Hancock owls host VB tourney
After a long week of games, Saturday brought the Hancock tournament. On Sept. 29, the Owls hosted a tournament with eight teams competing. The Owls played very well but they also had some mental mistakes.
"Our first game was against Ashby," said Coach Tara Thielke. "The Owls were not mentally focused but as the game went on, their true abilities came out. The hustle and focus that started with Ashby, continued throughout the tournament.
"The second game was with Yellow Medicine East. In this game the Owls played very well together. It was an all around good team effort and win.
"The last pool play game was against a very good Carlton team. This game was a lot of fun to watch, as well as participate in."
Courtney Greiner said, "it was a fun game to play."
In this game the Owls were all over the court diving and digging up balls. Gabbi Nienhaus, Leah Steiner, Sami Schmidgall and Courtney Greiner really helped out at the net with blocks for a total of 18.
The last game was against Morris Area Chokio Alberta. The Owls lost in two but they never gave up when they were down.
"They continued to fight hard," said Coach Tara Thielke. "Overall the Owls had a good tournament and have nothing to hang their head about. Now we have to prepare for our game at Wheaton on Oct. 4."
Hancock vs Ashby 20-25, 25-8 and 15-11
Kills
Serandon Bigalke 5/6
Courtney Greiner 10/21
Karol Algarate 4/17
Sami Schmidgall 2/7
Leah Steiner 3/14
Gabi Nienhaus
Set assists
Bigalke 10/33
Greiner 0/1
Algarate 1/1
Schmidgall 3/8
Blocks
Steiner 1 solo
Nienhaus 1 solo
Digs
Bigalke 5
Greiner 4
Algarate 4
Schmidgall 1
Nienhaus 1
Lexi Steege 2
Lexi Nohl 2
Serving
Bigalke 16/17 1 ace
Greiner 8/11 2 ace
Algarate 9/11 2 ace
Schmidgall 10/12 1 ac
Steiner 1/1
Nienhaus 2/5
Steege 2/4
Hancock vs YME
25-15 and 25-18
Kills
Bigalke
Greiner 6/18
Algarate 5/13
Schmidgall 3/7
Steiner 3/7
Nienhaus
Nohl 1/1
Set assists
Bigalke 15/22
Greiner 0/1
Schmidgall 2/6
Blocks
Greiner 2 solo 1 asisst
Stiener 2 solo 1 assist
Nienhaus 2 solo
Digs
Bigalke 2 dig
Greiner 5 digs
Algarate 3 digs
Schmidgall 1 dig
Steiner 1 dig
Nienhaus 2 dig
Steege 6 digs
Nohl 1 dig
Serving
Bigalke 12/13 1 ace
Greiner9/9 2 ace
Algarate 5/6
Schmidgall 7/8 1 ace
Steiner 9/9
Steege 2/4
Hancock vs Carlton
25-23, 23-25 and 15-17
Kills
Serandon Bigalke 2/4
Courtney Greiner 17/38
Karol Algarate 3/26
Sami Schmidgall 2/7
Leah Steiner 4/10
Gabi Nienhaus 4/7
Assists
Bigalke 23/44
Schmidgall 1/6
Steiner 1/1
Blocks
Greiner 3 assist 1 solo
Algarate 2 solo
Schmidgall 1 solo
Steiner 3 solo 2 assist
Nienhaus 3 solo 2 assist
Digs
Bigalke 4
Greiner 11
Algarate 10
Lexi Steege10
Lexi Nohl 1
Serves
Bigalke9/10 1 ace
Greiner 7/9 1 ace
Algarate 9/11
Schmidgall 10/11, 1 ace
Steiner 10/10, 1 ace
Steege 6/7
Nohl 5/5
Hancock vs Morris
18-25 and 18-25
Kills
Bigalke 1/1
Greiner 10/20
Algarate 2/22
Schmidgall 1/3
Steiner 1/9
Nienhaus 3/6
Set assist
Bigalke 10/41
Schmidgall 4/11
Blocks
Bigalke 1 assist
Algarate 1 assst
Steiner 1 assist
Schmidgall 2 solo, 1 assist
Nienhaus 2 solo, 2 assist
Digs
Bigalke 1
Greiner 5
Algarate 2
Schmidgall 3
Steiner 3
Nienhaus 1
Steege 6
Nohl 1
Serves
Bigalke 5/5
Greiner 4/6
Algarate 10/11, 2 ace
Steiner 6/6
Steege 5/6, 1 ace
Nohl 2/3
