Patriots Lose One, Win One in Homecoming Week VB
By: Baylee Settje, a freshman at Leigh High School
After coming off with an amazing first place win at the Hampton tournament for varsity, the Patriots were ready to take on Archbishop-Bergan and Schuyler for Homecoming Week on September 28 and September 30th!
Against Class D1 Archbishop-Bergan on Tuesday, the Patriots came out slow with C-team and JV team both losing to start the night.
It was then time for the Varsity team to play, and they started off strong, winning the first set. After the first set, the Lady Patriots battled their hardest, but ended up losing in four.
“Overall, the Archbishop-Bergan game wasn’t one of our best,” junior Korbee Wendt said. We came out with a lot of energy in the first set and won. The next three sets after that didn’t go very well for us, which led to a tough loss.”
Against Bergan, senior Makenna Held led the team with 20 digs and 29 set assists, connecting with sophomore Chloe Hanel for 18 kills.
“Bergan was a good challenge for us right now. We are getting better at preparing for teams in practice and executing in the game. There are still some things to work on but we saw some good things too,” said assistant coach Jennifer Remmereid.
The Patriots’ second Homecoming week game was against Schuyler, and C-team, JV, and Varsity all won.
“The Schuyler game was a fun match. We were able to have fun, play freely, and try new things, but at the same time get a win,” junior Korbee Wendt said.
“Against Schuyler, we were able to focus on our serving effectiveness and controlling the errors we contribute to our opponent. We did well after the setback at Bergan,” Coach Remmereid said.
In the Schuyler game, senior Makenna Held led the team with 35 set assists, which connected with sophomore Chloe Hanel for 18 kills. Senior Kennedy Settje also led the team with the most digs, which was 11.
Clarkson-Leigh v. Archbishop-Bergan
Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4
Clarkson-Leigh 25 23 18 19
Archbishop-Bergan 22 25 25 25
(kills, aces, blocks, digs, assists)
Izabel Hollatz: 0, 1, 0, 2, 0; Makenna Held: 0, 3, 0, 20, 29; Chloe Hanel: 18, 2, 0, 19, 4; Brynn Settje: 0, 1, 0, 9, 0; Tanyn Larson: 5, 0, 0, 7, 0; Gracie Eisenmann: 5, 5, 0, 12, 0; Kennedy Settje: 6, 0, 0, 15, 1; Korbee Wendt: 4, 0, 0, 2, 0
Clarkson-Leigh v. Schuyler
Set 1 Set 2 Set 3
Clarkson-Leigh 25 25 25
Schuyler 6 6 11
Izabel Hollatz: 0, 2, 0, 8, 0; Makenna Held:1, 5, 1, 1, 35; Chloe Hanel: 18, 3, 1, 7, 0; Bailey Graybill: 0, 0, 0, 1, 0; Brynn Settje: 0, 3, 0, 7, 0; Tanyn Larson: 1, 0, 0, 2, 0; Gracie Eisenmann: 6, 1, 0, 4, 0; Kennedy Settje: 10, 0, 0, 11, 1; Korbee Wendt: 5, 0, 0, 2, 0