasant Valley def CPU 21-10, 20-22, 15-6
Marion def Linn-Mar 20-22, 21-19, 15-13
Pleasant Valley def Linn-Mar 21-10, 21-18
Marion def CPU 17-21, 21-14, 15-7
Pleasant Valley def Marion 21-18, 27-25
Linn-Mar def CPU 20-22, 22-20, 15-10

Pool C - 1. Hempstead 3-0, 2. Muscatine 2-1, 3. Vinton-Shellsburg 1-2, 4. Waterloo East 0-3

Dub Hempstead def Vinton-Shellsburg 21-8, 21-9
Muscatine def Waterloo East 21-6, 21-10
Dub Hempstead def Waterloo East 21-5, 21-6
Muscatine def Vinton-Shellsburg 21-14, 21-19
Dub Hempstead def Muscatine 21-12, 15-21, 15-7
Vinton-Shellsburg def Waterloo East 21-23, 21-17, 15-7

Consolation Bracket
Vinton-Shellsburg def Springville 25-23, 25-17
CPU def  Waterloo East 25-15, 25-13
CPU  def Vinton-Shellsburg 25-21, 25-17

Championship Bracket
Quarterfinals
Dubuque Hempstead def  Linn-Mar 28-26, 25-22
Pleasant Valley def  Iowa City Regina 25-15, 25-10
Cedar Rapids Prairie def  Marion 17-25, 25-17, 15-9
Solon def Muscatine 25-16, 25-22

Semifinals
Solon def Dubuque Hempstead 25-19, 25-20
Pleasant Valley def CR Prairie 22-25, 25-15, 15-13

Championship Game
Pleasant Valley def Solon 16-25, 25-14, 18-16

Washington spikers sweep Prairie, 3-0

Hanna Reese collected 30 assists Tuesday night and Aleena Hobbs had nine kills as Washington swept a Mississippi Valley Conference volleyball match against Prairie, 25-16, 25-22, 25-18, at the Washington gym.

Kellie Walters had 10 digs for the Warriors, who raised their season record to 5-2. Dani Franklin had four aces and Reese contributed three blocks.