CEDAR RAPIDS —
The Ottumwa volleyball team managed to win just one of five matches at the Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational last Saturday.
“We could have done a lot better,” coach Jessica Carson said. “I expected us to play a lot better than we did. We just didn’t play to our abilities. We were not capitalizing on the things we needed to capitalize on.”
The Bulldogs’ sole victory was over Cedar Rapids Prairie. Ottumwa won the first game 21-18, dropped a close second game 23-21 and won the third and final game 15-10.
“They played very well against Prairie and I would say for the most part our hitting wasn’t that bad,” Carson said. “Katie (Sammons) did a really good job at the net.”
Ottumwa’s losses came against top-ranked Mediapolis (3A), South Tama, Cedar Rapids Washington and Clear Creek-Amana.
Middle hitter Sammons paced the Bulldogs with 31 kills and 23 blocks. Senior libero Olivia Roark had 70 digs, junior outside hitter Megan Black finished with 39 digs and freshman outside hitter Ellie Hammack made 26-26 serves. Also, senior setter Beth Overturf had 27 assists and sophomore setter Chloe Davis added 24 assists.
Getting out of serve receive was an area where Ottumwa struggled, Carson said.
“We just struggled at returning the serves,” she said.
Ottumwa (13-13, 3-1) plays Des Moines East Tuesday at Evans Middle School.
Cedar Rapids Prairie Invitational
At Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa Results: South Tama 15-21-15, Ottumwa 21-19-10; Ottumwa 21-21-15; CR Prairie 18-23-10; Clear Creek Amana 21-21, Ottumwa 13-12; CR Washington 21-21, Ottumwa 11-7; Mediapolis 21-21, Ottumwa 3-8.
Ottumwa Statistics
Serving — Megan Black 26-32, Beth Overturf 16-16, Olivia Roark 31-31, Katie Sammons 20-23, Chloe Davis 24-27, Ellie Hammack 26-26. Team — 143-155. Aces — Sammons 4, Hammack 7, Davis 2, Black, Overturf, Roark. Team — 16.
Hitting — Black 49-57, Roark 10-11, Sammons 81-87, Davis 4-4, Kelsey Guyette 5-5, Hammack 25-33, Karissa Wilcoxson 20-22, Megan Cobler 18-20, Hope Bitner 10-15. Team — 222-254. Kills — Black 11, Sammons 31, Guyette, Hammack 2, Wilcoxson 2, Cobler 6, Bitner. Team — 57.
Setting — Overturf 27, Davis 24. Team — 51.
Blocks — Black 4, Sammons 23, Ellie Hammack 3, Wilcoxson 7, Cobler 4, Bitner. Team — 42.
Digs — Black 39, Overturf 12, Roark 70, Sammons 8, Davis 16, Guyette 16, Hammack 10, Wilcoxson 7, Cobler 3, Bitner 4. Team — 185.
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October 1, 2012
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