Corry Volleyball Wraps Up Busy Homecoming Week With 2nd Place Finish At Meadville Tournament

Corry Volleyball saps a selfie as the finished the Meadville tournament in second place. Phot Credit: Kelly Goodsel

Blog Report by Kelly Goodsel

Corry Volleyball Head Coach

Corry volleyball wrapped up a very busy homecoming week with a tournament on Saturday at Meadville.  Corry finished second in pool play behind Meadville, and then in an abbreviated playoff format (one game to 25 points), Corry beat Merchyhurst Prep and Saegertown to advance to the finals where they fell to the host, Meadville Bulldogs.

In the second tournament in a row, Corry and Meadville met in the finals, with this time Meadville pulling out the victory (Corry won the Fort LeBoeuf tournament over Meadville).

Corry’s serve receive passing was led by senior Sydney Woods, and juniors Bailee McCray and Sydney Mineo.  The balanced offense continued with kills by Grace Allen, Sadye Dyne, Allison Sawyer, Halle Albers, Aubrey Chase and Emmalee Carr.  Defensively, Makenna Moore led the team in digs to the setters Payton McCray and Haley Mumau.  Corry’s tough serving kept the opponents off balance most of the day, with aces by eight different players, including junior Brynley Watrous.

“Given the challenging week of a couple big matches, homecoming parade, three of our players being on the homecoming court and all that entails, the Friday night football game, and then an all day tournament before the homecoming dance on Saturday night… I was pretty pleased with how we carried ourselves throughout the day. We need to have a good practice on Monday and then perform well in the three big matches this week.”  said coach Goodsel.

Meadville Tournament Scores:

Pool Play (2 games to 25)

Corry split with Conneaut                               25-14, 21-25

Corry beat Slippery Rock                               25-15, 25-23

Corry beat Girard                                            25-15, 25-17

Corry lost to Meadville                                    14-25, 18-25

Playoffs = One game to 25 points

Quarterfinals – Corry beat Mercyhurst Prep  25-11

Semi-finals – Corry beat Saegertown            25-23

Finals – Corry lost Meadville                          10-25  

Statistical leaders for the day included:

Corry is currently 4-1 on the year and travels to Union City on Tuesday for a Region 4 match against the Bears. The Beavers will host #1 ranked team in the state in single A classification in the Clarion Bobcats on Wednesday and then they will hold their Senior Night match on Thursday versus the Seneca Bobcats. If you can't make it to a game, all the action can be watched on the DeeJ Experience Sports Stream at www.deejexperience.com